Phantasm
Member
Hello everyone,
I recently retired early (nice I know), and heard about soap making and rather fancied it.
I have read up a lot, watched and continue to watch tutorials, and have called a couple of shops for advice as to how to begin. I have everything on order so I can start in a small way at the weekend. I am however a little confused with a couple of matters.
1. I am going to start with HP, and as I have a slow cooker I never use, that is one less item to buy. I have tried it out this evening, but it is taking an age to heat up some water I am using as a test. When heating my oils/fats prior to adding the lye, could I heat first on the stove to speed things up, or just let it take its time in the slow cooker?
2. One shop owner I spoke to stated to me that HP and CP are the same, and that what I read on the internet is wrong. Either I melt and pour, which I do not want to do, or HP/CP. Surely HP and CP are totally different methods, seeing as every post, article and video I have watched states they are?
Thanks
I recently retired early (nice I know), and heard about soap making and rather fancied it.
I have read up a lot, watched and continue to watch tutorials, and have called a couple of shops for advice as to how to begin. I have everything on order so I can start in a small way at the weekend. I am however a little confused with a couple of matters.
1. I am going to start with HP, and as I have a slow cooker I never use, that is one less item to buy. I have tried it out this evening, but it is taking an age to heat up some water I am using as a test. When heating my oils/fats prior to adding the lye, could I heat first on the stove to speed things up, or just let it take its time in the slow cooker?
2. One shop owner I spoke to stated to me that HP and CP are the same, and that what I read on the internet is wrong. Either I melt and pour, which I do not want to do, or HP/CP. Surely HP and CP are totally different methods, seeing as every post, article and video I have watched states they are?
Thanks