Stearic Acid in soap - What is it? Why we use it? Where to find it?
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- Fatty acids are the building blocks of soap making. We look at Stearic Acid, what it does in soap, where we can find it, and how to use it.
Duel lye shaving soap with Stearic Acid.
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The steric acid that I buy is tiny little granules and sometimes they don’t dissolve in the soap, so what I do is I run it through a blender first to completely pulverize it, and it works so much better that way it seems to activate better and then I don’t have any tiny little pits in my soap From undissolved 😊steric acid.
Hi Donna.
Do you use stearic acid or citric acid?
Stearic acid is not water soluble it's like a wax and need to be melted with your oils.
Citric acid disolves in water and are used a a chelator in soapmaking to reduce soap scum in hardwater, I have a separate video on that. .
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@@saponify6677 I use steric acid and add it to the heated oils . Thanks for your videos!! Very helpful. I’m 68 and have been soaping for 40 years. I love that I’m still learning! You have taught me the “why” I use steric acid.
In the early 90s a friend gave me a recipe that included steric acid and I’ve made that soap this long without knowing the why until now. 😏🤭 those were pre RUclips days , the days you read books and passed on recipes to friends and family!
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@@saponify6677Can I dissolve steric acid direct in soap base melting time???
When I use stearic acid, I add it to the melting of the solid oils/butter. But when I use a microwave, I melt those solids completely, then add it and stir until it's melted. Then I carry on with the rest of the recipe.
I had no idea about stearic acid… thank you for the info ❤
You are most welcome. Keep an eye out for the other fatty acid profile video's that's on it's way. 💧
Very interesting. Thank you. Good to know to look at INS below 145 for a slow trace.
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You are most welcome Mia.
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Hi Ansa, I have bought a bag of stearic acid, would I melt it like I melt the hard oils such as coconut oil?
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You would measure the stearic acid out add it with the oil and heat everything till it's melted and clear and then let it cool to a good temperature to soap at. Stearic acid likes to be soaped a bit warmer, 50⁰C seems to be a sweet spot. Add your lye very slowly while stirring the oil otherwise the stearic could clump up, make sure all the lye is stirred in before stick blending very short bursts at a time. It can trace very quickly. Start with smaller amounts of stearic acid till you get the feel of it.
So how much presentage to use stearid acid in the soap
It depends on whatvkind of soap you want to make. To just increase the longelivity of your soap as little as 2% will make a huge difference. If you want it make a dual lye shaving soap you can increase it to 15% but you will need to do a hot process soap as it wil come to trace immediately.
So I don’t get it. My recepi is 990 grams so how much steric acid do I use for cold process?
Hi. Stearic acid is a fatty acid that will harden your soap and produce shaving foam like lather. The amount you can use will depend on your recipe. Let me know if you need help formulating.
Or do you want to know about Citric acid. Citric and Stearic are two completely different ingredients sometimws causing a lot of confusion.
@@saponify6677 I meant citric acid. Yes mam I need help
So we can add stearic acid in soap calcltr ?
Soapmakingfriend.com does have an option to add citric acid in the calculator and it will recalculate the required lye for you. 🌼