Salt Soap Recipe

[salli]

Would someone share a really good salt soap recipe with me or at least the ins and outs of making this? The last one I tried came out gritty. From everything I've heard this is one type of soap I'd love to try. Thanks.

[Soapmaker Man]

Sure here is my recipe;

75% Coconut Oil

15% Shea Butter

5% RBO or Olive Oil

5% High Oleic Sunflower Oil or just up the OO and/or RBO to the whole 10%.

Salt will add a little volume to your mold. I figure my regular amount of oils X 80%. Use that number at a soap calculator to figure the above recipe.

To figure salt I use 80% of the weight of my oils in the recipe. I mix my oils to a light trace, color if you want, add FO or EO, then add salt. Hand whisk only the salt until completely mixed and pour! It thickens to a heavy trace pretty fast. I can cut my bars after 1 to 1-1/2 hours, they will be hot to the touch. Hope this helps!

Paul....

[salli]

This is terrific. I have all of this on hand Thanks bunches. Do I need to put it in the oven?

[jbren]

It's very important that salt bars gel! You can insulate or put in the oven.

[Soapmaker Man]

This is terrific. I have all of this on hand Thanks bunches. Do I need to put it in the oven?

I don't with my wood TOG Lined Molds with Wood top. I just put the top on and it is in full gel in 30 minutes or less! So if you don't have good heavy wood molds with a top, you might want to insulate or put into an oven at 170 for a short time. This stuff sets up fast and is uncuttable after a few hours pouring--get the jackhammer! LOL

Paul....

[salli]

Another newbie question, can I add pumice to this?

[Soapmaker Man]

Another newbie question, can I add pumice to this?

My suggestion would be to try it with just sea salt or kosher salt first. You won't really need pumice added to this. You can add it if you wanted to for some reason though. The salt, especially the rougher kosher, will add more abrasion to this soap than the finer sea salt.

Paul...

[salli]

I was planning on using regular table salt (non-iodized), along with silk fibers and was also planning on doing one with clay in it. Also, the pumice in another Would those work?

[MarieJeanette]

Regular table salt is perfectly fine, and so is silk. I've used Dead Sea Mud in one my salt bar batches and it looks awesome, but it cut down too much of the lather for my own personal tastes. For others who add mud it might be perfectly fine, but I'm so used to using my 100% coconut oil salt bar recipe with no other additives except the salt, fragrance, and color that bubbles so profusely for me that I'm extra sensitive to noticing anything that would lessen my usual bubbleage. Although the one with the mud does bubble, it takes a lot of friction to get it to do so, unlike my mud-less batches. I've never tried pumice, so I can't give yo any advice there, but it's worth a try. Don't ever be afraid to experiment to see what works for you and what you're happy with.

MarieJeanette

[jbren]

I agree with MarieJeanette. Experiment...that's the fun in this craft of ours.

Just remember...salt bars are not really meant to and don't exfoliate, but I have notices some sloughing of dead skin on the feet and elbows at times, but not due to abrasiveness.

After the first use, there is no abrasiveness...the bar is smooth as glass. The salt mainly softens hard water and adds a lotion-like quality.

My personal opinion is that adding pumice to a salt bar would not be that great a thing, since pumice IS abrasive and may produce tiny scratches..that combined with the salt may burn.

Dead Sea Mud, on the other hand, is great in a salt bar. The look is beautiful.

[salli]

Can someone tell me how long this should stay in the oven? Thanks.

[sherry]

:yay:

Can you tell me if i Making 3.5 pounds soap hou mutch salt i have to use any

help will be appriciated

Thanks

:confused:

[jbren]

Go by your oil amount...I generally use about 70-75% of my oil amount. Some people use more, some people use equal amounts. It's a 'preference' thing.

[ladysj]

Sure here is my recipe;

75% Coconut Oil

15% Shea Butter

5% RBO or Olive Oil

5% High Oleic Sunflower Oil or just up the OO and/or RBO to the whole 10%.

Salt will add a little volume to your mold. I figure my regular amount of oils X 80%. Use that number at a soap calculator to figure the above recipe.

To figure salt I use 80% of the weight of my oils in the recipe. I mix my oils to a light trace, color if you want, add FO or EO, then add salt. Hand whisk only the salt until completely mixed and pour! It thickens to a heavy trace pretty fast. I can cut my bars after 1 to 1-1/2 hours, they will be hot to the touch. Hope this helps!

Paul....

What percent do you superfat this at? I would love to try this recipe. Thanks

[Soapmaker Man]

I SF at 7% on this recipe!

Paul....

[Debk]

Since I have the wood lined mold with dividers, I should be able to just put the lid on, wait 30 minutes, then cut, right? I found after making my first batch of soap that the soap was getting very thick and hard to put into the mold. Did I stir too long before adding the salt? makes it hard to have smooth, pretty bars, when thick while pouring. lol.

[moon01945]

What is the curing time for Salt Bar's? Same as regular CP soap?

[Debk]

No, they are ready to use right away.

[TallTayl]

I love pumice in my salt bars for foot scrubbing soap. I use both pumice and sea salt in them and mold in individual molds. It really works off the rough parts making feet that are lovely in flip flops.

The longer my salt soaps cure the better they seem to get. after about 6 months they're divine. I add coconut milk to mine for a little more lotiony lather.

[CareBear]

What is the curing time for Salt Bar's? Same as regular CP soap?

I prefer them after an EXTENDED cure. 8 weeks is much better than 4 wees, in my experience.

[Sharon in KY]

I pour into my mold and put in the oven for 1 hr then cut. They lather like they are done.. love salt bars. Going to try the pumice in the next ones I make. So does the coconut milk.

[Oceangazer1]

I don't have molds that can go in the oven. Can I HP this recipe? Adding the salt before going into the oven in my pot or after?

Any advise for HP these?

[Stella1952]

Not that I have tried making these HP, mind you, but I did make some CP ones and from that experience, I don't think putting the salt in before HPing would be wise... I'm thinking brickwork... Why not try CPing which works very well?

[Scented]

I don't have molds that can go in the oven. Can I HP this recipe? Adding the salt before going into the oven in my pot or after?

Any advise for HP these?

Put your shoe boxes on a warm cookie sheet. What you want to do is put them into an oven that has already been warmed ... turn the oven off before you put your box in and leave it for an hour. It shouldn't destroy anything, but just keep an eye on it. With the oven off, the cardboard isn't going to catch fire (or it shouldn't.)

Another way is to wrap the devil out of your mold, place it on a heating pad set on a low temp and leave it alone for an hour or so. You need to force the gel. Be sure to cut right away.

Edited September 28, 2011 by Scented

[Oceangazer1]

Not that I have tried making these HP, mind you, but I did make some CP ones and from that experience, I don't think putting the salt in before HPing would be wise... I'm thinking brickwork... Why not try CPing which works very well?

I can't wait for CP to cure if they work out.