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Looking forward to learning more natural soap products
Thank you Chiu. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask me.
Hi there Roxana, I have a question. In this module, you mention the following:
“Soap with a higher percentage of butters will reach trace faster, so you should either keep the percentage of butters you use to 5 – 10% and soap at very low temperature if you want to do complicated swirls.”
My confusion lies in your suggestion to keep the soap batter at a very low temperature, wouldn’t this cause the soap batter to reach trace faster than if it were hot?
In my experience when the temperature of the soap mixture is low it will take longer for it to reach trace than when it is high. The best way is to keep the soap mixture at a low temperature, and mix with your hand mixer intermittently, keeping a very close eye on the trace. Also, the soap will thicken if you leave it unattended while working with some of the mixture. So if you leave some of your soap mixture on the side, don’t forget to mix it from time to time to maintain it fluid.
Thank you.
Please exemplify “trace”, what does this refer to?
The explanation is included in the module, it’s the process of the soap mixture thickening, and emulsifying. The process of tracing/trace is covered in detail in Module 9. Please wait until you reach Module 9 to read about it.