Hi everyone, my name is Lisa. I have been collecting all the items for soapmaking and I'm really getting anxious now. I think I'd like to start with hot process since I want to see immediate result! I know, impatient but I've got together everything I need now. So this weekend just might be a good time to start soap making. My question is: Can I use a cold process recipe as a hot process recipe? I do understand the difference between the two but I see so many cp recipes that I'd love to try as well. Just wondered if they could be done as hp. Thanks everyone.
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Yes, you can. HP is basically CP sped up. I love the recipes on www.millersoap.com.
Yes you can use any CP recipe for HP, I guess the only caveat is to not discount the water. HP generally makes more rustic looking soaps, and they do benefit from a cure time. But one advantage I hadn't realized when I started - you only need about half of the EO or FO that you would use in CP, plus you can pick which oil will be the superfat, should you wish.
Just don't open the lid to peek every 5 min, try not to stir, and leave the dry bits stuck on the sides behind - they wont mix in nice with the rest of the blob. Good luck! Report back! And welcome
Just don't open the lid to peek every 5 min, try not to stir, and leave the dry bits stuck on the sides behind - they wont mix in nice with the rest of the blob. Good luck! Report back! And welcome
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Hi Lisa!
Relative newbie myself - I started as a HP soaper and have slowly tried a few CP recipes now that I'm feeling bolder... both are awesome! I love feeling like I can use the soaps faster but have found they are much better when I let them sit just like CP.
This site is awesome, everyone is so helpful so glad you found us. :mrgreen:
Relative newbie myself - I started as a HP soaper and have slowly tried a few CP recipes now that I'm feeling bolder... both are awesome! I love feeling like I can use the soaps faster but have found they are much better when I let them sit just like CP.
This site is awesome, everyone is so helpful so glad you found us. :mrgreen:
Hi Lisa. Welcome to the forum. Looks as if you already have some good info to help you along. Enjoy the ride!
A big Thank you!
Thank you for those that responded. This helps me a great deal. I'm still very new to all of this so can someone tell me what the abbreviation EO and FO means.
And I need to give an even bigger thanks to all. I've been on other forums (not soap making) and when newbie, like myself, as questions, you are jumped on terribly. It's so nice that the people who responded, did just that. Thank you again.
And I did attempt HP soap yesterday. The bars are very rustic looking, and I did make the mistake of stirring every 20 minutes as the recipe had suggested. Next time around, no stirring for me.
Thank you for those that responded. This helps me a great deal. I'm still very new to all of this so can someone tell me what the abbreviation EO and FO means.
And I need to give an even bigger thanks to all. I've been on other forums (not soap making) and when newbie, like myself, as questions, you are jumped on terribly. It's so nice that the people who responded, did just that. Thank you again.
And I did attempt HP soap yesterday. The bars are very rustic looking, and I did make the mistake of stirring every 20 minutes as the recipe had suggested. Next time around, no stirring for me.
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Welcome to the forum. I hope you will find this a very friendly and helpful atmosphere.
You'll find many talented, helpful, friendly folks here. You've come to the right place.
EO is Essential Oil and FO is Fragrance Oil. Here's a link to abbreviations and acronyms used in soapmaking. http://www.soapmakingforum.com/showthread.php?t=3789 There's tons of useful info on the forums so click around, explore and have fun.
I have always been so stumped about the thinking of hp being ready so much faster. It takes much longer to harden and in my opinion never feels as hard as cp. I prefer to cure all soaps at the bare min of 2 months and hp if I have to do it because of a naughty fo 3-4 months. With my water discount my bars are rock hard in a week or 2 weeks in dry weather, but they still get 2 months before going to market. But the fact that you can get away with less fo is the nice factor of hp. Just do not think you can make it and take it to market the next week. I just ran into a seller that told me she likes hp because she can take it right out to market...:x
Any recipe can be made the hp method
Any recipe can be made the hp method
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