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PH - Handmade Cold Process Soap and Liquid Soap – Continued

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  After being very surprised with the differences between my own pH testing of my bar soaps, and the lab results from the batch analysis, I continue to experiment.   I have also purchased a digital pH metre which has become necessary for developing great liquid soap. I went into the studio today just to do some pH testing and unfortunately the pharmacist/chemist/technical advisor that works with me sometimes, was not with me today.   She would have been a great help.   We have done some testing together but not since I got my pH metre. Important to note: -           My results in testing bar soap can’t be that exact as I am testing a solution of distilled water with soap bits mashed up in it.   (Liquid soap testing is much more exact.) -           I am not a chemist and am learning from experience and experimenting, not from exact studies. -     ...