new ideas about fall soaping and temps

[charlotteda]

I have made my soaps during the summer when its hot as heck...now I am planning to make more (CP) and the temps have cooled. I had been doing this in an outside unheated building . I make only GM soaps...two gelled and 1 ungelled. I am wondering now what issues I will have to be concerned with since the outside temps will tend to be 65 instead of 95 ?

I guess I may have to move inside to the kitchen but I liked the idea of keeping the lye stuff outside away from our pets.

charlotte

 

[Half Caper Farm]

65? That warm? My house is running about 55F right now and I've made soap with no problems.

 

[artisan soaps]

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[TessC]

Your oils will be different, I did a batch the other night during a brief little cooler snap and was highly annoyed at finding my coconut oil solidified. Yes, I know it's always a solid for some people, but I can typically pour it right out of its storage container.

If any of your solid-at-lower-temps oils like babassu or coconut are in jugs (and side rant, but whyyyyy do companies ship them like that? My babassu came in a Boston round bottle, lol) it isn't a bad idea to transfer them to something easier to scoop it out of.

 

[artisan soaps]

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[Ollieblue]

I am currently wearing a scarf and gloves and have to hack at my "oils" with a knife. The only way I can keep warm is to cuddle my lye solution

(But the soap comes out fine

 

[charlotteda]

Thats funny.... you're right.. My coconut oil has never been a solid but I guess it will now

I was wondering about the gell stage and if it would make a difference to have a cooler air temp..guess the soap is tougher than me !

 

[artisan soaps]

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[charlotteda]

Wow, I'm amazed !

 

[MagiaDellaLuna]

Wow, I'm amazed !

I have come to the conclusion after many years of soaping that soap is sentient.

It has a mind of it's own, but mostly lets us believe that we are in charge of it's outcome