Showing posts with label Projects: Hot Process Soap. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Projects: Hot Process Soap. Show all posts
Sunday, July 31, 2016
How to Make Hot Process Soap
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Hot Process Soap Series: Lovely Lavender
Love making your own soap by the cold process method but you do not like the wait? Well, try this hot process recipe from Lovin's Soap. This Lovely Lavender soap recipe is in a series of hot process recipes. So if you love this recipe, you may want to check out more recipes from Lovin' Soap.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Hot Process Soap Series: The Great Pumpkin Loaf
Love to make soap by the cold process way but you do not like waiting 4-6 weeks for the soap to cure? How about trying the hot process method? You can make this loving pumpkin loaf recipe by Amanda from Lovin' Soap. This recipe is perfect for this time of year since it is almost halloween and thanksgiving is just around the corner. This would be the perfect gift to give someone if they love pumpkin pie.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Hot Process Tutorial
Are you having problems with your hot process soap making batch? Well, check out this Hot Process Tutorial from Anne-Marie (aka The Soap Queen). This article which appears on Anne-Marie's blog Soap and the Finer Things in Life will help you fix your ruined batch of soap up to 24 hours after you ruined your soap.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
How to make Hot Process Soap
So if you are interested in learning how to make soap by the hot process method, the check out this article written by ehow member by eclat titled How to Make Hot Process Soap.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Apple Spice Soap Recipe - Hot Process
Ingredients:
18 oz canola oil
8 oz coconut oil
18 oz olive oil
12oz distilled water
6oz lye
1Tbsp apple pie spice
1Tbsp Tumeric
2Tbsp Apple FO
Instructions:
Make sure you know the safety precautions before making any soap. Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Add lye to water and cool to 100 degrees. Melt oils. I melt my oils in the same pot that I later put in the oven. Cool to 100 degrees. Mix oils and lye water together using a stick blender. At light trace add spices then FO. Cover with a lid and put it in the oven for 1 1/2 hours. Scoop into the mold. After 24 hrs I remove it from the mold and cut. I allow it several days to harden, then package. This recipe was modified from Kathy Miller's web site.
Source: http://www.pureandnaturalsoaps.com/recipe-applespicesoap.html
18 oz canola oil
8 oz coconut oil
18 oz olive oil
12oz distilled water
6oz lye
1Tbsp apple pie spice
1Tbsp Tumeric
2Tbsp Apple FO
Instructions:
Make sure you know the safety precautions before making any soap. Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Add lye to water and cool to 100 degrees. Melt oils. I melt my oils in the same pot that I later put in the oven. Cool to 100 degrees. Mix oils and lye water together using a stick blender. At light trace add spices then FO. Cover with a lid and put it in the oven for 1 1/2 hours. Scoop into the mold. After 24 hrs I remove it from the mold and cut. I allow it several days to harden, then package. This recipe was modified from Kathy Miller's web site.
Source: http://www.pureandnaturalsoaps.com/recipe-applespicesoap.html
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Spicy Carnation Hot Process Soap
Posted by Rebecca at 4/21/2008 7:16 AM and is filed under Soap Stuff,Instructions
Author unknown.
Ingredients:
11 ounces olive oil
11 ounces sunflower oil
8 ounces coconut oil
4 ounces mango butter
4 ounces palm kernel oil
10 ounces Crisco or soybean oil
1 ounces stearic acid
6.6 ounces sodium hydroxide
14.5 ounces distilled water
1.7 ounces Spicy Carnation fragrance oil or scent of your choice
1 teaspoon pink mica
1 gallon white vinegar (for clean up)
Instructions:
1. This hot process recipe calls for using a crockpot with a removable ceramic insert and a lid. Clean the kitchen countertops and bring out your materials. Turn the crockpot on "high" and measure the olive oil and 10 ounces of sunflower oil into a large Pyrex glass container. (Set the other ounce of sunflower oil aside for step 4. A digital scale comes in handy here. Add the measured oils to the crockpot. Measure all of your solid oils (coconut oil, mango butter, palm kernel oil, soybean oil, & palm stearic acid) into a second large Pyrex glass bowl. Place the bowl in the microwave for about 3 minutes on "high" to melt the solid oils. Add these melted oils to the crockpot
2. Prepare your lye-water mixture in the sink with the crockpot close by on the counter. After donning goggles and appropriate gloves, measure your cold water. Slowly add the lye to the water while stirring with a long-handled spoon. You want to stir well but not to the point where the mixture splashes about in the bowl. Once the water starts looking clear and the lye is fully dissolved, carefully pour the lye water mixture into the crockpot with the oils. Take care not to splash. Once that is done, put the spoon you stirred the mixture with and the bowl you used into the sink and immediately douse with white vinegar - this will deactivate any remaining lye. If you think you've splashed the mixture anywhere on yourself, your gloves, or your goggles, douse with vinegar.
