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  • Can anyone suggest simple step of how to make Sodium Stearate please?

    Posted by MayDay1988 on February 1, 2019 at 5:51 am

    Hi, what I wondering was after we put lye in there in turn white semi-solid almost right the way, do we have to keep it cooking it in the pot for sometimes like half and hour or 1 hour? Or after it turn white semi-solid we can take it out and let it cool.

    Also what kind of PH are we looking at for completely safely use?

    Thank you

    MayDay1988 replied 5 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • gunther

    Member
    February 1, 2019 at 7:50 pm

    You need to both heat it to melt, and stir it for some time
    otherwise the water insoluble molten stearic acid may form a layer over water+lye.

    You can also neutralize it with Sodium carbonate which is safer to handle than lye.

  • MayDay1988

    Member
    February 2, 2019 at 1:51 am

    @Gunther thank you!

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