Expert: Terry Knorr - 9/28/2006

Question
Hi Terry, I hope you are well and you have not had too many sleepless nights thinking about the financial progression of soap manufacturing company. I must say I have had several sleepless nights since beginning the company, to be exact around six. To be honest though one sleepless night, Tuesday 19th September 2006, was caused by my nextdoor neighbours dog yelping during the night because earlier during the day it had stepped on a thorn during its daily walk at around 4:30pm. The dog is called Trevor after Trevor McDonald who is a famous news reader here in the United Kingdom of the UK. In actual fact he is probably my favourite news reader along with that woman on skysports.
My question is, how do I make my soap lather more? And, how do you make those bath ball things that turn into bubbles?
Cheers and Hup Cheap,
Graham

Answer
Hi Graham!

I hope things are going well for you.

I took some time to review your previous questions.  I sounds like you are using the melt and pour soaps.  There is no way that I know of to make them lather better.

If, however, you are making soap from scratch, there are a number of things you can do.  You can use a maximum of 20% coconut oil in the formulation of your soaps.  You can also add some steric acid to the formulation.

If you can advise me more concerning the method that you use, I might be able to give you a better answer.

Now, concerning the bath balls you mentioned - I have no experiance with these.  I've seen them and my wife likes them, but have never looked into making them.  I did take some time to look at the ingredients.  They are basically made from baking soda and some type of fragrance.  I would begin by mixing some baking soda and fragrance.  Possibly, the fragrance will be enough to hold the balls together but no cause the soda to dissolve.

I hope this is at least a little help to you.  

Have a great day!
Terry