3. Leaving your gloves on, plug in a stick blender and place it directly into the mixture all the way to the bottom - make sure the bottom of the stick blender is directly on the bottom of the crockpot. (NEVER pull the stick blender out while your finger is still on the "on" switch. Instead, to prevent splashes, turn the blender off let it stop spinning before removing it from the mixture!) Turn on and with fluid motions, stir slowly moving in clockwise and counter-clockwise movements. After about 3 to 5 minutes, your mixture should start thickening up. This is called "trace." This means all the lye is mixing with all of the oil to begin the saponification (soap making) process. A trace is reached when you take the stick blender out and touch it to the top of the mixture and it leaves a very good indentation. Unplug your stick blender and place it directly into the lye-water bowl (which should be full of vinegar).
4. Now it's time to cover and cook the soap. Cooking time differs from batch to batch - 30-50 minutes is a usual time, but I've seen it take longer than that. The soap will often rise up and start looking like ocean waves from the edge of the crockpot inward. It can sometimes rise high enough to hit the top of the lid - I usually grab a thick plastic spoon when this happens, take the lid off, and stir the soap around to pull it back down.
5. While your soap is cooking, wash everything used earlier and prepare the molds. You can use 4-pound wooden molds with lids on top to help "squish" down the hot-processed soap when it has been poured into the molds. Line the molds with freezer paper, shiny side up. Also use this time to combine the remaining ounce of sunflower oil in a zip lock bag with the mica. Place both in the zip lock bag and mix them together using your fingers on the outside of the bag. When that is finished, measure your fragrance oil or essential oil if you are using them.
6. By now, the mixture will start looking almost see-through and yellowish, like a big pot of petroleum jelly. This gives you an indicator that it is pretty close to being done. To test this, perform what is known as the "tongue test." Grab a spoon and pick up a bit of the soap mixture, blowing on it several times to cool it down. Gently rub the tip of your tongue back and forth on the soap and wait to see if it tingles. You are not eating the mixture, and expect to feel some heat because the soap is hot! If there is no tingly feeling, the soap is done. If you feel a tingle against your tongue, replace the lid, cook for another 10 minutes, and try again. The tingle means that there is still some active lye in the soap, and you want to wait until you feel absolutely no tingle before moving on to the next step. When there is no tingle, the soap is done. There is no real substitute for this tongue test, so if you feel uncomfortable doing it, DO NOT DO IT. If you do it, you do it at your own risk.
7. When your soap is done, turn off and unplug the crockpot and remove the lid. Stir the soap around a bit and then add the mixture of mica and sunflower oil, stirring well. If you don't stir until it is completely blended, you will get very neat marblized swirls in your soap. Once the color has been added, wait about 5 minutes or so before adding the fragrance or essential oil. If the scent has a low flash-point (point of evaporation), if you add it while the soap is too hot, you will not be able to smell the scent in the finished soap because the high heat evaporates some scents. After adding the scent, stir the mixture to incorporate it. Using the spoon, spoon the soap into the mold. You can use a long piece of Saran wrap and place on the top of the soap, evening it out a bit with your hand, before putting the lid on and squishing the soap down with the lid. Using potholders, pick up the ceramic insert from the crock pot and place into the sink, filling it full of hot water. You don't need to add detergent - it's just soap in there! Allow to soak before rinsing. Wait approximately 5-7 hours before removing your soap from the mold. Cut into bars. This is a hot-processed soap, making use of heat to accelerate saponification, so the soap is ready to use immediately after it cools. If you'd like, you can leave it out on wire racks for a week or so to harden. You can use Spicy Carnation fragrance oil for this recipe, You could also use whatever fragrance oil or essential oil you'd like.
