Hello again everyone, today we’ll be discussing everything citric acid in cold process soap making & why it is used. There are many more benefits that are often overlooked. This is a full tutorial regarding how and when to add citric acid, tutorial using lyecalc.com to get the values & making 100% coconut oil dish & laundry soap bars I hope you enjoy the video, Thanks for watching and let’s get soaping! Katherine from Coconut Luxe Collections / Naturals https://www.instagram.com/coconutluxenaturals/ Click Below to Subscribe to Dawn Organic’s YouTube Channel for Weekly Videos https://www.youtube.com/c/dawnorganics?sub_confirmation=1 Social media; https://www.facebook.com/dawnorganics https://www.instagram.com/dawnorganics Website; https://www.dawnorganics.com.au/ Other popular videos by Dawn Organics; Cold Process Soap Making Tutorial for Beginners + Recipe with Dawn Organics - https://youtu.be/RAZMqm6aWtY Soapy Tech Talk - Effective Essential Oil Blending for Cold Process Soap Making with Dawn Organics - https://youtu.be/SaSptBKAe9o Natural & Effective Colouring for Cold Process Soap Making with Dawn Organics - https://youtu.be/tdpS1EOzf6M If you have never made soap before, please watch videos on handling lye, lye safety & beginner tutorials on soap making in my recommended videos playlist - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpbAqTGa2HUEBsU1Qdn7wa-lpyRR4wXPk I always recommend to run any recipe through a Lye calculator, even if it’s provided by Dawn Organics. I use LyeCalc to formulate all my recipes. It is my favourite as you can adjust lye purity. It also shows you how much citric acid and extra Lye is needed; https://www.lyecalc.com/ Easy to use percentage calculator - https://percentagecalculator.net/ Recipe Information; Yields 12, 220g average Bars after cure Base Recipe 2000g oil batch, Percentages based on oil amount Pot Phase (Room Temperature; 100% Organic RBD Coconut Oil (Hello Pure) 3% Australian White Kaolin Clay (New Directions) 0.5% Grapefruit Seed Extract / GSE (AWO) Optional 2% Sodium Lactate (Heirloom Body Care) Optional Add both GSE & Sodium Lactate when at 30-35C Water Phase; 2% Organic Raw Sugar (Woolworths) Optional 3% Citric Acid (Blants) Refer to LyeCalc for specific values. Optional 25% Water to Oil Ratio – Moore’s Ultrapure Distilled Water (Woolworths) 99% Purity Sodium Hydroxide (Sydney Solvents) 0% Superfat Great Quality Carrier Oils in Australia on a budget; Remano Extra Virgin Cold Pressed Spanish Olive Oil 3.78L $19.99 (ALDI) The Olive Tree Australian Extra Virgin Cold Pressed Olive Oil 3L $23.99 (ALDI) Just Organic Extra Virgin Cold Pressed Olive Oil 500ml $4.69 (ALDI) Just Organic Virgin Coconut Oil 900g $8.99 (ALDI) Bondall Sodium Hydroxide 98% Purity 1kg $9.05 (Bunnings) Main Music by: Outlaw's Farewell (part I) - Reed Mathis Content Creation Donations - https://www.dawnorganics.com.au/products/donations Dawn Organics is always happy to create helpful and informative content to share with other soap hobbyists and professional soapers alike. A lot of trial and error has gone into recipe formation, testing & providing expertise in the content that is shared across YouTube and social media platforms Please consider donating to help support me in creating more content for the future, all donations are greatly appreciated big or small. Thank you in advance and looking forward to creating more content #coldprocesssoapmaking #soaptutorial #dishsoap #dawnorganics #soapmaking #tutorial #recipe #diy #coldprocesssoap #soapmaking #coconutoil #kaolin #kaolinclay #clays #clay #soap #soapdesign #dishbars #laundrybars #laundrysoap #soapscum