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Now
you don’t have to wait on a certain temp, just pour your lye/water
mixture into your crockpot with the oils. Take out your stick
blender and let’er
rip. (now you can take off the gloves and mask)* You will just
stir with your blender for about 5-10 minutes, or until you reach
trace.
Trace
is when your oils and lye are mixed and it starts to thicken
up.
This
is a thick trace. You will be able to make patterns like this.
You will notice that my mixture is rather white. Remember when
we let all the oils melt? Well I added a soap colorant called
Titanium Dioxide. It’s a white pigment – but that’s a different topic. At this point you put the top on and leave it alone.
*Note: Removal of gloves and/or mask is optional. You should continue to proceed with caution, as spattering can still occur and can result in serious injury. Always use caution when working with lye.
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