Patience!

[Noreen Moore]

Is a virtue I don't own. But we are doing it! This is my diversion to let the oils cool! We are at 140 and I am so anxious to add the lye!!!! EEK!!! Not yet!!!! 110 is the goal!!!! Going to try an in pot swirl and use my Milky Way style molds I got for Xmas!!!!
Happy soapy Sunday all! Send me your vibes of patience! LOL!

 

[Kcryss]

Sending vibes of patience!

 

[Noreen Moore]

Oh happy days! Them vibes of patience helped! Mixed patchouli, sweet orange, and jasmine! Mmmmmmmmmm! Pink with gold shimmer swirl! Now if only gracefulness was an adjective I could use to describe my skills but... Oil be everywhere! I ate more lye! Again... And well... You all can imagine my mess!
I sure love this! Hopefully I can post pic's when I un-mold!

 

[Kcryss]

oh no! That doesn't sound fun! Hope you're ok!

 

[TheGecko]

Is a virtue I don't own. But we are doing it! This is my diversion to let the oils cool! We are at 140 and I am so anxious to add the lye!!!! EEK!!! Not yet!!!! 110 is the goal!!!! Going to try an in pot swirl and use my Milky Way style molds I got for Xmas!!!!
Happy soapy Sunday all! Send me your vibes of patience! LOL!

Uh...an ice bath will cool down your oils. Take a large bowl, put a couple of trays of ice, about four cups of cold water and a tab of salt and set your bowl on oils in it. Stir for a few minutes.

You only need to heat your hard oils/butters until then just start to melt and then you can use residual heat to finish melting them. Temps should drop when you add your soft oils.

 

[Curtis]

Once I make my lye water I go do something else for an hour or so and forget about it. I found that waiting for the lye water to cool was like watching a pot of water come to boil...not worth it.

 

[cmzaha]

You can also put your lye solution container in an ice bath, or make it the night before if you do not have kidlets around to get into it.

 

[lsg]

You don't have to heat the solid oils/fats until they are all melted. I suggest heating until the solid fats/oils are about 2/3 melted, take off the heat and stir until the rest is melted. Add the liquid oils and that will cool down the oil/fat portion considerably.

 

[Noreen Moore]

I'm such a newb!!! HAHAHAHA!!! Huh... cold water bath... Like I do for some chocolates etc... Brilliant! So much to learn and conquer! Especially how not to end up eating lye!
Bull.in.china.shop. Sigh...

 

[Noreen Moore]

Re-reading these tips! You all are such experts! I love it! I have been heating up all my oils together. Huh... Makes a lot of sense to heat the solids only! I have the next 2 days off! I am going to try a new recipe and use my re-purposed Pringle's cans and some creamer containers. My Milky Way style molds are all full. Popped 1 soap bar out. TOO SOFT! There's that test of patience again! Lot's of "therapeutic" values to this craft! Can't wait for my BB order to come in. I only used sample size Mica's from Wally World and I can see it wasn't enough. Got some nice bright colors. Can't get over how I just went head over heals into this!
Oh I was pretty surprised that the Sweet Orange EO is actually overpowering even the Patchouli EO! Smells so nice!

 

[Marilyn Norgart]

Oh I was pretty surprised that the Sweet Orange EO is actually overpowering even the Patchouli EO! Smells so nice!

it WILL fade patience is not my strong suit either but I am trying hahaha

 

[Noreen Moore]

it WILL fade patience is not my strong suit either but I am trying hahaha

Yes the whole citrus thing I have read about citrus scents fading and experienced it as my very first batch was lemon. Faded some but still has a nice scent.

 

[Jennifer Horne]

I never heat my oils i use heat transfer to melt solid oils and then add the soft oils

 

[Noreen Moore]

i use heat transfer to melt solid oils and then add the soft oils

Heat transfer, is that where you put the lye water in somewhat hot to melt the solids?
I swear every video something slightly different is being done! Fascinating! Must try!

 

[Jennifer Horne]

Heat transfer, is that where you put the lye water in somewhat hot to melt the solids?
I swear every video something slightly different is being done! Fascinating! Must try!

Yes!