Hi all,
VERY new here (and to soap making in general)! I'm wondering if any Canadian Cold Process soappers have any advice on "room temperature"? I've seen some Americans say to have your base oils and lye solution at 120 degrees F?!?!?! Now, I've seen others that say "85 degrees F is just fine" and 80 degrees F is "a little cool". Excuse me? To me, 26 C (80F) is a VERY HOT room temperature! I would have to have my furnace running all year long! Do you all have crazy high heating bills? Or am I missing something? I know you can heat your base oils, but do you reheat your lye solution if it gets too cold? That seems way too scary to me. Any advice on temperatures is greatly appreciated!
Thanks so much,
CW
VERY new here (and to soap making in general)! I'm wondering if any Canadian Cold Process soappers have any advice on "room temperature"? I've seen some Americans say to have your base oils and lye solution at 120 degrees F?!?!?! Now, I've seen others that say "85 degrees F is just fine" and 80 degrees F is "a little cool". Excuse me? To me, 26 C (80F) is a VERY HOT room temperature! I would have to have my furnace running all year long! Do you all have crazy high heating bills? Or am I missing something? I know you can heat your base oils, but do you reheat your lye solution if it gets too cold? That seems way too scary to me. Any advice on temperatures is greatly appreciated!
Thanks so much,
CW