For more on making hot process soap refer to this pictorial. Check out Camden-Grey for great prices on soapmaking supplies. You may also want to swing by Tennesse Candle Supply for a wide variety of skin safe fragrance oils.
Source: http://soapdelinews.com/2008/04/21/spicy-carnation-hot-process-soap.aspx
Author unknown.
Ingredients:
11 ounces olive oil
11 ounces sunflower oil
8 ounces coconut oil
4 ounces mango butter
4 ounces palm kernel oil
10 ounces Crisco or soybean oil
1 ounces stearic acid
6.6 ounces sodium hydroxide
14.5 ounces distilled water
1.7 ounces Spicy Carnation fragrance oil or scent of your choice
1 teaspoon pink mica
1 gallon white vinegar (for clean up)
Instructions:
1. This hot process recipe calls for using a crockpot with a removable ceramic insert and a lid. Clean the kitchen countertops and bring out your materials. Turn the crockpot on "high" and measure the olive oil and 10 ounces of sunflower oil into a large Pyrex glass container. (Set the other ounce of sunflower oil aside for step 4. A digital scale comes in handy here. Add the measured oils to the crockpot. Measure all of your solid oils (coconut oil, mango butter, palm kernel oil, soybean oil, & palm stearic acid) into a second large Pyrex glass bowl. Place the bowl in the microwave for about 3 minutes on "high" to melt the solid oils. Add these melted oils to the crockpot
2. Prepare your lye-water mixture in the sink with the crockpot close by on the counter. After donning goggles and appropriate gloves, measure your cold water. Slowly add the lye to the water while stirring with a long-handled spoon. You want to stir well but not to the point where the mixture splashes about in the bowl. Once the water starts looking clear and the lye is fully dissolved, carefully pour the lye water mixture into the crockpot with the oils. Take care not to splash. Once that is done, put the spoon you stirred the mixture with and the bowl you used into the sink and immediately douse with white vinegar - this will deactivate any remaining lye. If you think you've splashed the mixture anywhere on yourself, your gloves, or your goggles, douse with vinegar.
3. Leaving your gloves on, plug in a stick blender and place it directly into the mixture all the way to the bottom - make sure the bottom of the stick blender is directly on the bottom of the crockpot. (NEVER pull the stick blender out while your finger is still on the "on" switch. Instead, to prevent splashes, turn the blender off let it stop spinning before removing it from the mixture!) Turn on and with fluid motions, stir slowly moving in clockwise and counter-clockwise movements. After about 3 to 5 minutes, your mixture should start thickening up. This is called "trace." This means all the lye is mixing with all of the oil to begin the saponification (soap making) process. A trace is reached when you take the stick blender out and touch it to the top of the mixture and it leaves a very good indentation. Unplug your stick blender and place it directly into the lye-water bowl (which should be full of vinegar).
4. Now it's time to cover and cook the soap. Cooking time differs from batch to batch - 30-50 minutes is a usual time, but I've seen it take longer than that. The soap will often rise up and start looking like ocean waves from the edge of the crockpot inward. It can sometimes rise high enough to hit the top of the lid - I usually grab a thick plastic spoon when this happens, take the lid off, and stir the soap around to pull it back down.
5. While your soap is cooking, wash everything used earlier and prepare the molds. You can use 4-pound wooden molds with lids on top to help "squish" down the hot-processed soap when it has been poured into the molds. Line the molds with freezer paper, shiny side up. Also use this time to combine the remaining ounce of sunflower oil in a zip lock bag with the mica. Place both in the zip lock bag and mix them together using your fingers on the outside of the bag. When that is finished, measure your fragrance oil or essential oil if you are using them.
6. By now, the mixture will start looking almost see-through and yellowish, like a big pot of petroleum jelly. This gives you an indicator that it is pretty close to being done. To test this, perform what is known as the "tongue test." Grab a spoon and pick up a bit of the soap mixture, blowing on it several times to cool it down. Gently rub the tip of your tongue back and forth on the soap and wait to see if it tingles. You are not eating the mixture, and expect to feel some heat because the soap is hot! If there is no tingly feeling, the soap is done. If you feel a tingle against your tongue, replace the lid, cook for another 10 minutes, and try again. The tingle means that there is still some active lye in the soap, and you want to wait until you feel absolutely no tingle before moving on to the next step. When there is no tingle, the soap is done. There is no real substitute for this tongue test, so if you feel uncomfortable doing it, DO NOT DO IT. If you do it, you do it at your own risk.
