I have done nothing but Hot Process(HP) so far but also fairly new to the whole process of making soap.Hope I can clear up some newbie questions because I had them myself.Once you have your oils melted( I use my high setting throughout)pour in the lye mixture with the oils.Get your stick blender and start mixing.You will mix then stir mix then stir and so on.What to look for = like vanilla pudding.When you pick up the blender and you can see what drips still standing on top that is trace,you are ready to let it cook.Put the lid on,don't go far or leave unattended.When you see the bubbling around the edges you are on your way.It will look like it is folding to the center with it swelling.Put your index fingers together with your thumbs(right index to left index,left thumb to right thumb)and that is the amount of center with no signs of bubbling but the edges like I said will be swelling.Now take a spoon or spatula and fold it over and over,stirring and mixing,then let it cook some more until it swells again.Stir it back down again.The longer it is in the crock pot the quicker it will swell with each stir down.I have never done this less than four times,sometimes 5 or six stir downs.It will truly start look like vasaline when you stir it.When you see vasiline look,stir it and let it swell one more time and then it will be done.Add your super fat (if you want to use one don't have to)and your fragrance,Now is the time for any oatmeal or dried herbs you might be using.Pour into your mold and voila you have done it!!! Lets say you made your soap in the morning early.You can cut it after dinner if it feels hard with no indent.If you make it in the evening,cut it in the next morning.It will be fine to use for you,but just so it gets hard give it a day or two sliced up to get hard.I always scrape out the crock pot good and squish that in my hand and make a soap ball for my own use.Use a few scraps under warm water and wash your hands.You will be so happy when you see those bubbles.The oil and lye together cancels out any harm at all.You are safe to use it.Hope this helps you hot process want to be's.I love HP.
Pat Lambert great comment!! Thanks for sharing!! I’m inspired by her video and your comment made me feel safer and not afraid to try it out!! Thanks!! 🙏
I want to take the time to Thank You!! I had been looking over many soap videos about hot processing and cold pressed soap, but yours was the one I finally decided to try, and with much success ( I am new) I am so happy with how my soap turned out. Just like yours, only with tea tree oil. There was a moment when I thought I failed, that was when the vaseline stage was very soupy and loose looking, but I stirred vigorously and voila. I had a premium soap batch. I used Pomace. Thanks again your information was most helpful.
Your videos are the best I have seen, and being a new soapmaker I have seen a lot of them! You take the time to explain everything in detail Your camera work is excellent, your voice is easily heard and you make is uncomplicated. Thank you so much for doing this for us newbies!
I making hot process soap for the first time today. I bought some fun christmas silicone molds and the cold process method wouldnt be done in time for Christmas. Very informative, thank you!!
@@christabelmateta They turned out good! They arent as smooth as the cold process soap bars but since they were in christmas tree shapes with loose leaf tea and pine needles etc they were cute little rugged bars.
Excellent video! After all the years of of soap making I have never made hot process; lots of rebatch, but no hot process. Now I am going to have to give it a try. I love all your videos!
I love hot process soapmaking! I started less than a year ago (from watching RUclips videos and tutorials) with cold process. Then I found a small crock pot I never used and tried the hot process method. No soda ash, no color morphing and I love the almost immediate gratification. I don't sell the soap I make but I do gift it to appreciative friends, neighbors and family. I haven't purchased any soap for my family since I became addicted to the process and made pretty bars to give out as favors for my daughters bridal shower (from my shower to yours...) . Thank you Bonnie for your calming and informative tutorial. I'm addicted!
Hi Tawana - Hot process doesn't need any time to cure because it is cooked. It does lose water weight and gets harder the longer you leave it on a drying rack. You basically can use it as soon as it hardens. I usually wait about 2 weeks. Enjoy!
I have to make soap for my chem lab in a couple days, and all the teacher is giving us is the lye. She wants us too research the process and get the rest of the ingredients ourselves and make it without her instruction or help, so this video is immensely helpful. Of course I will need to proportionally scale down the ingredients and use a beaker with a hot plate instead of a crockpot, but still. Knowing the process helps
I watched this video like 20 times...I used a soap calculator and my own recipe and now my house smells like orange blossoms and patchouli----THANKS!!!
What a GREAT video!!!! I have made 2 batches of Hot Process so far and I am still learning. This video answered a few questions that I have been curious about! Especially about colorant! THANK YOU SO MUCH! Again, what an AWESOME video!
Thanks Bonnie! I've only done cp and haven't ventured into the world of hp. I'm usually not fond of the look of hp soap, but yours turned out very pretty.
