Potash makes a very nice hard bar soap that is very gentle on the skin. This is a bubbly and very creamy soap.
Recipe
120gm Coconut Oil
120gm Castor Oil
760gm Palm Oil
217 Potassium Hydroxide (Potash)
380 Water.
150gm Himalayan Salt
35ml Essential Oil for scent and skin benefits.
If you haven;t made soap please read soap making instructions.
Melt the oils together.
Mix Salt and water together ans stir. Most of it will dissolve but some will be left as granules.
Slowly mix the potash into the water as you stir, to dissolve.
Pour lye water into the oils and blend with a stick blender till the soap batter comes to trace and add Essential Oil. Stir in.
Should it curdle and not thicken, put entire pot into a basin of cold water (preferably with ice packs in the water) and as it cools it will thicken up nicely.
Make sure the salt granules are not sitting on the bottom of the pot and pour batter into moulds.
Refrigerate or sit your moulds on ice packs if curdling happens.
The pH drops in 2 days and the soap does not have the uncured feeling that caustic soda lye soap has before it is cured. The salt crystals that didn't dissolve can be seen.
Increase the salt to 20% for a stronger salt bar.
Good for skin and skin problems such as acne and dermatitis.
Thank you for the soap recipe. The info on the side bar is what I have been trying to tell family members. Sometimes you feel like the only one that sees what is going on, then you read a blog like yours and realize your not.
ReplyDeleteThank you fir the recipe. On it tomorrow🤣
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