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I was really afraid when I made the test, I was expecting some explosion but nothing happened, what reaction should happen when non-stainless metal goes in contact with lye? Okay, now I'm really scared, because I just tried it and the magnets only stick to the bell, not to the upper stick...

I looked for information about my blender model on Internet but there was no information about wether the stainless steel was only in the blade or in the whole stick. So I tried by submerging a little part of the stick into the water with lye, then nothing happened to it so I used it for making...

I only have one stick blender that I use in the kitchen and I want to use it for making soap as well, but the problem is that the whole blender is made out of metal, and I don't know if it is stainless, so is it risky to use it when mixing lye with oils? maybe the metal will corrode or melt and...

Thanks for the answers, people! This time I prefer to make vegan soap so I rather avoid lard for now, and actually I have no idea where to buy lard xD but I will keep an eye on it as I see you all agree on its quality for making soap :D So for this time I will probably do a batch of 750gr...

Anyone has tried that recipe before? I'm planning my first soap batch and I want a recipe that makes a nice soap without using "strange" oils. My only options are olive oil, coconut oil and sunflower oil (which I don't find very appealing for making soap), I have seen that in almost any beginner...

So the temperature of the liquids when mixing is not important at all? For instance, is perfectly fine to mix hot mixed water and lye with room temperature oils? Good to know, but I will stick to mixing at room temperature, just in case. Yes, I'm sure that the reason why my two first batches...

Glad to read that is okay to mix lye at room temperature, thank you all for the answers!

Hi guys! I'm new into making home-made soaps, well, not so new, in the past I tried twice with disastrous results, so for this time I decided to do it right, but after reading many recipes and getting the basics I have one doubt: In every soap recipe I read people always heat the oils until...