Thank You for this video on Hot Process Soap Making. It was really very clear to understand you and your instructions. I believe I will be making this soap as my first attempt. I am reading various books to get the feel of making homemade soap and you just gave me courage to START!!! Thank You Again
I followed your recipe, and it came out great! It was easy! The only thing I added was a little goat's milk powder and vegetable glycerin. I used Brambleberry's Champagne scent. It smells like heaven! Thank you Bonnie! ^_^
I know this has been out here for a while but my daughter has a project to make soap for her Chemistry class and I stumbled upon this vid. This is a great vid but I'm curious about when you let your mixture cool down before you added the scents in. How cool does it need to be before you add them? Thanks in advance.
Extra virgin olive oil is actually very good for the skin. It's extremely moisturizing and the molecules are so large that it can't clog up your pores. The old Italian actresses used to use pure extra virgin olive oil as a moisturizer for their faces and with great results.
what is the Temp of your Crock pot ? after you put the soap in mold , how long do you have to wait until you can take it out ? and also after you take it out ( how long to do you have to wait before you can wrap and place your label ( and ready to sell ) , Thankyou so much your video was very good did a nice job on showing the process cant wait to see more :O)
Yes, you can color HP soap with mica. I usually use the crock pot on high but since it's not a temp, it controls wattage, it really doesn't matter. Low can get to the same temps as high with just a little more times. You should watch for signs that your soap is drying out or getting too hot and turn it up or down as needed.
I just found your channel and I enjoyed SOO much this video! I will watch all of them! I was looking for hot process tips as I just moved to Lima which has a very very humid climate especially because we are living very close to the beach. Now we are in autumn and winter is coming so the problem is not the hot weather but still the humidity. I understand now why HP was recommended to me, it is genious!! I just need to get a huge double boiler LOL many thanks again Bonnie!
Yes, it reached a full gel stage or what we refer to as "vaseline". I use a ph testing strip to determine when it is mild which can be done anytime after the gel stage. Yes, we can meet up and talk about soap. Should be fun.
Hi! Just wanted to say thank you for the inspirational video for the hot process soap making!! I myself only have done cold process for the past decade and was afraid to try out hot process. But looking at your video made me wanted to try out and I’m very inspired to make one! Great point that I can be sure that the super fat oil remains unaltered, because I always wondered what happens to the cold process super fat, and I think essential oil scent would be more true to the original form as it would not be touching caustic lye as in cold process method. Thank you so much for sharing!! 🌺💕✨👍🏼
I have always made cold process soap. We had pots, spoons, and other equipment set aside as soap making only. I would like to know if I can use my stick blender and crook pot for food after making soap with them. Great instructions! Thank you.
Thanks. Bought a huge batch of handmade soaps at a craft fair and recently ran out. Can't find the vendor I bought the soaps from and wondering if I should start making my own soaps but it looks like it involved more equipment and know-how than I expected. Great videos though.
I enjoy all your videos. I’ve been making CP soap a few times and I’m going to try my hand at HP. It appears you just push past trace and let it go through its phases and viola ! Soap 🌈
Thank again for the video it was helpful ill watch it over and over again, i just want to know how long actually do you stir, my first batch looked lke Vaseline so i just let it sit for 24 hours then i cut it, but it was still kinda soft.
Yeah that's the only criticism I have of the video. I like when videos cancel out the stirring (or blender sounds too). Otherwise excellent video. Can't wait to make this soap.
Hey Bonnie. Thanks for sharing. I made this soap last week and it's still soft. I used the exact recipe that you gave and not sure what is up. I'm still trying to master HP in a crockpot. I have been making CP soap for years. Not sure why I can't get the HP to work for me. Always turns out soft :(
The difference between EVOO and pomace is the amount of unsaponifiables which do not react with lye. Maybe that is what Evelyn Collins meant. Some soapers prefer pomace. I have used both extra virgin and regular cheap olive oil for making Castille soap.
Thanks for an informative video, great job! How long do you need to wait before you remove the soap from the mould and then how long before you can use it? I am new to soap making, so apologies if this is a silly question. Thank you ☺️ 👏🏽
Well done video presentation. I made this 2 days ago and the only thing different is I used a Pear FO from Brambleberry. It turned out exactly like your demo and smells wonderful. However the soap is very soft compared to my cold process soaps. Is this soap supposed to be a bit on the soft side? Thanks for all of your time!!
