What are the stages of hot process soap?

What are the stages of hot process soap?

Hot Process for Beginners

• What you will need.
• Step 1: Measure and prepare.
• Step 2: Melt your oils.
• Step 3: Mix up your lye solution.
• Step 4: Combine melted and liquid oils.
• Step 4: Time to Make the Soap!
• Step 4: Cook it!
• Step 5: Craft your masterpiece.

How do you make soap step by step?

Step-by-Step Guide

1. Step 1: Melt and Mix the Oils. Weigh out your solid oils and melt them in a saucepan over a low heat.
2. Step 2: Mix the Water and Lye.
3. Step 3: Mix the Oils with the Lye Water.
4. Step 4: Bring the Soap Mix to Trace.
5. Step 5: Add to the Mold.
6. Step 6: Leave to Rest.

What is the chemical process of making soap?

Saponification is at the heart of soap-making. It is the chemical reaction in which the building blocks of fats and oils (triglycerides) react with lye to form soap. Saponification literally means “turning into soap” from the root word, sapo, which is Latin for soap.

How do you make soap in a chemistry lab?

Heat 50 mL of saturated sodium chloride solution in a 100-mL beaker until it is almost boiling.

1. If you are starting with solid sodium chloride (rather than liquid), weigh 15 g of sodium chloride and put it in a 100-mL beaker.
2. Add 50 mL of water and stir until dissolved.
3. Heat the salt solution until it is almost boiling.

What is the pH of hot process soap?

pH testing handmade soap typically shows a result between 8 and 10, but can creep up near a pH of 11.

What’s the difference between hot process and cold process soap making?

Unlike cold process soap, the essential oils or fragrance/additives are added after gel phase. Cold process soap heats from the inside out, while hot process soap heats from the outside in. Unlike cold process soap, that lasts for 4-6 weeks, hot process soap can be used immediately after it hardens.

How do you make organic soap step by step?

Instructions

1. Cover your work area with newspaper.
2. In the pint jar, add your three oils together.
3. When both the lye and oils are at the right temperature, pour the oils into a mixing bowl.
4. Add your herbs, essential oils or other additions at this point.
5. After 24 hours, check your soap.

How do you test soap formation?

One way to test the formation of soap is by dissolving the solid in water and checking foam formation. It can also be confirmed by performing pH test, which involves dissolving the soap in a freshly prepared 1:3 water and isopropyl alcohol mixture.

What’s the difference between hot process soap and cold process soap?

Hot process soap making (aka crock pot soap) and cold process soap making are pretty much identical processes. The main difference is that hot process soap allows the chemical reaction to complete immediately, while cold process soap allows the chemical reaction to happen over a curing period of six weeks.

When to cut and unmold hot process soap?

Most hot process soap will be fully cooled and ready to unmold and cut in about 24 hours. As with any bar of soap, the longer it sits, the harder and better it will be. Letting it sit for at least a week will really make a difference in the overall quality of your bar.

Can you make hot process soap in a crock pot?

With hot process soap making, your oils and lye solution will be heated in a crock pot. Therefore, the temperature of the oils and lye is not as important. What I’ve found is that I can almost just pour them together, even though the lye solution is very hot, and bring them to trace in the crock pot. This alleviates the need to take temperatures.

How long do you wait to use hot process soap?

I have since learned from a few soap makers who shared their knowledge that while hot process doesn’t necessarily require a six week wait, you will find the texture and hardness of the soap improves after a 1-2 week wait time. So while you can use it right away if you want, it’ll be better if you still wait a bit.