Room Temp Soap

[stargazer44]

I have been making Room Temperature soap, and love how easy it is! Does anyone know can any recipe be used this way? I have only used recipes that call for this method. Any changes that I should make in order to convert? I have been toying with just trying it, but hate to waste money on expensive oils on a gamble! I am new to soap making

Thanks in advance!

 

[Relle]

Here are some links on the forum for you to read - you can use any recipe.
http://www.soapmakingforum.com/f11/room-temp-soaping-32909/
http://www.soapmakingforum.com/f11/soaping-room-temp-31735/

 

[stargazer44]

Thank you for the links! I learned what I am doing is actually called Thermal Transfer Soaping.

 

[Relle]

If you do a search for your questions in the Search engine - top left hand side of the page lots of info comes up for you to read.

 

[squeakycleanuk]

I've had a read of those links and tbh it wasn't what I expected. I assumed that room temperature soaping would be a method that involves no altering of the temperatures of ingredients as explained on this website http://www.soap-making-essentials.com/how-to-make-soap-roomtemp.html but most of the posters on those threads were talking about heating the oils and using an ice bath to cool the lye. That sounds like an entirely different method to me, so I'm a bit confused about whats what now

 

[Ruthie]

I've had a read of those links and tbh it wasn't what I expected. I assumed that room temperature soaping would be a method that involves no altering of the temperatures of ingredients as explained on this website http://www.soap-making-essentials.com/how-to-make-soap-roomtemp.html but most of the posters on those threads were talking about heating the oils and using an ice bath to cool the lye. That sounds like an entirely different method to me, so I'm a bit confused about whats what now

The link you provided is the Thermal Transfer method, which IMO is a form of room temperature. But it is not the one I use. I measure and melt my oils ahead of time, then cover and leave them til I am ready to soap, which may be the next day or several days. If I am using water as my liquid, I may also mix it and the lye ahead of time, but if I am using goat's milk, I freeze the GM and make my lye mixture just before soaping. The frozen GM keeps the temperature down.

You might want to try both methods and see which one you like best.

 

[Smee]

I've only done the room temp method, but (there's always a BUT) I've
learned that if there are a lot of hard oils (coconut, lard, palm, etc), I need to
warm them up first as the lye water might not get them all totally liquid
before it starts to saponify. I still consider it room temp method, tho.

 

[Miz Jenny]

I've used it with all my recipes, with success. Every soaper, however, has their own little quirks, as to how they do things, so my success may not ring true for someone else. I love RTCP and will continue to do it.