Good Earth Spa Are you on facebook anywhere? Would love to share soaping ideas. I can't just post on youtube, but I post a reply to a statement. Grrrrrrrr
I enjoyed this video and found it the best one I've seen so far about soap making. I am trying my hand at soap making and will try cold press first. I have a few questions I'm hoping you can help me with: First, since the chemical reaction changes the lye into soap. can I then use the slow cooker for food again or do I have to buy another one? Second, I'm trying soap for the first time and using a tomato recipe for the anti-itch properties. It calls for 3-4 large, well pureed tomatoes and in parenthesis says 7.5 oz total liquid. It doesn't specify the ratio of distilled water to tomato puree. I'm using canned so I'm not sure how to figure this out, can you be of assistance? Third, do I add this at trace or with the lye solution before adding to oils? Or is there a better time to get the tomato properties into the soap? TYSM for any assistance you can offer.
Thanks a lot for this wonderful video. I have been doing research on soap making & so far this is the best video I've come across. I want to go into commercial soap making & where I live olive oil is kinda expensive. Can I eliminate olive oil completely and use palm kernel oil since I want to make soap for washing clothes & not a bathing soap. I look forward to your favorable response...thanks
You can use soapcalc.com and substitute any number of ingredients tweaking them a bit to get all the properties you want. It's the lard (fatty oil), the big component that I've found makes the most difference. tallow or Crisco, a hard fatty oil makes the best soap. I switched to a cheaper milky fully hydrogenated soybean oil as a base because it was really cheap at Smart & Final compared to the hard fatty oil. People like the harder soap because it lasts longer. It's just better. I just bought a gallon of pure Olive Oil from Smart in Final for $10.50 and 1 gallon of Canola Oil for $6.29. The olive oil and Canola oil I already had came from Costco (Kirkland brand). If you're going commercial then I strongly recommend buying everything in as bulk quantity as you can manage. I had just gone for a long walk to the store and hefting a 35 lb. vat of canola oil or lard was too much. I still have 8 lbs. left from last time of the lard. You can make laundry detergent for 20 cents a gallon (put that in the RUclips search bar).
It did change. It goes quickly. Before it looked creamy like pudding and after it looked translucent like vaseline. If you are not sure and your soap bubbles up, then it has already gone through a gel stage. It will gel before it boils. :-) Hope that helps. Sometimes on camera it is not as easy to see compared to your own eyes.
Thanks for these videos, very helpful. But why did you add the mango butter after the gel stage? Is there some kind of benefit to this ? I thought you had to add all the oils and butters at the very beginning?
If you didn't scorch the milk when mixing with lye then the off odor should cure out in a couple days. The color of milk soaps can get quite dark depending on how it went when you mixed the lye and milk. Just give the soap time and hope it smells better. There is probably nothing that can be done about the color.
I love the tutorial. I am thinking about trying hot process soap making. But I wondered when you are finished using everything, how do you go about cleaning your crock pot and other stuff you used? And how do you PH test the soap?
This is a really great made video! It also helped me by answering a question I had before. I didn't know soaps could be made using plant oils for the fats, I thought it always had to be lard you mixed with the lye. Could you do it with any fat or oil, do you think? Like, if you took the cream out of milk (basically pure fat) and used that or butter, do you think that would work too? Fascinating stuff
Howdy! You make it look so easy. I have watched other videos that state that there are three phases of which hot process soap goes through but yours did not? What is the curing time with hot process as opposed to cold process soap? Thanks!!
HOW long do you cook it in crockpot for. I made a batch yesterday and cooked for around 3 hours. it had alot of drying on the inside of the pot walls. then had large chunks of a lighter colour. did I overcook it? my soap worked out ok but was not smooth at all. was very bumpy and chunky. I'm trying to get a much smoother soap bar but not having any success. your help and guidance would be very much appreciated. I'm in Queensland Australia cheers tanya
I’m dying to try HP soaps, I’m fairly new to CP, so want to give this a try ... since I make very small batches (less than a pound for now) I’m concerned my stick blender won’t be completely submerged in the batter in a crockpot. What I do for CP batter is melt my oils/butters in a double boiler then just blend it in a measuring cup. Can I still do it this way, then when it is at trace transfer it to a warmed crockpot for cooking my HP soap? Thank you for your time and advice 🥰
nice video, i m attempting to hot process today, i have always used CP for years, so itoday im braving the seaven seas of HP soap making. I have 1 question though, just about every video i have seen on HP on youtube, the hobbyist throws in a chunk of superfat after the saponification is completed. SO my Big question is how much superfat do i add at the end? all of the lye and fragrance cals i use do have superfatting levels usually 5% - I USUALLY GO 6% BUT NOTHING IS MENTIONED about putting a chunk in later. is this a tip ? please explain, thanks!!
Hi there , yur soap look great , lye can i use Rooto at ace hardware? Will it work ? I saw sone other people use it buy want to try in hot press soap .