7. When your soap is done, turn off and unplug the crockpot and remove the lid. Stir the soap around a bit and then add the mixture of mica and sunflower oil, stirring well. If you don't stir until it is completely blended, you will get very neat marblized swirls in your soap. Once the color has been added, wait about 5 minutes or so before adding the fragrance or essential oil. If the scent has a low flash-point (point of evaporation), if you add it while the soap is too hot, you will not be able to smell the scent in the finished soap because the high heat evaporates some scents. After adding the scent, stir the mixture to incorporate it. Using the spoon, spoon the soap into the mold. You can use a long piece of Saran wrap and place on the top of the soap, evening it out a bit with your hand, before putting the lid on and squishing the soap down with the lid. Using potholders, pick up the ceramic insert from the crock pot and place into the sink, filling it full of hot water. You don't need to add detergent - it's just soap in there! Allow to soak before rinsing. Wait approximately 5-7 hours before removing your soap from the mold. Cut into bars. This is a hot-processed soap, making use of heat to accelerate saponification, so the soap is ready to use immediately after it cools. If you'd like, you can leave it out on wire racks for a week or so to harden. You can use Spicy Carnation fragrance oil for this recipe, You could also use whatever fragrance oil or essential oil you'd like.
For more on making hot process soap refer to this pictorial. Check out Camden-Grey for great prices on soapmaking supplies. You may also want to swing by Tennesse Candle Supply for a wide variety of skin safe fragrance oils.
Source: http://soapdelinews.com/2008/04/21/spicy-carnation-hot-process-soap.aspx
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Hot Process Soap Recipes (2lb, 3lb, 4lb)
I found this recipe for hot process soap (oven version) on the following link; http://www.tlc-naturally.com/recipes/soap-recipes.htm, And what I really like about it is that the author has included the ingredient amounts for 2 pound, 3 pound and 4 pound batches. What is great about hot process soap is that you can use it a lot sooner than regular cold process recipe.
Ingredients:
For 2 pounds:
16 oz. coconut oil
16 oz. olive oil
12 oz. water (6oz. liquid per pound of fats)
4.80 oz. lye (allows a buffer of 6% fat to be in soap)
0.64 oz. shea butter or cocoa butter (to superfat)
Finished batch size: 4 pounds
24 oz. coconut oil
24 oz. olive oil
18 oz. water
7.21 oz. lye
0.96 oz. shea butter or cocoa butter (to superfat)
Finished batch size: 3 pounds
32 oz. coconut oil
32 oz. olive oil
24 oz. water
9.61 oz. lye
1.28 oz. shea butter or cocoa butter (to superfat)
This is a recipe for Hot Process (Oven Process) but please follow instructions and precautions for making cold process soap. I usually wait till lye and oil are no higher than 100 degrees Fahrenheit, then you can combine lye water and melted oils in a large pot. Make sure you have plenty of room as hot process methods tend to 'grow' soap; so allow about 6" of room to spare in your pot. In cold process, you always have to have trace, but in hot process it's not really necessary, but I do it anyway.
After trace (or just stir with a wire whisk until slightly cloudy) place pot in 220 degree preheated oven. Set timer for 20 minutes and then check and stir the mix with a wire whisk to mix oils thoroughly. Place back in oven and wait another 20 minutes. The mix should be similar to applesauce - in texture and color - if it doesn't look like this, then it may need to cook another twenty minutes. At the end of this 20 minutes it should now have passed the creamy applesauce stage and should look a bit curdled. Wisk or blend thoroughly and then test for lye. I usually take a bit of the mix (watch out its really hot) and roll it between your gloved fingers ... after its a bit cool, then touch it to your tongue - if it zaps your tongue - put it back in the oven for another 20 minutes. If you are leery about touching your tongue with this mix, then just take a small piece of soap and soap up your hands under running water. If it stings, then you still have lye! So pop it back into the oven. After taking the pot out of the oven after 60-90 minutes, it may appear to have some oil in the bottom of the pot - just mix it thoroughly back together.
