Add to CartTired of waiting 4-6 weeks to use your handmade Cold Process soap?
Or, perhaps you never really got into CP soapmaking due to the long curing time?
So, what's a soapmaker to do? The Answer: Hot Process.
Hot Process (HP) is another method of making soap completely from scratch. It differs from the more common Cold Process (CP) method in that heat is applied to complete the saponification process before the soap goes into the mold. The result is a great bar of soap, similar to what you get with the CP method, with one HUGE BENEFIT; the soap is technically ready to use immediately (although it's a good idea to allow a few weeks for the soap to firm up). For those of you who plan on selling your soap, a reduced curing time means that you can fill custom orders in half the time (and HP soap uses less scent so that will save money). Saving time AND money... what could be better?
This class handout focuses on the Crock Pot Method. You'll learn everything there is to know about making HP Crock Pot soap; including what equipment & ingredients (oils, colors & scents) work best, what flash points are and why they are so important when hot processing soap.
This is a LEVEL 2 Class. PREREQUISITE: Our Cold Process Soap 101 Class or experience making CP soap on your own. NOTE: Hot Process is not the same as Melt & Pour, which is soap "crafting" (not soap "making") using a pre-made soap base.
Page by Page Summary of What's In This Handout:
Cover Page: Picture of soap in a crock pot, picture of finished HP oatmeal soap, Suggested Reading & References (books & websites) relevant to HP soapmaking.
Page 1: Introduction to HP Soap Making: (What Hot Process means, How it's different from Cold Process, What are the benefits, abbreviations of common types of soapmaking, etc.).
Page 2: HP Crock Pot Materials, Equipment & Supplies (before you begin..., materials & equipment checklist, ingredient checklist).
Page 3: Three different "tested" HP Crock Pot Soap Recipes.
Page 4: Majestic Mountain Sage lye calculator print out of my current HP recipe (with percentages, lye table, etc.).
Page 5: Blank HP Crock Pot Soap Worksheet (for photocopying to use with any recipe when making HP soap).
Page 6: Lori's Recipe for HP Crock Pot Soap Worksheet with all values (for my recipe) filled in.
Page 7 & 8: Lori's NEW Instructions for Making HP Crock Pot Soap.
Page 9: HP Crock Pot Soapmaking Oils & Fats (glossary page with 7 common oils that I use for HP soapmaking).
Page 10: Oil Characteristics Guide (shows oils/fats on two different scales - what they contribute to your soap on conditioning properties and on hardness of the final bar).
Page 11: Coloring HP Crock Pot Soap (discusses the different color options - like clays, dyes, herbs/spices, oxides & ultramarines - and how they work or don't work in HP soap.
Page 12: Using Additives in HP Crock Pot Soap (notes & tips for when/how to add additives to soap along with 3 tested scent/additive suggestions: Lemongrass Coconut, Brown Sugar & Oatmeal, and Mango Poppyseed).
Page 13: Scenting HP Crock Pot Soap (covers essential oils, fragrance oils, how much scent to use, what is seizing, flash points and how important they are in HP crock pot soaping).
Page 14: My Recommended On-Line Suppliers (10) relevant to the products made in this class. Supplier name, state, phone number, website (with direct hyperlink in the .pdf document) and in many cases a special Nova Studio discount code is given.