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Whats the average temperature for lye hot process?

Those double boilers are heated with steam from boiling water?

Many crock pots are aluminum and its easier to use ordinary stainless steel soup pots they are also readily available. Is an ordinary stainless steel soup pot with gas stove adequate for hot process?

Manufacturers typically employ inexpensive scenting methods, fragrance/parfum is a place holder for a vast varaety of chemicals to scent a product. This topic is to determine whats the worst of ingredients they can include into the product. Otherwise they would simply state an essential oil...

With essential oils being the ideal method to scent a cleansing product fragrance/parfum is the least expensive method, it is a placeholder in which a manufacturer does not need to disclose the particular constituents. Whats the worst case a fragrance list can be for inexpensive bar soaps?

It was simply perdue the great amount of the coconut oil which is a strong cleaner along with the 45% lye content. Considering the many oils/butters which may be employed in its place almond butter is certainly inexpensive also readily available. It can be self served at stores with turning...

There is lots of coconut oil in this to make up for the low palmitic or stearic. The avacado butter is a filler would wouldn't cause it to become too soft. For the hot process is the amount of super fat too much?

Whats a decent recipe for aforementioned properties - from greatest to least bubbly, hardness, cleansing, conditioning. Prefeably with any of Coconut oil (ordinary or fractionated), pistachio castor olive canola oils. There are many practical considerations typically obtained from practice which...

Are there any decently formulated combinations which make mentioned properties? Perhaps there is a database of combinations available depicting their properties. Recipe was amended mentioned oil isn't included.

Is it the same as aloe butter?

Trying to get this to be very bubbly while not overly soft to prevent it from disintegrating/dissolving rapidly. No longer using lye to oils rather lye concentration. Almond butter better suits this making it harder whilst retaining its other properties especially the conditioning which it...

This is the particular recipe, no dyes or scents 45% lye to oils.

According to http://www.soapcalc.net/calc/SoapCalcWP.asp pine tar has no values for any soap properties, it appears to be only a filler. Is it just a filler or does are its soap properties unlisted?

Recently looked up hydroxide/glass and they are not compatible materials for storage. Nearly any common plastic is fine with lye. https://www.camlab.co.uk/originalimages/sitefiles/RTP_instructions/Plasticomp.pdf http://www.quickcutgasket.com/pdf/Chemical-Resistance-Chart.pdf

Does a hard lye soap disintegrate/dissolve/become unusable quickly if its hardness is well within recommended values but its condition, creamy or bubbly values are far above recommended? Or is it only the hardness value which defines if the soap bar will turn into mud after a few uses?

Then a simple blender with its center top off similar to this part https://www.lc-sawh-enterprises.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/oster-part-top-cover.png should be fine, but covered with a cloth to any slashing coming out from the blender.

Instead of a hazardous hand blender which can make splashes is it fine to use a "magic bullet" blender? Its enclosed and will emulsify mixture very rapidly but will cool it down thereby perhaps it would take several reheating/blending sessions. Does anybody use it for soap making?

Thats precisely what was needed to determine which constituents are ideal for the soap batch. Would be better if its posted to the site also instead of being exclusive to the spreadsheet.

That doesn't list cleaning, lather/bubbling, conditioning qualities, only chemical affinities.

is there a chart depicting the qualities which fats have including cleaning, lather/bubbling, conditioning, hardness for their use in lye bar soap? This http://soapcalc.net/calc/soapcalcwp.asp has a selectable list but does not list them in a chart with qualities in a column. That includes...