To make Hot Process soap, you have to Preheat your oven to 200 degrees. You need to prepare all your materials and make sure you have followed all the safety precautions needed for working with caustic chemicals. After that, measure out the exact amount of water as required by your recipe with using your digital scale. Then, Measure out the exact amount of lye required by your recipe into a dry plastic container. Next, add the lye slowly to the water and stir well. You must put the lye water someplace safe to cool, where it cannot be reached by children or pets.
Forth, Measure out the oils required by your recipe and add them to your stainless steel pot. After that, warm the oils on the stove top at a low temperature. When all of the oils have melted, you can remove the pot from the heat. Then, Pour the lye water into the oils slowly. Using the stick blender, you can mix until the soap gets thick and you can see strong lines in it from where your mixer moves.
Next, Place the lid on your pot and place it carefully into the preheated oven. You have to turn the oven down to about 180 degrees. After twenty minutes, you need to remove the soap from the oven. You must Take the lid off and stir the soap. You should Replace the lid and put the soap back into the oven.
At this point, you can the soap typically looks like a thick custard. Forth, continue cooking the soap and stir it every fifteen minutes. After that, prepare any additional items needed to finish your recipe. You have to Line your mold with freezer paper so that it is ready to pour the soap into. You need to continue to check the soap after each fifteen minute interval and make sure that it has transformed from the custard stage to the applesauce stage.
You must keep in mind that there is no set time on how long this process is going to take. After you visually confirm that your soap is ready, you can remove it from the oven. You have to Make a small ball of soap and let it cool. After it is cool, you need to pick it up and gently stick the tip of your tongue on the soap ball. You must Continue cooking, checking for lye at fifteen minute intervals.
If the soap does not zap or sting, it means that your soap is done. You can Turn the oven off and move your soap pot to your work space. Then, add any fragrance oil or other additives to your soap as per your recipe. For a pretty swirled look, you can pull a healthy bit of soap out of the main pot into a second container. You have to Mix the color into the smaller amount of soap and gently fold it back into the main pot.
You need to Avoid stirring too much at this point or you will lose the swirl and have only colored soap. Next, gently pour the soap from your pot into the lined mold. Once the mold is full, you must bang it on the floor or counter. Once you are done, you should lay a sheet of saran wrap over the top of the soap and use your hand to press out the top and make it smoother. Forth, Put the lid on the mold and allow it to rest for six to eight hours.
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