Teach Soap

I seen somrthing that said hot process soap. Im kind of confused as to what it is. and which is b etter HP or CP?

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~~Sydney~~
The Crafty Lefty

Neither is better. Both approaches make soap, but there are trade-offs.

Hot process uses heat to speed up the saponification process so your soap is true soap before you put it in the mold. Soap Queen has a tutorial here: .

HP has more of a rustic look to it than CP because of the state it's in when it goes into the mold. The flip side is that you can use HP soap right away - no cure time since it was fully saponified before molding.

I think it's just a matter of personal preference, and nothing says you can't make both! Making the Crock Pot Camo from the above tutorial is on my list of soap projects.

You can also use hot process to fix a messed up batch of cold process soap where it separated, riced or seized. Here's a Soap Queen tutorial on that as well: .

Thanks i think for me right now HP might be better since there is no curing time and i dont need to make extra space but i i also like the clean cutness lol of CP when u mold it. thanks for showing me the differance

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~~Sydney~~
The Crafty Lefty

Whether the soap is cold process or hot process, both benefit from a curing time.

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

How much time does a HP soap need? If HP soap is already saponified when poured into a mold is the curing just to harden the finished soap bar?

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

Irina do you know how much milder it gets? I'm just wondering. I've never taken a ph on my old soaps only my new ones. I've never noticed a difference on my skin from a new (HP) soap to an older one. (I often use the soap ends right after I cut the loaf). I do notice a big difference in how long the soap will last if it's used before it's a week old. After a week the change is much slower but still happens for a while.

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

The tongue is much more sensitive then any pH strips.

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.