At this point, you can add the fragrances or essential oils but be sure that the soap mixture is 10-20 degrees BELOW the flashpoint of your fragrance/essential oil - or you will just burn off the beautiful scent! You also have to work fast with hot process as the soap can get VERY hard to pour if left to cool very long - so it can be a bit touch at first - but keep at it - HP (hot process) is great! You can also combine your fo/eo's together with your fat oils or melted butter and then add/stir this mix into your soap - this will keep the mix more pliable for pouring into molds. After you pour/glob the soap into your lined mold, pound the mold a couple of times on the counter and then cover with freezer paper and smooth out the top of the soap in the mold. Allow the soap to set/cool for about 4-6 hours and then pop it out of the mold and you're good to go!
Ingredients:
For 2 pounds:
16 oz. coconut oil
16 oz. olive oil
12 oz. water (6oz. liquid per pound of fats)
4.80 oz. lye (allows a buffer of 6% fat to be in soap)
0.64 oz. shea butter or cocoa butter (to superfat)
Finished batch size: 4 pounds
24 oz. coconut oil
24 oz. olive oil
18 oz. water
7.21 oz. lye
0.96 oz. shea butter or cocoa butter (to superfat)
Finished batch size: 3 pounds
32 oz. coconut oil
32 oz. olive oil
24 oz. water
9.61 oz. lye
1.28 oz. shea butter or cocoa butter (to superfat)
This is a recipe for Hot Process (Oven Process) but please follow instructions and precautions for making cold process soap. I usually wait till lye and oil are no higher than 100 degrees Fahrenheit, then you can combine lye water and melted oils in a large pot. Make sure you have plenty of room as hot process methods tend to 'grow' soap; so allow about 6" of room to spare in your pot. In cold process, you always have to have trace, but in hot process it's not really necessary, but I do it anyway.
After trace (or just stir with a wire whisk until slightly cloudy) place pot in 220 degree preheated oven. Set timer for 20 minutes and then check and stir the mix with a wire whisk to mix oils thoroughly. Place back in oven and wait another 20 minutes. The mix should be similar to applesauce - in texture and color - if it doesn't look like this, then it may need to cook another twenty minutes. At the end of this 20 minutes it should now have passed the creamy applesauce stage and should look a bit curdled. Wisk or blend thoroughly and then test for lye. I usually take a bit of the mix (watch out its really hot) and roll it between your gloved fingers ... after its a bit cool, then touch it to your tongue - if it zaps your tongue - put it back in the oven for another 20 minutes. If you are leery about touching your tongue with this mix, then just take a small piece of soap and soap up your hands under running water. If it stings, then you still have lye! So pop it back into the oven. After taking the pot out of the oven after 60-90 minutes, it may appear to have some oil in the bottom of the pot - just mix it thoroughly back together.
At this point, you can add the fragrances or essential oils but be sure that the soap mixture is 10-20 degrees BELOW the flashpoint of your fragrance/essential oil - or you will just burn off the beautiful scent! You also have to work fast with hot process as the soap can get VERY hard to pour if left to cool very long - so it can be a bit touch at first - but keep at it - HP (hot process) is great! You can also combine your fo/eo's together with your fat oils or melted butter and then add/stir this mix into your soap - this will keep the mix more pliable for pouring into molds. After you pour/glob the soap into your lined mold, pound the mold a couple of times on the counter and then cover with freezer paper and smooth out the top of the soap in the mold. Allow the soap to set/cool for about 4-6 hours and then pop it out of the mold and you're good to go!
Friday, September 5, 2008
Swirling Technique for Hot Process Soap Making
While searching the internet for hot process (crock pot) soap making recipes, I found these instructions on how to swirl and layer different colors in the hot process method. The author of both recipes does it in the oven rather in a crock pot. And recently I learn how to make soap in the crockpot. So I was wondering if anyone has tried this technique in a crock pot? If you did, how did it turn out? I would like to hear about your experience. On the other hand if you did it in the oven like the instructions call for, I would still like to hear from you.