In the beginning, what is the buttery looking stuff in your pot with the oils? Is that shea butter? I'm only asking because you add the mango butter later on.
Great video, thanks for sharing. I do have a question, at what temp do you typically add the essential oils? My last batch flashed the oils... Had a super mild almost unnoticeable scent. Thanks.
Bonnie said the soap was about 200° Fahrenheit when she unplugged the Crockpot (turned it off) and let it cool before adding the scent/essential oils. Just off the top of my head from what Bonnie said, I'd speculate that 120 to 140° would be perfect. I make a lot of melt & pour soap and so I can add the scent to each bar I pour (one at a time), I'm an impatient person and so lots of scent gets wasted. Making the melt & pour soap base from Dial soap causes a loss of scent, considerable. Lots of experiments perfects our techniques.
The fats added at the beginning are to react with the lye to make soap. The fats added after the gel stage (meaning that soap has already been made) will ensure that the second fats are for moisturizing purposes rather than cleansing.
I used the High setting. It's not so important which setting as crock pots work on watts not heat. Any setting will work as long as there is steady heat applied. Just monitor with a thermometer. High will get it done faster. I can usually do a batch of hot process soap in about an hour but it also depends on the recipe and other factors.
Great video. Does hot process soap have to be done in a slow-cooker, or would a heavy pot on the stove work? I have a pressure cooker with a damaged lid (so I can't use it as a pressure cooker anymore) that is nice and heavy and deep. I'd love to use it for making soap unless there's some reason it has to be done in a crock pot. Thanks!
You should not use a metal pot for HP. That's the reason crock pots with a ceramic container are so convenient. The lye will react with the metal of the pot, so metal containers should not be used.
Hopefully you can help me on this problem. When my hot process soap was removed from the mold, I cut the rough part off; however I noticed that on some of my bars the center is a lot lighter than the outside. I stirred them up really good before molding, but it still happened. Actually, they are kind of pretty, but I don't want all of them to do that. I did notice that my coffee one didn't, but the others did. What can I do to remedy this problem?
This is my first time making soap, I got tire and so did my blender, I never had it thick I never saw it trace so if it does not work the very next day can i put it in the crock pot and try again? again? thanks.
I have done nothing but Hot Process(HP) so far but also fairly new to the whole process of making soap.Hope I can clear up some newbie questions because I had them myself.Once you have your oils melted( I use my high setting throughout)pour in the lye mixture with the oils.Get your stick blender and start mixing.You will mix then stir mix then stir and so on.What to look for = like vanilla pudding.When you pick up the blender and you can see what drips still standing on top that is trace,you are ready to let it cook.Put the lid on,don't go far or leave unattended.When you see the bubbling around the edges you are on your way.It will look like it is folding to the center with it swelling.Put your index fingers together with your thumbs(right index to left index,left thumb to right thumb)and that is the amount of center with no signs of bubbling but the edges like I said will be swelling.Now take a spoon or spatula and fold it over and over,stirring and mixing,then let it cook some more until it swells again.Stir it back down again.The longer it is in the crock pot the quicker it will swell with each stir down.I have never done this less than four times,sometimes 5 or six stir downs.It will truly start look like vasaline when you stir it.When you see vasiline look,stir it and let it swell one more time and then it will be done.Add your super fat (if you want to use one don't have to)and your fragrance,Now is the time for any oatmeal or dried herbs you might be using.Pour into your mold and voila you have done it!!! Lets say you made your soap in the morning early.You can cut it after dinner if it feels hard with no indent.If you make it in the evening,cut it in the next morning.It will be fine to use for you,but just so it gets hard give it a day or two sliced up to get hard.I always scrape out the crock pot good and squish that in my hand and make a soap ball for my own use.Use a few scraps under warm water and wash your hands.You will be so happy when you see those bubbles.The oil and lye together cancels out any harm at all.You are safe to use it.Hope this helps you hot process want to be's.I love HP.
awesome comment
Pat Lambert I saw somewhere on here where they said she kept her crock pot on low. ???
How long does this take altogether?
Thank you for the break down! Amazing!
Pat Lambert great comment!! Thanks for sharing!! I’m inspired by her video and your comment made me feel safer and not afraid to try it out!! Thanks!! 🙏
I want to take the time to Thank You!! I had been looking over many soap videos about hot processing and cold pressed soap, but yours was the one I finally decided to try, and with much success ( I am new) I am so happy with how my soap turned out. Just like yours, only with tea tree oil. There was a moment when I thought I failed, that was when the vaseline stage was very soupy and loose looking, but I stirred vigorously and voila. I had a premium soap batch. I used Pomace. Thanks again your information was most helpful.
