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Teach Soap • View topic - Should I Test the pH of Cured Bars of Soap or New Bars?

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:34 am 
I bought pH test strips from Bramble Berry when I first started soaping but I can't seem to find the directions. I tested all my first bars of soap and they came out fine but I need to test some of the bars that I've made during the last 3 months.

Should I be testing on cured soaps or can I also test newly made soaps?

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Linda


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 8:56 am 
Your question is rhetorical. You can test on both....if you choose. I have a pH meter and have never used it for soapmaking. If you used a tried & true recipe and your measurements were correct, IMO you don't need to check every batch....regardless whether they are already cured or just out of the mold. You know that just out of the mold soap will have a higher pH so no need to test. Unless of course you just need reassurance. Your test strips will turn red with a lower pH and green with a higher pH and I think neutral is brown. It's been a long time (college) since I used test strips so I may be mistaken. I'm sure you can find instructions for them online somewhere.


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I wanta do it the easy way. The lick test is the very best!


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:58 am 
Plus you get the benefit of tasting your soap. I think we're all on the same page with this one. (He strikes again). I've come to learn that American English idioms are countless.


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This is exactly why I think soap made with bacon grease and beer is my ultimate goal. And if I shape the bars like footballs, sportscars, or boobs, they should sell like wildfire!


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 12:59 pm 
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:lol: LOL - I've destroyed another thread...I'm sorry Linda.


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 1:03 pm 
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yes I'll take the beer and football one! But only in Packer colors.

Supersoaper: do they not have idioms in Italy? They are used in America - like water over a dam. :lol:

And to stay with the tread: I do the zap test on every bar of soap, the only one that tasted good was my peppermint soap. But don't worry I'm not going to eat it.

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 1:13 pm 
DenverSoap and DaveW. You guys are my hero!!! I love those things! Of course, what guy wouldn't. It's just because we don't have them.

Yes Bubbles they have idioms in Italy. But each idiom is language specific. And quit eating your soap.

We're all birds of a feather here. An exact translation of that in Italian is something so inane that it doesn't make sense.


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Being an x-football player you don't have any beer or footballs? I could send you some beer! :oops:

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 2:36 pm 
I just tasted my new, infamous "Soap That Never Had a Chance" soap and it was HORRIBLE! :shock: Bleeeeck !!!

I thought I'd go ahead and take the advice in this thread and do the taste test. So I stuck my tongue on a bar and didn't feel anything. Then I wondered if the zap was supposed to be very subtle (not like walking across carpet and touching something metal) so I thought I'd better do it again and pay close attention for the slightest zap.

Nothin'.

So I started to walk away from the soap and that's when the taste hit me. Disgusting!

If I didn't know better, I'd say you people where pulling my leg. That was nasty stuff. I don't think I'll be doing that anytime again soon. You boys can go back to eating your Boob soap but I'll stick to the pH strips.

Now excuse me while I go find something chocolate so I can get this soap taste out of my mouth.


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 3:04 pm 
Yes Suzie I have footballs. What self respecting player does not have football soap. The shame of it all.

No beer molds. Not a beer drinker. Now if I could find a wine glass mold, I'd be all over it.

And where is LindaWise today? Should we all send her a PM to overload her message board so she doesn't forget about us? I just feel like doing something mischevious.....must be the morphine.


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I thought you were done with the morphine? Maybe you are really like this all the time and that's just an excuse! :lol:

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