Guest guest Posted May 12, 2008 Report Share Posted May 12, 2008 > > How do the rest of you test to see if your soap is 'safe' enough to use??? > I believe the 'tongue test' is dangerous and not at all an accurate reading...PH strips too are not always acurate.. > I'm very interested to find out. > Blessings > Debbie > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2008 Report Share Posted May 12, 2008 well pretty much the tongue test is actually good... you really just use the tip of your tongue - not licking it - either your soap is lye heavy or it's not. any cp soap you make is usually going to be 9-10ph so what is it exactly you're looking to find out? You could always spend a lot of money and buy a ph test meter - anywhere from 35-100 bucks Plus supplies. ANd there are some strips better than others. 0-14ph strips cost about 15 bucks. If you make your soap properly you shouldn't be having any lye problems. If you see lye pockets in your soap you don't need to test it to know that.??? --- JubileeJoy <jubileejoy@...> wrote: > How do the rest of you test to see if your soap is > 'safe' enough to use??? > I believe the 'tongue test' is dangerous and not at > all an accurate reading...PH strips too are not > always acurate.. > I'm very interested to find out. > Blessings > Debbie > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2008 Report Share Posted May 12, 2008 We use a method our health department uses. We have a stick type pH tester that you plunge into the product. In the case of soap you would NOT plunge the stick into the soap mixture, but you would take a cured piece of soap, cut yourself a 1gr piece then mix it with 99gr of water. Once the soap has dissolved then you would plunge your pH tester into this soapy water mixture. But once you have down a good blend then you will not need to check pH very often. Cold processed soap is really only adjustable in terms of choosing a good soft oil mixture with low SAP values so you need less sodium hydroxide to make it saponify. And then superfatting by perhaps 10%, or in actuality adding 10% more oil that what is capable of saponifying. In other words there is more oil by ration than the water/ lye mixture and some of the oil is left not turned into soap, this makes for a nice moisturizing bar. I believe we are superfatting by 10% right now Good luck, Have a great day, R. Lorenti Jr. mlorenti@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 Yea, that 'zap' mine have never'zapped' (tongue test) somy soaps must be fine then..they feel creamy and bubble welland have no eeky oils seeping or dry patches or air pockets.... thanks xx Re: Testing for safe soap > well pretty much the tongue test is actually good... > you really just use the tip of your tongue - not > licking it - either your soap is lye heavy or it's > not. any cp soap you make is usually going to be > 9-10ph so what is it exactly you're looking to find > out? You could always spend a lot of money and buy a > ph test meter - anywhere from 35-100 bucks Plus > supplies. ANd there are some strips better than > others. 0-14ph strips cost about 15 bucks. If you make > your soap properly you shouldn't be having any lye > problems. If you see lye pockets in your soap you > don't need to test it to know that.??? > --- JubileeJoy <jubileejoy@...> wrote: > >> How do the rest of you test to see if your soap is >> 'safe' enough to use??? >> I believe the 'tongue test' is dangerous and not at >> all an accurate reading...PH strips too are not >> always acurate.. >> I'm very interested to find out. >> Blessings >> Debbie >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been >> removed] >> >> > > > ------------------------------------ > > New Garden Seeds in! Don't miss the Sale page for great prices on herbs , > tinctures, teas and more > Flat Rate Shipping! Just $5.99 per order ( over $25.00)! No matter how > heavy the order you pay just $5.99. See Site for details > http://glenbrookfarm.com/store/specialsseeds_1.html > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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