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🍀Make your first soap with my beginner recipe tutorial➡️ 🍀Learn to formulate your own soap recipes ➡️ 🍀Learn everything about making soaps with fresh ingredients➡️ 🍀Save money when you buy all 3 of my soap making guides! Just add all 3 guides to your cart and the discount will be applied➡️ 🍀Citric acid information: When citric acid and sodium hydroxide lye (NaOH) are combined, sodium citrate is created. Sodium citrate works as a chelator in soap. A chelator traps metal ions such as calcium and magnesium that can be found in tap water. These metal contaminants can cause rancidity and soap scum in handmade soap. A chelator binds to these metals so that they can’t bind to the soap molecules. This way the soap won’t react with them and the soap's lather improves shelf life increases. Citric acid does not lower the pH of soap. Instead it consumes some of the lye and increases the superfat. Add 6 g extra lye for every 10 g of citric acid added to a soap recipe if you want to keep the superfat % at the same level. How much citric acid should be added to soap? Usage rate in bar soap is 1-2% of the oil weight. How to use citric acid Add citric acid to the distilled water and dissolve completely before adding the lye, or make a separate solution of citric acid and distilled water and add to the oils. Links* ○ Braun multiquick stick blender - ○ Infrared thermometer - ○ Digital scale - ○ High precision scale - ○ Glass bowl - ○ Stainless steel pitcher - ○ Small wooden soap mold with silicone lining - ○ Cafe de savon wire cutter - ○ Swiss star stainless steel vegetable peeler for beveling soaps - Recommended reading: ○ *As an amazon associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