Nice, I want to make mine with tea tree too
I have watched a gazillion videos on soap making, but none were as good as yours......great job!
Your videos are the best I have seen, and being a new soapmaker I have seen a lot of them! You take the time to explain everything in detail Your camera work is excellent, your voice is easily heard and you make is uncomplicated. Thank you so much for doing this for us newbies!
I making hot process soap for the first time today. I bought some fun christmas silicone molds and the cold process method wouldnt be done in time for Christmas. Very informative, thank you!!
@@christabelmateta They turned out good! They arent as smooth as the cold process soap bars but since they were in christmas tree shapes with loose leaf tea and pine needles etc they were cute little rugged bars.
Excellent video! After all the years of of soap making I have never made hot process; lots of rebatch, but no hot process. Now I am going to have to give it a try. I love all your videos!
I love hot process soapmaking! I started less than a year ago (from watching RUclips videos and tutorials) with cold process. Then I found a small crock pot I never used and tried the hot process method. No soda ash, no color morphing and I love the almost immediate gratification. I don't sell the soap I make but I do gift it to appreciative friends, neighbors and family. I haven't purchased any soap for my family since I became addicted to the process and made pretty bars to give out as favors for my daughters bridal shower (from my shower to yours...) . Thank you Bonnie for your calming and informative tutorial. I'm addicted!
Grace Jaskot. Hello, do you know long to cure hot process soap?
Hi Tawana - Hot process doesn't need any time to cure because it is cooked. It does lose water weight and gets harder the longer you leave it on a drying rack. You basically can use it as soon as it hardens. I usually wait about 2 weeks. Enjoy!
I have to make soap for my chem lab in a couple days, and all the teacher is giving us is the lye. She wants us too research the process and get the rest of the ingredients ourselves and make it without her instruction or help, so this video is immensely helpful. Of course I will need to proportionally scale down the ingredients and use a beaker with a hot plate instead of a crockpot, but still. Knowing the process helps
I watched this video like 20 times...I used a soap calculator and my own recipe and now my house smells like orange blossoms and patchouli----THANKS!!!
What a GREAT video!!!! I have made 2 batches of Hot Process so far and I am still learning. This video answered a few questions that I have been curious about! Especially about colorant! THANK YOU SO MUCH! Again, what an AWESOME video!
Wow - fabulous video. Wanted to know the difference between making HP and CP, and this has been answered clearly and concisely. Thank you so much!
Beautiful! Thank you for sharing! I’m making this on the weekend. Super excited to try. It will be my first attempt. Best video I’ve watched. 😇
Thanks Bonnie! I've only done cp and haven't ventured into the world of hp. I'm usually not fond of the look of hp soap, but yours turned out very pretty.
Thank You for this video on Hot Process Soap Making. It was really very clear to understand you and your instructions. I believe I will be making this soap as my first attempt. I am reading various books to get the feel of making homemade soap and you just gave me courage to START!!! Thank You Again
I followed your recipe, and it came out great! It was easy! The only thing I added was a little goat's milk powder and vegetable glycerin. I used Brambleberry's Champagne scent. It smells like heaven! Thank you Bonnie! ^_^
Best displayed hot process soap tutorial I've found so far! Thanks so much!
In all honesty, u r the first video to say its very much the same as cold press but u keep cooking, that's the part I didn't get, nice.
Outstanding professionally done instructional video 👍🏼
Another question: how long is this crockpot cooking process from beginning to end? Thanks :)
I know this has been out here for a while but my daughter has a project to make soap for her Chemistry class and I stumbled upon this vid. This is a great vid but I'm curious about when you let your mixture cool down before you added the scents in. How cool does it need to be before you add them?
Thanks in advance.
I love the way you make soap, its so calming
Extra virgin olive oil is actually very good for the skin. It's extremely moisturizing and the molecules are so large that it can't clog up your pores. The old Italian actresses used to use pure extra virgin olive oil as a moisturizer for their faces and with great results.
what is the Temp of your Crock pot ? after you put the soap in mold , how long do you have to wait until you can take it out ? and also after you take it out ( how long to do you have to wait before you can wrap and place your label ( and ready to sell ) , Thankyou so much your video was very good did a nice job on showing the process cant wait to see more :O)
Thanks for the excellent tutorial. I'm starting to get the soaping itch again and was thinking about trying some hot process.
I love your videos - I can't wait to try these. You are so clear in your instruction a natural teacher - thank you
Yes, you can color HP soap with mica. I usually use the crock pot on high but since it's not a temp, it controls wattage, it really doesn't matter. Low can get to the same temps as high with just a little more times. You should watch for signs that your soap is drying out or getting too hot and turn it up or down as needed.
