Cool link. I'm surprised I didn't notice soap scum since my water is very hard and unsoftened. I wonder if the borax or washing soda helped. They do raise the pH a bunch.
Soda is alkaline. If you make your soap with a higher lye content (very alkaline) and it will be more aggressive. The problem is that it starts to become corrosive -- like dissolving aluminum, hair and other fibers etc.
I use extremely cheap soap for laundry 'soap' and keep my nice home made soap for my face and shower. I'm amazed how well pork fat soap works washing my human oils off my face. It reminds me of 'Fight Club' where the old ladies said that animal fat soap worked so well. Strangely it has no bubbles. I use a great soap calculator that take into account the fat source and keeps a bit of excess fat so I don't become soap. lol
Cool link. I'm surprised I didn't notice soap scum since my water is very hard and unsoftened. I wonder if the borax or washing soda helped. They do raise the pH a bunch.
Have a great night.
Soda is alkaline. If you make your soap with a higher lye content (very alkaline) and it will be more aggressive. The problem is that it starts to become corrosive -- like dissolving aluminum, hair and other fibers etc.
I use extremely cheap soap for laundry 'soap' and keep my nice home made soap for my face and shower. I'm amazed how well pork fat soap works washing my human oils off my face. It reminds me of 'Fight Club' where the old ladies said that animal fat soap worked so well. Strangely it has no bubbles. I use a great soap calculator that take into account the fat source and keeps a bit of excess fat so I don't become soap. lol
That should raise the pH nicely. Thanks for the tip.