Thank you for the info on thickeners. I and my family and friends just love this soaprecipe as it works well for a shampoo as well as a bodywash and facewash. Love it!!!!!!!!
It's funny that this came about when I did. I am a patreon and I will forever be one as long as you are on. But I had just spent an hour before I got my email notification about this video looking for ways to thicken soap and trying to find out which ones would take salt and which ones would not. You're amazing
Thank you so much! It is funny how I will get waves of the same questions, I thought this content needed to be shared as well! I am glad it was helpful to you!
The easiest way to work with Xanthan gum is to use a propeller-type mixer. Load water into a beaker, insert the mixer shaft, and start at medium speed. Now sprinkle in 0.5-1% of Xanthan gum when the liquid starts to thicken speed can be increased. It takes about 5 minutes and your slurry is done. Keep mixing and add one by one the ingredients you wish to add. At the end incorporate your preservative and scents. Stop mixing and measure the pH. That´s it.
Thank you so much for this insightful video! My quick question is when you measure the thickener, is the percentage based on the total weight of the soap (base+water) or just the water before dilution?
The problem with Xanthan Gum is its too expensive. Salt is the way to go, that is if it works. Over the weekend I used pool salt o thicken my Soap but that didnt work as the Salt didnt even dissolve. (Pool Salt has thick Salt). I will try Table Salt as it's finer and blend the hell out of it.. If it works then I will stick to that. Edit : Make sure you have your soap mixed finished before thickening. Add slowly to get the right mixture, if you overdo it the whole thing becomes watery and ruined.
The only thickeners that works are Glucose-D, Ritahix and Crothix. Salt does nothing. If you watch the video on thickeners you will see that salt makes no difference to the viscosity.
Got the glucose d to thicken thin castile soap. I warmed the glucose d in a water bath. Poured some on a spoon.... It just stuck to spoon.could never get it off the spoon. Suggestion?
Xanthan gum works as an emulsifier so it will bind oil and water together. In this video the xanthan gum was not stirred immediately and vigorously as it was being added. I couldn't see the end result properly but the technique used to add the xanthan gum almost certainly would have resulted in gummy clumps. Xanthan gum turns into a glue-like substance as soon as it hits water. This can be slowed by dispersing it in things like sugar, salt, oil, or glycerine but you still need to stir it in very vigorously and you need your liquid to be in motion as you add the xanthan gum. Xanthan gum will emulsify oil and water so if you were looking to make a liquid soap with a higher oil content (note this will inhibit lather) you could disperse the xanthan gum in about 1/2 of the oil you intend to use. If you use a whisk or blender, note that you will likely form a very stable foam that takes days or longer to collapse so I would strongly advise against doing it that way - if the xanthan gum is dispersed well and you stir it in properly it should be completely fine.
