cleanwater
Well-Known Member
topcat said:I totally agree with Milla there. HP, after the cook, is like CP after the gel phase. Superfatting at trace with CP which is then gelled gives no different feeling in the soap when being used - I have tried it with my recipe both ways and no one who has used both samples can feel any difference at all. Perhaps it is more effective in an ungelled soap? That way most saponification really has taken place during trace.....just a thought.
Tanya
I agree with Tanya. Saponification is going to continue until the limiting factor (lye) is consumed, and the vast majority of this happens in the mold. Gel is a visible expression of the reinforcing effect of the heat generated by the chemical reaction on the rate of the reaction itself. More heat, faster reaction... faster reaction, more heat, etc. Sap in an ungelled soap still reacts to completion, just slower and lower temp. I can see how the higher temp of gel might affect some of the unsaponifiables, but I don't think you're going to get a significant diff in which oils are sap'd by when you add them (in CP). No offense to anybody, I realize I am pretty new to soapmaking, but chemistry is what I do for a living.
