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All Purpose Cleaning Soap with Citric Acid
Solid Soap · NaOH · 100 g oil load · 5% superfat · 5 views · 0 saves
Watch me make this recipe at YouTube.com/c/JandWSoaps Citric acid is 1.5% of the oil weight for this recipe. Mix the citric acid with enough distilled water to dissolve it completely. Add it to the soap batter at trace. (I have more recently heard it's best to add the citric acid to the lye solution. This will bubble and create heat. Be very careful adding when adding it to the lye solution.) This is not a soap making tutorial. This is merely a recipe. It is the responsibility of anyone attempting this recipe to understand and apply safe soap making practices. This is not a beginner recipe.
Soap profile
Bubbly, cleansing, condition, hardness, longevity, and cream relative to the selected soap type.
Target 18-30
Target 10-20
Target 44-69
Target 29-54
Target 25-50
Target 16-30
Fatty acid balance
Weighted from the oil phase using the current recipe percentages.
Printable formula
All Purpose Cleaning Soap with Citric Acid
Solid Soap · NaOH
- Oil load
- 100 g
- Superfat
- 5%
- Lye
- 17.4 g
- Liquid
- 26.1 g
Ingredients
| Ingredient | Type | Percent | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coconut Oil 76 | oil | 100% | 100.0 g |
| Citric Acid | additive | 0% | 0.0 g |
Non-oil entries are shown as percentage of oil load for maker planning.
Soap quality
- Bubbly lather
- 67
- Cleansing
- 67
- Condition
- 10
- Hardness
- 79
- Longevity
- 12
- Creamy lather
- 12
Fatty acids
- Lauric
- 48
- Myristic
- 19
- Palmitic
- 9
- Stearic
- 3
- Ricinoleic
- 0
- Oleic
- 8
- Linoleic
- 2
- Linolenic
- 0
Batch preparation checklist
- Verify formula, lye type, scale accuracy, and all ingredient labels.
- Wear eye protection, gloves, long sleeves, and prepare a ventilated lye-safe area.
- Weigh oils, additives, scent, lye, and liquid in separate clearly labeled containers.
- Confirm mold capacity, batch lot code, cure rack space, and cleanup plan.
- Record actual temperatures, substitutions, trace notes, pour time, and unmold date.
Review notes
- Base oil total: 100.0%
- Primary oils: Coconut Oil 76
- Estimated raw material cost: $0.00
- Coconut Oil 76 is above the recommended maximum usage range.
- Citric Acid is below the recommended minimum usage range.
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All Purpose Cleaning Soap with Citric Acid
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Net wt. 100 g
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Ingredients (INCI)
Cocos Nucifera Oil, Citric Acid