Thread: Glycerin

I just purchased a big bottle straight from the pharmacy, pure glycerine

Buy Wholesale Vegetable Glycerin

Originally Posted by MinniesMate

Glycerin is used in soap making (for those who like home made soap) and I know glycerin soap is used by some people who has skin issues. I just didn't know what it does for soap. The soap I use is a glycerin based soap but does make a denser lather if I add glycerin to the lather I make.

Glycerin is not used in soap making, glycerin is produced by soap making. It can also be added to soap once it has been made.

OK, next to the bandaids. I have not been able to find it. Perhaps my small desert city only has beer and cigarettes. I will look again.

Went to CVS/Longs Drugs yesterday, they had 24 some oz one at $30 a pop.

Originally Posted by fccexpert

Glycerin is not used in soap making, glycerin is produced by soap making. It can also be added to soap once it has been made.

When added to soap does it not make a differnt soap product? I. E. glycerin soap?

I checked CVS tonight and they had a 6 oz bottle of store brand pure glycerin for $4.99.

Originally Posted by Dulouz

I checked CVS tonight and they had a 6 oz bottle of store brand pure glycerin for $4.99.

I believe that is the size I bought.

Today 11-05-09, I just bought a 6 oz. bottle of glycerin oil, at my local Rite-Aide and it was $4.99. My local Wal-Mart no longer stocks it. You have to special order it, for $7.49 for a 6 oz. bottle or a 16 oz. bottle for $19.99. STRAIGHT RAZOR 13.

Originally Posted by MinniesMate

When added to soap does it not make a differnt soap product? I. E. glycerin soap?

Nope, it's still soap, it just has added glycerine. If you make soap in the traditional way, by saponification of fats, there is always glycerine in the soap. Fat's are triglycerides, a combination of three fatty acids with glycerine. Soap is actually a salt, formed by the reaction between the fatty acids and the base (usually lye so its a sodium salt), for soap to form, the fatty acids must first be freed from the glycerine, this results in the formation of free glycerine. Unless this is removed from the mix, it remains with the soap. If you add glycerine, either during the initial saponification reaction, or during reprocessing, you will have added glycerine, but the actual soap remains the same.

Cold process soap also contains water. This is because you add the lye as a water solution. You can add water to the mix as well, but this does not change the soap, it just adds water. Glycerine, water, fragrences, colors, and extra fat (as in super fatted soaps) are all just additives, the soap is still just soap. You cannot make soap from glycerine any more than you can make it from water.