Swirling:
http://www.lovenaonline.com/soapmaking/OHPswirl1.html
Combo (Swirling/Layering):
http://lovenaonline.com/soapmaking/OHPs_l.html
Swirling:
http://www.lovenaonline.com/soapmaking/OHPswirl1.html
Combo (Swirling/Layering):
http://lovenaonline.com/soapmaking/OHPs_l.html
Friday, November 16, 2007
Hot Process Soapmaking
Are you familiar with the soap making process? There are two different ways to make soap - hot process soap making (discussed in the article below) and cold process soap making. Judi Cox has provided the following hot process soap making recipe for those of you who are already familiar with the soap making process. We at Learn Crafts Online absolutely love the convenience of using a crock pot for hot process soap making. Please note: there are extremely caustic materials in soap, use reasonable caution and care while making soap. Learn Crafts Online is providing the information - it is up to each user to follow safety instructions properly.
Instructions for Making Crock Pot Handmade Soap by Judi Cox
Making soap in a crock pot is an easy way to use the "hot process" method.
These instructions outline my steps for making crock pot soap and assume you are familiar with the soapmaking process.
Start with a good recipe. I prefer recipes that have a higher amount of liquid oil to solids. One of my favorite recipes is very simple: 60% Olive Oil, 20% Palm Kernel Oil, 20% Palm Oil. Run it through a lye calculator to determine the amount of lye and [distilled] water needed. I don't discount my water when making hot process.
I use a 6 1/2 quart crock pot. A 4 pound batch of soaps fits perfectly. It fills the crock pot about half full - giving room in the case of it bubbling up, but not too little an amount that it could burn.
First, measure water and set aside.
Then measure the lye into a separate container. Slowly pour the lye into the pitcher of cold water. Stir until dissolved. Set aside in a safe place.
Once I have my lye mixture set aside, I measure my solid oils. These can be put into the crock pot to be melted. But, it takes longer this way, so I generally put them into the microwave for a couple minutes until melted and then pour into the crockpot.
At this point, my crock pot is on low.
I recommend using a good rubber spatula to scrape the bowl - no sense leaving any good oils behind.
Next, I measure my olive oil - and/or any other liquid oils I happen to be using - and pour this into the crockpot.
Get out your handy-dandy stickblender and using low speed, slowly pour the lye mixture into the melted oils. Gently move the stickblender around, up, down, around, ensuring a nice even blend. If you don't have a stickblender, a stainless steel wire whisk works great too - just requires a little more arm power.
Once it has reached 'trace', I put the lid on the crockpot and turn the heat setting up to high. However, the first few times I made crock pot soap, I left it on low until I was confident in how it worked (both the soap AND my crockpot).
Now, I ready my mold, measure out any fragrance oils or essential oils and any additives I plan to use.
After about 15 or 20 minutes, I take the lid off and, using a potato masher, mash the soap around. It has a look of a vaseline texture; glossy, slick. It will have a waxy feel if you rub a piece of it between gloved fingers.
Add your additives, colorants, herbs, etc and mix well using the potato masher. Once that is blended fairly well, add your fragrance and mix again.
It is done! At this point, it's really soap. It only needs to be put into your mold. I do this in large spoonfuls, pounding my mold on the counter every few scoops to ensure it packs into the mold tightly. Once I have it all in the mold, I put a baggie on my hand and flatten the top - making sure to "squish" it into the corners really well.
Now is a good time to wash all the dishes. And you don't even need to add any soap! You should see some lovely lather from the soap you've just made.
I let this sit over-night. The next morning, I unmold and slice into bars to air out for a week or so. Once each bar has had time to harden, I bevel each one and it's ready for use, or sale.
My favorite crock pot soap recipe:
Rosemary Mint Handmade Soap
Yields: 4 pounds of Soap
- 38 ounces olive oil (59.38%)
- 14.4 ounces palm kernel oil (22.5%)
- 11.6 ounces palm oil (18.13%)
- 8.7 ounces sodium hydroxide (5% discount)
- 17.5 ounces distilled water
- 3 ounces rosemary mint blend essential oils
- 2 teabags of Organic Peppermint tea
Disclaimer: Sodium Hydroxide is highly caustic and should be handled carefully and knowledgeably. It is the soapmakers responsibility to research safety procedures for soapmaking.
