3) Beginner Soap Making Series Molds and Supplies!

[@barbra429]

Wow! such a great video for us beginners, such a great teacher!

[@madhavijaiswar5097]

difference between luxury liquid soap and stranded liq soap ????

[@TinaMoenck]

There are many luxury type oils that can be used that are more expensive.

[@dandyd14441]

Tina thanks a lot for your channel I love it. I am new Bebe in this hubby wish to answer me my questions. First how can I stay away from lye exploration, What I really concerned is to add the lye water to the oil and ended up to have such dangerous result please advice me. So temperature must be with in the same recommended range,right? Secondly, it seems silly question but I have to ask ,can we use any kind of alcohol it does not matter if it is 91 or 50%? Thanks

[@TinaMoenck]

You want to make sure your oils and lye water are within 10-15 degrees of each other before mixing. A good temp to mix around is 90-100 degree F for cold process soap making. For spraying the top of soap I use 91% rubbing alcohol to help with soda ash.

[@barbra429]

Can you please share what type of cutter you use and also where to purchase the wood mold

[@TinaMoenck]

Barbra There are many suppliers on line. My boyfriend made all my wood molds and his brother made my cutter. The multi bar cutters are pricey, so in the beginning most people opt for something cheap. The Bud Cutter you can Google. For wood molds you can ask in my Facebook group for wood mold options.

[@barbra429]

Tina Moenck Thank you

[@cathymontgomery7295]

What size crock pot would you recommend? I would like to try hot process. I have a couple of 5 lb wooden soap molds I can use but I should allow room for expansion in the crock pot, correct? Thanks.

[@TinaMoenck]

Cathy Montgomery For my 5 pound wood molds I use a 7 or 8 quart crock pot. You only want your soap batter to fill half of the crock for hp to allow for volcanoes.

[@barbra429]

can you please share the model number for the porter cable thermometer, I am trying to find one. Thanks

[@TinaMoenck]

Here's an Amazon listing for the one I have. PORTER-CABLE PCC582B 9-Volt Infrared Thermometer www.amazon.com/dp/B0064MZASK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_29h4CbVF1P2YP

[@lizcastro8152]

Hi Tina I have a silly question, I’m a newbie just wondering if got suite by customers? My friends are trying to discouraging me of doing homemade soap. Can you help me please?? Thank you so much Liz

[@TinaMoenck]

One of the biggest things is to take the time needed to practice, learn, and test your products. You need the confidence in your skills and products, and that only comes with time.

[@jemimahkendall6579]

Don't listen to your friends, just stop talking to them about it and do it for you

[@baby2nomada]

Why not aluminum under the molds?

[@TinaMoenck]

Ainere Acanda In case of spilling the soap. Aluminum reacts with lye to form hydrogen gas, it's very dangerous.

[@inaturalbodybysoniabdorsey4809]

Hi! It’s soniabdorsey here! First, I love the video quality. Thanks for sharing. I think the end product was quite artistic! Loved it! You have inspired me to start a KZbin channel and for this I say thanks! Check it out sometime...thanks! Question: do you use any particular software to keep up with your soaping business?

[@TinaMoenck]

iNatural Body by SoniaBDorsey Glad you enjoyed it! If you are looking for software, check out www.soapinventory.com it's free.

[@inaturalbodybysoniabdorsey4809]

Tina Moenck thanks for the quick response! I will check it out!