I just found your channel and I enjoyed SOO much this video! I will watch all of them! I was looking for hot process tips as I just moved to Lima which has a very very humid climate especially because we are living very close to the beach. Now we are in autumn and winter is coming so the problem is not the hot weather but still the humidity. I understand now why HP was recommended to me, it is genious!! I just need to get a huge double boiler LOL many thanks again Bonnie!
Yes, it reached a full gel stage or what we refer to as "vaseline". I use a ph testing strip to determine when it is mild which can be done anytime after the gel stage. Yes, we can meet up and talk about soap. Should be fun.
She has adorable voice :) I like when she talking :)
Hazardteam agree!! especially those promising undies fume.
Hi! Just wanted to say thank you for the inspirational video for the hot process soap making!!
I myself only have done cold process for the past decade and was afraid to try out hot process. But looking at your video made me wanted to try out and I’m very inspired to make one!
Great point that I can be sure that the super fat oil remains unaltered, because I always wondered what happens to the cold process super fat, and I think essential oil scent would be more true to the original form as it would not be touching caustic lye as in cold process method. Thank you so much for sharing!! 🌺💕✨👍🏼
I have always made cold process soap. We had pots, spoons, and other equipment set aside as soap making only. I would like to know if I can use my stick blender and crook pot for food after making soap with them. Great instructions! Thank you.
Great tips! Thanks for sharing. =)
love how the soap turned out, so pretty
Lovely video soap looks great I have only started to make HP I am liking it better than the C.P. seems to keep the fragrance longer.
I have made the CP and want to try the hot process. Thanks for posting this it really explains the process well.
Thanks. Bought a huge batch of handmade soaps at a craft fair and recently ran out. Can't find the vendor I bought the soaps from and wondering if I should start making my own soaps but it looks like it involved more equipment and know-how than I expected. Great videos though.
I got chills every time the pot was scraped.
Sorry!
Lol. It's okay. I got over it because the video was pretty informative. 👍
Sometimes in videos its amplified. I do try to keep that in mind with blenders, crinkling, and sharp noises when making new videos.
I enjoy all your videos.
I’ve been making CP soap a few times and I’m going to try my hand at HP.
It appears you just push past trace and let it go through its phases and viola ! Soap 🌈
Thank again for the video it was helpful ill watch it over and over again, i just want to know how long actually do you stir, my first batch looked lke Vaseline so i just let it sit for 24 hours then i cut it, but it was still kinda soft.
the spoon sound is really hard on my ears.. but really informative! thank you! might try it out next weekend!
araceli Diazibarra all I could think was how much the bottom of the crock pot was getting scratched up 😂
Yeah that's the only criticism I have of the video. I like when videos cancel out the stirring (or blender sounds too). Otherwise excellent video. Can't wait to make this soap.
The best Hot processed soap video on RUclips! Thank you Bonnie!
Great video, thanks for sharing! Best one I have seen explaining the hot processes method.
That's beautiful, it looks so nice and smooth. =)
Hey Bonnie. Thanks for sharing. I made this soap last week and it's still soft. I used the exact recipe that you gave and not sure what is up. I'm still trying to master HP in a crockpot. I have been making CP soap for years. Not sure why I can't get the HP to work for me. Always turns out soft :(
Nice video, You give such clear and precise guidance, very refreshing! Thank you
The difference between EVOO and pomace is the amount of unsaponifiables which do not react with lye. Maybe that is what Evelyn Collins meant. Some soapers prefer pomace. I have used both extra virgin and regular cheap olive oil for making Castille soap.
Is it ok to add butters when 200 degrees? I thought high heat changes the fatty acid chains. Thanks for your e excellent soap videos.
You are a great teacher...i appreciate you
I really enjoyed this video but if you make another one please note the approximate amount of time between each phase in the crockpot.
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Thanks for an informative video, great job! How long do you need to wait before you remove the soap from the mould and then how long before you can use it? I am new to soap making, so apologies if this is a silly question. Thank you ☺️ 👏🏽
THANK YOU O MERCIFUL ONE FOR MUTING THE HAND MIXER !!
Well done video presentation. I made this 2 days ago and the only thing different is I used a Pear FO from Brambleberry. It turned out exactly like your demo and smells wonderful. However the soap is very soft compared to my cold process soaps. Is this soap supposed to be a bit on the soft side? Thanks for all of your time!!
Yes, it will start out soft but cure time will harden it up.
Good Earth Spa Are you on facebook anywhere? Would love to share soaping ideas. I can't just post on youtube, but I post a reply to a statement. Grrrrrrrr
well explained and encouraging Thanks!
