birdcharm Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 (edited) I have an update on this bar of soap made with a no-sweat m/p. When making this, I made one with the addition of the clam shell and one plain, then tested both of them. The plain bar is fine! The one with the clam shell attached was fine until the bar wore down and the clam came off -- then there was a pebbly feeling to the top of the bar where the clam shell had been ... not good! I'm wondering if it had to do with attaching the clam soap with rubbing alcohol. I think that might be what caused the fine grainy feel after the clam soap detached. Edited July 29, 2017 by birdcharm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandlekrazy Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 idk about the alcohol but that soap is super pretty! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdcharm Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 Thank you, I was hoping it would work out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sponiebr Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 Hmm... This is a commercial syndet M&P soap base? If so, I'm not sure how IPA would react with syndets... I mean obviously the water in the IPA would react with the soap and that's what gives you the binding action, the alcohol just helps evaporate the water more quickly. This kinda reminds me of a HP batch I made when I was just getting into the fluid HP game. I had a batch seize up (well it turned into dough) in the pot and I added 70% IPA to the mix and thinned it out enough to pour it. Yeah it shrank up like a shrunken head but it had this weird pebbly grain to the soap as well. It was all throughout the soap too. Now that was real soap, so I'm thinking that the alcohol does something, maybe like separation in the soap due to the SF content, as oil and alcohol don't mix. Those areas where there was alcohol become dehydrated and denser and therefore more compact than the areas where there was no alcohol... I dunno, but it seems to make sense... You could use a little melted M&P to attach decorations, as I know KrazyKelly does some that way. HTH, Sponiebr:Executor bad somethinrnuther.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdcharm Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 On 8/7/2017 at 7:33 PM, Sponiebr said: ... Hmm... This is a commercial syndet M&P soap base? ..... You could use a little melted M&P to attach decorations, as I know KrazyKelly does some that way ... This is SFIC soap base ... includes ... Coconut Oil, RSPO Palm Oil, Safflower Oil, Glycerine (kosher, of vegetable origin), Purified Water, Sodium Hydroxide, Sorbitol, Propylene Glycol (made with Vegetable Glycerine), Sorbitan oleate, Oat protein, Titanium Dioxide, I think your idea of using some melted M/P to attach the decoration sounds like something worth trying ... thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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