Judi Cox is a wife and mother of 4 children. Her hobbies include making handmade soap from scratch, gardening, crafts, web design and maintaining Mom’s Little Garden ( http://www.momslittlegarden.com ), an online resource for pregnant mothers, as well as her personal website, Momma Muse (http://www.mommamuse.com ).
Article Source: www.ladypens.com
Source: http://www.learncraftsonline.com/hot-process-soap-making.shtml
Instructions for Making Crock Pot Handmade Soap by Judi Cox
Making soap in a crock pot is an easy way to use the "hot process" method.
These instructions outline my steps for making crock pot soap and assume you are familiar with the soapmaking process.
Start with a good recipe. I prefer recipes that have a higher amount of liquid oil to solids. One of my favorite recipes is very simple: 60% Olive Oil, 20% Palm Kernel Oil, 20% Palm Oil. Run it through a lye calculator to determine the amount of lye and [distilled] water needed. I don't discount my water when making hot process.
I use a 6 1/2 quart crock pot. A 4 pound batch of soaps fits perfectly. It fills the crock pot about half full - giving room in the case of it bubbling up, but not too little an amount that it could burn.
First, measure water and set aside.
Then measure the lye into a separate container. Slowly pour the lye into the pitcher of cold water. Stir until dissolved. Set aside in a safe place.
Once I have my lye mixture set aside, I measure my solid oils. These can be put into the crock pot to be melted. But, it takes longer this way, so I generally put them into the microwave for a couple minutes until melted and then pour into the crockpot.
At this point, my crock pot is on low.
I recommend using a good rubber spatula to scrape the bowl - no sense leaving any good oils behind.
Next, I measure my olive oil - and/or any other liquid oils I happen to be using - and pour this into the crockpot.
Get out your handy-dandy stickblender and using low speed, slowly pour the lye mixture into the melted oils. Gently move the stickblender around, up, down, around, ensuring a nice even blend. If you don't have a stickblender, a stainless steel wire whisk works great too - just requires a little more arm power.
Once it has reached 'trace', I put the lid on the crockpot and turn the heat setting up to high. However, the first few times I made crock pot soap, I left it on low until I was confident in how it worked (both the soap AND my crockpot).
Now, I ready my mold, measure out any fragrance oils or essential oils and any additives I plan to use.
After about 15 or 20 minutes, I take the lid off and, using a potato masher, mash the soap around. It has a look of a vaseline texture; glossy, slick. It will have a waxy feel if you rub a piece of it between gloved fingers.
Add your additives, colorants, herbs, etc and mix well using the potato masher. Once that is blended fairly well, add your fragrance and mix again.
It is done! At this point, it's really soap. It only needs to be put into your mold. I do this in large spoonfuls, pounding my mold on the counter every few scoops to ensure it packs into the mold tightly. Once I have it all in the mold, I put a baggie on my hand and flatten the top - making sure to "squish" it into the corners really well.
Now is a good time to wash all the dishes. And you don't even need to add any soap! You should see some lovely lather from the soap you've just made.
I let this sit over-night. The next morning, I unmold and slice into bars to air out for a week or so. Once each bar has had time to harden, I bevel each one and it's ready for use, or sale.
My favorite crock pot soap recipe:
Rosemary Mint Handmade Soap
Yields: 4 pounds of Soap
- 38 ounces olive oil (59.38%)
- 14.4 ounces palm kernel oil (22.5%)
- 11.6 ounces palm oil (18.13%)
- 8.7 ounces sodium hydroxide (5% discount)
- 17.5 ounces distilled water
- 3 ounces rosemary mint blend essential oils
- 2 teabags of Organic Peppermint tea
Disclaimer: Sodium Hydroxide is highly caustic and should be handled carefully and knowledgeably. It is the soapmakers responsibility to research safety procedures for soapmaking.
Judi Cox is a wife and mother of 4 children. Her hobbies include making handmade soap from scratch, gardening, crafts, web design and maintaining Mom’s Little Garden ( http://www.momslittlegarden.com ), an online resource for pregnant mothers, as well as her personal website, Momma Muse (http://www.mommamuse.com ).
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