I enjoyed this video and found it the best one I've seen so far about soap making. I am trying my hand at soap making and will try cold press first. I have a few questions I'm hoping you can help me with:
First, since the chemical reaction changes the lye into soap. can I then use the slow cooker for food again or do I have to buy another one?
Second, I'm trying soap for the first time and using a tomato recipe for the anti-itch properties. It calls for 3-4 large, well pureed tomatoes and in parenthesis says 7.5 oz total liquid. It doesn't specify the ratio of distilled water to tomato puree. I'm using canned so I'm not sure how to figure this out, can you be of assistance?
Third, do I add this at trace or with the lye solution before adding to oils? Or is there a better time to get the tomato properties into the soap?
TYSM for any assistance you can offer.
I wouldn't use anything that has touched lye, on food surfaces. Keep everything separate.
Hey Bonnie! Great to see you back on youtube, we have missed you lots. Loved the hot process video. Looked awesome.
Bye for now,
Lori
Thanks a lot for this wonderful video. I have been doing research on soap making & so far this is the best video I've come across. I want to go into commercial soap making & where I live olive oil is kinda expensive. Can I eliminate olive oil completely and use palm kernel oil since I want to make soap for washing clothes & not a bathing soap. I look forward to your favorable response...thanks
You can use soapcalc.com and substitute any number of ingredients tweaking them a bit to get all the properties you want. It's the lard (fatty oil), the big component that I've found makes the most difference. tallow or Crisco, a hard fatty oil makes the best soap. I switched to a cheaper milky fully hydrogenated soybean oil as a base because it was really cheap at Smart & Final compared to the hard fatty oil. People like the harder soap because it lasts longer. It's just better. I just bought a gallon of pure Olive Oil from Smart in Final for $10.50 and 1 gallon of Canola Oil for $6.29. The olive oil and Canola oil I already had came from Costco (Kirkland brand). If you're going commercial then I strongly recommend buying everything in as bulk quantity as you can manage. I had just gone for a long walk to the store and hefting a 35 lb. vat of canola oil or lard was too much. I still have 8 lbs. left from last time of the lard. You can make laundry detergent for 20 cents a gallon (put that in the RUclips search bar).
Ok, thank you so much. I'm really grateful
I think this is the first soap making video I've watched where i'm not lost
It did change. It goes quickly. Before it looked creamy like pudding and after it looked translucent like vaseline. If you are not sure and your soap bubbles up, then it has already gone through a gel stage. It will gel before it boils. :-) Hope that helps. Sometimes on camera it is not as easy to see compared to your own eyes.
Thanks for these videos, very helpful. But why did you add the mango butter after the gel stage? Is there some kind of benefit to this ? I thought you had to add all the oils and butters at the very beginning?
If you didn't scorch the milk when mixing with lye then the off odor should cure out in a couple days. The color of milk soaps can get quite dark depending on how it went when you mixed the lye and milk. Just give the soap time and hope it smells better. There is probably nothing that can be done about the color.
great video and how long before you can use the soap?
thanks
Allan
Love,Love your Soaps and Your Videos! Thank You, Bonnie :)..................
Thank you so much for sharing! Always love watching your videos and it helps me a lot!
I agree!
Yes, I think it's better quality when you cure them because they are still full of moisture.
Thanks for the video I enjoyed watching it, and you where very helpful.
I love the tutorial. I am thinking about trying hot process soap making. But I wondered when you are finished using everything, how do you go about cleaning your crock pot and other stuff you used? And how do you PH test the soap?
Very well informative vid, what is the advantage of hor process over cold process [ if any ] ?
This is a really great made video! It also helped me by answering a question I had before. I didn't know soaps could be made using plant oils for the fats, I thought it always had to be lard you mixed with the lye. Could you do it with any fat or oil, do you think? Like, if you took the cream out of milk (basically pure fat) and used that or butter, do you think that would work too? Fascinating stuff
Awesome tutorial! I am very interested in learning how to make my own soap! Do you have recipes or tutorials for shampoo bars as well?
Howdy! You make it look so easy. I have watched other videos that state that there are three phases of which hot process soap goes through but yours did not? What is the curing time with hot process as opposed to cold process soap? Thanks!!
I heard that letting it cure for a week makes hot process better. You could use it right away but it'll be better with a bit of curing.
Thanks!
Thank you so much for this video! It was so helpful! You make look hot process soap making so easy! Thanks again!
HOW long do you cook it in crockpot for. I made a batch yesterday and cooked for around 3 hours. it had alot of drying on the inside of the pot walls. then had large chunks of a lighter colour. did I overcook it? my soap worked out ok but was not smooth at all. was very bumpy and chunky. I'm trying to get a much smoother soap bar but not having any success. your help and guidance would be very much appreciated. I'm in Queensland Australia cheers tanya
Who else had the desire to eat the mango butter? I certainly did.
