Overheated my oils

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Hello, I accidentally overheated my oils in the microwave. I usually do the double boiler method but this time I melted my oils in the microwave for 5 minutes and when I checked the temperature it was at 300 degrees.


I am letting it cool down to room temperature but I don’t know if this will affected my soap.

has anyone experienced this before?
 
If I am remembering correctly, oils that are high in polyunsaturated fats (linoleic and linolenic), can break down a bit when overheated but the saturated fats are fairly stable and the monounsaturated fats are in between. Unless you used grapeseed oil or another oil that is high in polyunsaturated fats, I wouldn’t expect problems. If anything, the shelf life of the soap might be shortened a bit.
 

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