What is a triple milled soap and what's the difference compared to a 'normal' soap?
Triple milled soap?
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This, from our own wiki:
"There are two main types of soaps, poured soaps and milled soaps. Most milled soaps are made with tallow as fat source, but some manufacturers use vegetable oil instead such as Geo. F. Trumper, Golddachs and Floris (Floris also makes milled soaps with tallow). Poured soaps are often called glycerin soaps because the glycerin isn't removed during the saponification process. In general milled soaps are white or light in colour and opaque, while poured soaps usually are translucent."
And there's this:
"Triple milled soap is a commercial process where soap (typically made from synthetic detergents) is made, dried into crystals then rolled three or more times through steel rollers. This repeated milling crushes the crystals turning them into a fine paste. This paste is then pressed and formed into bars. Removing glycerin from the soap is necessary to keep the soap from being too sticky and adhering to the rollers. True milled soap is impossible to do if you are not a commercial manufacturer with the steel rollers."
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Jeremy
"There are two main types of soaps, poured soaps and milled soaps. Most milled soaps are made with tallow as fat source, but some manufacturers use vegetable oil instead such as Geo. F. Trumper, Golddachs and Floris (Floris also makes milled soaps with tallow). Poured soaps are often called glycerin soaps because the glycerin isn't removed during the saponification process. In general milled soaps are white or light in colour and opaque, while poured soaps usually are translucent."
And there's this:
"Triple milled soap is a commercial process where soap (typically made from synthetic detergents) is made, dried into crystals then rolled three or more times through steel rollers. This repeated milling crushes the crystals turning them into a fine paste. This paste is then pressed and formed into bars. Removing glycerin from the soap is necessary to keep the soap from being too sticky and adhering to the rollers. True milled soap is impossible to do if you are not a commercial manufacturer with the steel rollers."
Cheers
Jeremy
Generally, a 3-milled soap will last longer than a glycerine soap, as it's 'harder' and the brush doesn't make such a dent in it each time. Of course, they tend to cost more too ...