Not for pH but for moisture, yes or possibly. It depends on the water content of your soap.
You explained very well everything. Thank you so much! ❤❤❤❤❤
Great video! What did you use to dilute the 3ml lab color?
your videos are so relaxing
When I were stiring and blending was the crock pot ON and boiling on fire? Or it was getting boiled by itself due to the Lye reactions?
what type of mold did you use? what temperature was your crock-pot on? Love this video BTW
I’m dying to try HP soaps, I’m fairly new to CP, so want to give this a try ... since I make very small batches (less than a pound for now) I’m concerned my stick blender won’t be completely submerged in the batter in a crockpot. What I do for CP batter is melt my oils/butters in a double boiler then just blend it in a measuring cup. Can I still do it this way, then when it is at trace transfer it to a warmed crockpot for cooking my HP soap? Thank you for your time and advice 🥰
nice video, i m attempting to hot process today, i have always used CP for years, so itoday im braving the seaven seas of HP soap making. I have 1 question though, just about every video i have seen on HP on youtube, the hobbyist throws in a chunk of superfat after the saponification is completed. SO my Big question is how much superfat do i add at the end?
all of the lye and fragrance cals i use do have superfatting levels usually 5% - I USUALLY GO 6% BUT NOTHING IS MENTIONED about putting a chunk in later. is this a tip ? please explain, thanks!!
Hi there , yur soap look great , lye can i use Rooto at ace hardware? Will it work ? I saw sone other people use it buy want to try in hot press soap .
In the beginning, what is the buttery looking stuff in your pot with the oils? Is that shea butter? I'm only asking because you add the mango butter later on.
Great video, thanks for sharing. I do have a question, at what temp do you typically add the essential oils? My last batch flashed the oils... Had a super mild almost unnoticeable scent. Thanks.
Bonnie said the soap was about 200° Fahrenheit when she unplugged the Crockpot (turned it off) and let it cool before adding the scent/essential oils. Just off the top of my head from what Bonnie said, I'd speculate that 120 to 140° would be perfect. I make a lot of melt & pour soap and so I can add the scent to each bar I pour (one at a time), I'm an impatient person and so lots of scent gets wasted. Making the melt & pour soap base from Dial soap causes a loss of scent, considerable. Lots of experiments perfects our techniques.
Hi Bonnie! Can i pour the soap into mould before the consistency is like porridge rather than mashed potato and cure it for a longer time?
The fats added at the beginning are to react with the lye to make soap. The fats added after the gel stage (meaning that soap has already been made) will ensure that the second fats are for moisturizing purposes rather than cleansing.
Thanks for the awesome video, and I loved the music!
I used the High setting. It's not so important which setting as crock pots work on watts not heat. Any setting will work as long as there is steady heat applied. Just monitor with a thermometer. High will get it done faster. I can usually do a batch of hot process soap in about an hour but it also depends on the recipe and other factors.
Great video. Does hot process soap have to be done in a slow-cooker, or would a heavy pot on the stove work? I have a pressure cooker with a damaged lid (so I can't use it as a pressure cooker anymore) that is nice and heavy and deep. I'd love to use it for making soap unless there's some reason it has to be done in a crock pot. Thanks!
Jeanmarie Todd you can make it on stove
You should not use a metal pot for HP. That's the reason crock pots with a ceramic container are so convenient. The lye will react with the metal of the pot, so metal containers should not be used.
Hi there. Im going to try this method tomorrow. If I was to add lard/tallow instead of the mango butter, do I still add that at the end?
Nice job...thank you. what is the difference between cold and hot process. I really appreciate your answer.
essentially the same thing except hot process heats up several stages of the reaction so the soap is made faster.
Hopefully you can help me on this problem. When my hot process soap was removed from the mold, I cut the rough part off; however I noticed that on some of my bars the center is a lot lighter than the outside. I stirred them up really good before molding, but it still happened. Actually, they are kind of pretty, but I don't want all of them to do that. I did notice that my coffee one didn't, but the others did. What can I do to remedy this problem?
i like that crinkle cutter
Do you have to turn on the crock pot before putting the oil?
Perfect video
She uses a mixture of olive and coconut oil for this soap. The buttery stuff is the coconut oil, which is solid at room temperature. :)
I have some mustard seed oil. Can I safely use it in soap making either hot or cold processing? Thanks
This is my first time making soap, I got tire and so did my blender, I never had it thick I never saw it trace so if it does not work the very next day can i put it in the crock pot and try again? again? thanks.