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  • Sodium Lactate - powder or liquid?

    Posted by David08848 on June 16, 2016 at 3:14 am

    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!

    David08848 replied 8 years, 6 months ago 3 Members · 6 Replies
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  • mikethair

    Member
    June 17, 2016 at 4:59 am

    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.

  • David08848

    Member
    June 18, 2016 at 10:36 pm

    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.

  • belassi

    Member
    June 18, 2016 at 10:55 pm

    Don’t forget that you can add a small amount of salt to make the soap harder.

  • David08848

    Member
    June 19, 2016 at 3:11 am

    True, but since this is a shaving soap might that cause irritation to razor cuts?

  • belassi

    Member
    June 19, 2016 at 2:20 pm

    At 1%?

  • David08848

    Member
    June 21, 2016 at 12:22 pm

    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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