Comments on: Making Hot Process Soap in a Crock Pot

By: Cindy

Cindy — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:31:49 +0000

Thank you for the excellent tutorial and the links for the molds and guillotine!!! My sweety took the picture out to the shop and came back with a mold and a guillotine, so I was prepared. I am hooked on crockpot soaping!! I made my first batch on Monday. It just all came together so easy! It cooked for 1/2 hour — I was expecting more. Glopped it out (very nice mashed potatoes), unmolded the next morning and sliced. 17 bars of wonderful soap!!

However, I made another batch last night. This time I used goat’s milk for the water. Hmmm, after 4 hours of cooking, I had to go to bed (12:15 a.m. at this point)!!!!! It’s still tingy to the tongue. I have to go out of town for today, so I’m hoping I can chunk up and rebatch when I get home. I’ll try it, it can’t hurt!

By: Tomato Lady

Tomato Lady — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:20:50 +0000

Angela–Hope it ends up ok. I think I’m going to stick with cp for the most part. Although hp has some nice advantages. . .

By: Angela

Angela — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:44:45 +0000

Made my first batch of HP soap today, not sure if it will turn out-that is how I ran into your website. The soap did look like your pics. I thought there was way too much oil separating from the soap so I kept turning the crock pot on and off 15-20 min at a time for about an hour. The final result resembled vaseline when I poured it. I also noted some liquid at the bottom of the crock while I was pouring it. Guess I’ll find out in the morning if it will turn out.

Thanks,
Angela from Missouri

By: Al

Al — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 06:54:42 +0000

Ooops! Another question lol! I was just sitting and making a list of things I need for my first batch. Now, I was wondering, do the essential oils count as add ins? Should I make my first batch unscented just to keep it simple?

By: Al

Al — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 06:36:48 +0000

You answered my question. Thank you. Yes I’m a beginner and am wanting to make my first batch soon. At some point I would even like to make my own lye (scary!). Oh, and thanks for the link too… I’m finding it hard to find ratios and recepies. Most tutorials are for “those who are familiar with soap making”. I need all the help I can get! lol.

By: Tomato Lady

Tomato Lady — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:52:42 +0000

Hi Al–You can make crockpot soap with bacon fat. Clean the drippings as described in the bacon soap post and use the crockpot method using the resulting fat as your oil. You can also combine the bacon/drippings fat with other oils if you like. Use a lye calculator like this one: http://www.thesage.com/calcs/lyecalc2.php and plug in your weights to get the amount of water and lye you will need. If you are just starting to make soap, I recommend using a recipe that doesn’t have add-ins such as oatmeal and which use milk. Add-ins is an issue you can battle after you have a couple unqualified successes under your belt.
I’m not sure I’ve answered your question, so please let me know if I’ve just been confusing. Good luck!

By: Al

Al — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:42:11 +0000

Quick question…. can you make this crockpot soap out of the leftover bacon drippings that you used in another post? And if I can, do I still have to buy other fats?

By: Tomato Lady

Tomato Lady — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:19:50 +0000

Awesome, carla! I need to make a batch myself! Running low . . .

By: carla moffatt

carla moffatt — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:06:23 +0000

I was so freaked out to make HP soap, but your instructions were so great, it was easy! I had so much fun that I am about to make another batch right now! Thank you!

By: KattyBlackyard

KattyBlackyard — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:29:11 +0000

Hi, interest post. I’ll write you later about few questions!