Teach Soap

Hi I made a batch of CP soap using a recipe from Anne Watson's book and I tested my ph after 12 hours then again after 24 hours and the ph is high (ranging 12-14-dark purple). I tested some other soaps and random things (my skin and other soaps) with the strips and the ph strips are definitely working. I emailed Anne and she says to test again in a week but I was wondering if the PH doesn't go down will I be able to rebatch the soap? Also any suggestions on how this happened? When I mixed the soap the lye water was at 114 degrees and the oils were at 123 degrees. Could this be the issue? Another question I have is if I put the soap outside in the sun for the day could that help the issue?

Any tips and advice are appreciated!

Thank you!

Amber

The pH of handmade soap is normally around 9. Since your soap is still so fresh, it's possible that it hasn't finished the saponification process and the active lye is giving you the higher reading. Just let it sit and then test it again. Be aware that pH strips aren't super accurate.

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Linda
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If the soap gelled, it should not have a reading of 12. Did you run the recipe through a lye calculator? Did you superfat? Sometimes mistakes happen in books and online too.

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Irena
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