Brine Design Update: A Whiter Shade Of Pale
14 Dec 2021

Brine Design Update: A Whiter Shade Of Pale

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A month ago I posted about my brine design experiment. I put soap made with brine (saline solution) next to the same soap made with plain water and found that the brine turned the soap more opaque and much lighter … Continued

Brine Design: Salt In Soap
15 Nov 2021

Brine Design: Salt In Soap

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Salt makes coldprocess soap appear opaque and therefore lighter in colour. Brine (Nacl salt solution) can be used as an alternative to synthetic brighteners like titanium dioxide and zinc oxide.