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Sodium Lactate - powder or liquid?
I’m going to bite the bullet and give sodium lactate a try! I have a liquid sample but should I use liquid or powder in production? Both are available online from resellers… Thanks!
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Good question…..I’m at the same stage, but can only find liquid sodiuym lactate. What I intent to do is give the liquid a try (it is 60%), making some adjustments to the water content of our soap recipe, and evaluate the effect. If it is what we are looking for, will then come back to the question of liquid or solid.
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I replied to this last evening but somehow it wasn’t posted! I have read new things suggesting that the sodium lactate make the batch more liquid at first and more solid as it cools which would be good if it is true. The sodium lactate comes in liquid and solid and solid would be cheaper to ship because you’re not shipping water but I was wondering if there might be some reason to use the liquid over the solid and hoped that someone with experience here might be able to help answer this question.
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Don’t forget that you can add a small amount of salt to make the soap harder.
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True, but since this is a shaving soap might that cause irritation to razor cuts?
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At 1%?
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I see your point, Belassi but I’m a very cautious guy when it comes to products like this. I’ll see how the sodium lactate goes and consider the salt if need be.
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