Warning: Test Your Soap For PH Danger Before Using It
By Dan Weber So you’ve got your soap batch done and you are so proud of yourself. Way to go! As you may already know, hand made soaps contain some excess lye sometimes. Soap thatcontains lye is not good for your skin. So weneed a good testing procedure that will sayweather our soap has some lye in it, or not. So, how do you test your soap for too much lyeor, should we say, the presence of Alkali? There are a few ways to doing that. But let’s concentrate on an easy and simple way. The simple way of checking the Alkali level of your soap is with a liquid called: “Phenolphthalein” (Yes, I was scared too, thefirst time I heard this name ;-)) Phenolphthalein is basically just a sensitive PH indicator. It’s a colorless liquid, that turnspink if it is applied to a substance with a high PH level. As you may already know, Alkali has a high PH level (over 10). Soap that touches the skin should have a PH of 7 - 9.5. More than that is harmful for the skin. So, here’s how you do it: Apply a few drops of Phenolphthalein to your soap.If the Phenolphthalein stays colorless, of gets a VERY fain shade of pink, that your soap is OKto be used on the skin. If, on the on the hand, the Phenolphthalein turnspink or purple, than this soap can be used for laundry or house cleaning, but not on the skin. Before you drip the Phenolphthalein liquid on thesoap’s surface, remember to wipe off the white chalk-like substance on the surface (soda ash).That’s because this chalk-like substance willtest Alkali too. By the way, Phenolphthalein is sold in 20 ml bottles for $5.99, so it’s not an expensive thing to get. That’s it. Now you are PH safe 
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