Anyone have any Blender Soap advice?

[mousegun32]

I want to make some of the small 1lb. blender soaps and was wondering how they have turned out for others. :?

 

[djk17]

I used to make small batches in the blender with no difficulty at all. I would advise temping very cool, definitely don't discount the water, and be super careful when removing the lid so you don't get a trapped air bubble spraying soap at you.

However for some reason I stopped, well it was years ago and I don't ever make small enough batches now. Also, I get such a fast trace from the stick blender than I can't be bothered cleaning the blender!

 

[GoddessMama]

I have been loving my blender soap! I just did a batch last night with the room temp cold process and it was super easy. My recipe was 1lb lard, 6 oz water and 2.1 oz lye. It turned out fantastic. It made 6 bars of soap which is just perfect for me as I only make soap for me and the family and not to sell. Its nice too because you can order those 1 oz soap samples and make lots of different soaps. Its nice because its in a container with a lid so there is less worry about splashes of raw soap and lye. I also like that i can toss everything in my dishwasher and all the lye stuff is out of the way and in the morning I run the dishwasher(after to soap has for the most part saponified.

The room temp oils with lye that has just been mixed is great too because i don't have to worry about lye sitting around the house to cool, its used right away, so theres less risk of someone getting hurt by its sitting around. it also makes a nice creamy bar like the freeze method, but with out the stress of dealing with the freezer.

 

[ChrissyB]

Is this more like whipped soap?
I would think a blender (as opposed to a stick blender) would incorporate a lot of air into the soap.

 

[mousegun32]

I guess it could be called a whipped soap...you pour it into a mold when it is pretty thin so most of the air can escape. It will however produce a bar of soap that floats 90% of the time. I like it so far and it allows me to try alot of different things without using alot of supplies (16 oz) up in the event I don't like the results. I have even found some peeps make liquid soap in a blender, but have not tried it yet.

 

[ChrissyB]

Just be careful when making those small batches that you have to be extra extra accurate with your measurements, because there is less room for error. A couple of grams over with your lye, or under with your oils and you could end up with lye heavy soap.