Kbhandmakes
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I just made my first batch of Hot Process soap in crockpot. The recipe called for %100 coconut oil with a 20% SF... So the lye/water was 12oz H2O and just under 4oz NaOH...used about 30 to 32 oz of 76 degree coconut oil...it traced after about 10 minutes or less...it was heating in the crockpot so it was probably sped up... It cookedlid closed on low from 530 to about 630..i wanted to shoot for solid 60 minutes... It was checked and stirred 3 times during the whole 60 minutes...itgelled out looking like vaseline and mashed potatoes...i removed it from heat and it cooled to 150per candy thermometer...so i added about 3. Oz of fragrance oils mixed and molded asap...used wax paper to press in mold better...then removed it and let it harden 14 hours in mold in vented area...it was thinner so i didnt think it really needed w4 hours...zap test passed...but notice internal white splotches after cutting this am...worried its lye pockets...no white speckles...just a few white spot on inside....is this lye pocketing????
I just made my first batch of Hot Process soap in crockpot. The recipe called for %100 coconut oil with a 20% SF... So the lye/water was 12oz H2O and just under 4oz NaOH...used about 30 to 32 oz of 76 degree coconut oil...it traced after about 10 minutes or less...it was heating in the crockpot so it was probably sped up... It cookedlid closed on low from 530 to about 630..i wanted to shoot for solid 60 minutes... It was checked and stirred 3 times during the whole 60 minutes...itgelled out looking like vaseline and mashed potatoes...i removed it from heat and it cooled to 150per candy thermometer...so i added about 3. Oz of fragrance oils mixed and molded asap...used wax paper to press in mold better...then removed it and let it harden 14 hours in mold in vented area...it was thinner so i didnt think it really needed w4 hours...zap test passed...but notice internal white splotches after cutting this am...worried its lye pockets...no white speckles...just a few white spot on inside....is this lye pocketing????