Hi sal, no I'm not sure and I'm not a soapmaker so haven't got a clue. I've just asked her about this and will post her reply.

Edited to say that the lye water have now been corrected and the amounts given are as they should be

I'll go in and change it just in case someone does try, hope that's ok Peaches?   

It's been changed around now so should be safe now (am I correct?)

maybe delete the post that says is it reversed, could be confusing??

I was thinking this Karen.  Didn't want to just go in an delete posts though.  I'll see if I can edit them a bit 

Ok, done some editing and sorry Sal and Peaches, I had to remove two posts otherwise it would be confusing now that I've gone in and edited the recipe (don't like doing that but I hope you understand  )

No probs - the recipe posted earlier was unsafe, which is why I quickly posted the warning.   I still have concerns, and will probably amend the recipe anyway.

I'd stress to all newbies that a superfat is essential to ensure that all of the sodium hydroxide is used up during saponification.  I could bore you with the chemistry that's involved, but needless to say this is not suitable as a beginners soap.

Cool Sal, I wouldn't have deleted any of those posts if I hadn't had made any amendments (after which, it all got a bit confuzzing)

my supplier assures me that all the sodium hydroxide is used up and there is none left in the finished soap.  It has never burned me.
It was a previous supplier who told me it should not be superfatted but this was the one that burned my mouth.
Hope that's clear.

Decide to leave this one well alone and let some one else have a go.
To many issues to worry about.
Kim

I've found someone to make a trial batch!

hello peaches i would like to know how this goes, can you please update me.
i have to say that growing up i never had a problem using soap instead of toothpaste, sometime si just felt too lazy to brush my teeth else where and go in the bathroom to have my bath so i  just rubbed my sponge or toothbrush on  whatever, bar or powdered soap. i went to the dentist for the first time ever at the age of 18 and she told me she had never seen such healthy teeth in someone who had never taken the path leading to a dentist's  chair  for such a long time.  once i had my first visit though, there begun a string of reasons to have to go to the dentist.

Thats interesting AS.  I'm not sure how the test batch is going but no doubt we'll get an update at some point 

Update on the dental soap - In fact there are 2 batches on the cure (I've tried 2 variants) and samples will be off to Peaches for her opinion very soon.  I'm also discussing with my assessor.

Sal, 'can i sample too since i have long history of well developed taste for dental soap' .