Fluid HP Wine Soap, and what that even means | Day 317/365

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Today's video, which should have been up yesterday, is a fluid wine hot process soap. Hot process soap is something I don't do as often as cold process, but this was a Sudser request, so we are gonna do the damn thing and talk about it.
We will be adding wine after the cook to help loosen the batter and make it pourable. Kinda.
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Soap & Clay is a family owned business operating in Washington State, but started out online thanks to Mrs. Soap & Clay's kickass brother and his amazing web design skills. The business was started as a tribute to Mrs. Soap & Clay's grandmother, the OG maker in the family that cultivated everyone's love for the DIY life. The studio/retail shop opened in 2017 on 6th Ave in Tacoma, and immediately began teaching soap, bath bomb, lotion, and scrub classes to the makers and maker enthusiasts of the PNW. In 2019, the pottery studio opened as well, making the soap shop a busy place full of artistic energy every minute of the day.
Mrs. Soap & Clay has been featured on Business Spotlight, New Day Northwest, and was awarded a coveted place on the South Sound's 40 under 40 list in 2019, an award given to the most influential business people under the age of 40 each year. She cried when she walked up to the podium to accept the award. A lot.
Drawing from her chemistry background and her maker spirit, Mrs. Soap & Clay infuses her favorite things into her soapy designs and creates products that are fun to see, use, and learn to make. Stick around for this ride - she'll take you on a great one.
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[@MrsSoapAndClay]

Net/net: wine is awesome. Especially in soap.

[@gallen2101]

I love your transparency and realness!!! Thank you for sharing your talents!!

[@CabbagePatchSoap]

Fluid hot process is something I tried but I wasn't heating up my liquid. This way looks a lot easier! Thank you for the video :)

[@MJ-cc4uf]

I usually add SL and yogurt after the cook to add some fluidity to the soap but after watching this video I decided to do a 55/45 split of the liquid and the results worked out great. Thanks for the recommendation!

[@katelillo1932]

How come the yogurt doesn’t go bad when it’s added after the saponification has already occurred? 😯 Like, in a milk soap the fats are being taken up by the lye but if the lye has already done its thing with the fats in the oil... the yogurt would be left intact essentially?

[@MJ-cc4uf]

@@katelillo1932 - Because of the soap's PH level which is usually between 8.5 to 10 which does not support bacteria.

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

I love the question, and the answer! There’s a deep dive on preservatives in the next few days coming up about reasonably what doesn’t go bad and why. ❤️

[@nancyblake7425]

Oh, I was so excited when I saw the title!!! Yaay!!! Thank you!! 😊 I can't wait to try this! I have a red wine I've been wanting to use in this type 😁 Hoping some time this week! And they turned out beautiful! I love the swirls and they colors turned out great!!

[@DianneElizabeth64]

I have like 200 bottles of wine that I don’t drink but just keep buying because “their on sale”. I can’t wait to watch your video as I do Hot Process.

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

Ha! Sounds like you have plenty to make soap out of, then!

[@loricolwell1470]

So pretty!! Hot process always seemed intimidating to me. Only tried cold process once. Not the cpop way though. May have to try both those. See which of the 3 ways feels most comfortable. I love watching your videos. Thanks for sharing.

[@prodigygirl1]

Brilliant. My HP salt bar went wierd. I will have to try this way of cooking.

[@christybutler6392]

Dawn dishwashing liquid for the oil stains Even if the shirt has been washed and dried it works 😁

[@samanthanicholson9015]

I like that cutter,

[@samanthanicholson9015]

Suggestion for shampoo? Thank you.

[@CandaceJensen-iq7vx]

I have a weird question… could you use alcohol like our beer and wines and white claw in our CP soaps this way? Like how we put milk in our oils and not the lye solution? I’ve always wondered that and have never seen anyone do that. Would that work???

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

Hey! I’ve done white claw soaps on the channel, but as a portion of the lye water. You can add more fluid after trace to CP as well. Alcohol at that point does lengthen the “crystalline structure”, making it closer to a melt and pour base.

[@amberg6453]

hot process has always weirded me out. It has to cool down to add my smelly goods because of low flash points but by then gets so thick that I'm not even spooning it i literally use my hand. Then its all crumbly and gross looking. It's past the point of rustic... Hot process is the only way that I deal with rose smells and for when I specifically want the bar to look rustic. I'm gonna give this a go. See how it works out. I'll probably drop you an email so you can take a look at it when it's done.

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

Have fun!

[@CarynCB]

I’m dying over here! I did this method but with red wine. It looks just like hamburger meat!🤣. I made a patty with the scrapings from the crock pot and I also have a whole meatloaf! Probably because this is April Fools Day!

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

Ha! We all have to make a good meat soap every now and then! 😂❤️

[@DianneElizabeth64]

I always forget you use powdered sugar. I have been putting sugar and salt in my oils while they’re melting. I wonder if it is as effective?

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

Hey! Sugar in any form (granulated, powder, raw, in alcohols or purées) will have the same effect on the finished soap. The difference is really in the ease of incorporating into the batter.

[@diamondstouch]

This reminds me of rebatching

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

Similar technique, for sure! Although I’ve never been able to master a fluid rebatch. Quite illusive to me! 😂

[@debbieescobar6267]

Beautiful soap! How long was the cook? Also, does the wine affect the scent?

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

Thanks! Cook time for this one was around 20 minutes. Wine doesn’t change the scent in my experience. :)

[@SandyRavenAuthor]

What purpose or benefit to the soap is the powdered sugar?

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

Sugar tends to increase the lather!

[@SandyRavenAuthor]

@@MrsSoapAndClay Thank you, I had no idea!

[@pattiemoseley8752]

Put powdered chalk on the oil. It will pull it out of the shirt

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

Really? Thanks!

[@hliew0]

Hey babe, did you cook the alcohol out before using it?

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

Hey! I do not. For hard alcohol soaps I do, but not for beer and wine.

[@nancygullette7394]

Did you cook the alcohol out of the wine or just heat it before combining with the soap?

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

Just heated it for a minute or so in the microwave. :)

[@sagemarie6013]

Is the fragrance stronger in hp rather than cp?

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

Hi! It can be - a hot process method can be used for the lighter scents that don’t survive saponification well; since you’re adding it after saponification is complete, or close to, it’s more likely to stick and also tend to use less. :)

[@sagemarie6013]

@@MrsSoapAndClay great thanks, I’m going to give it a whirl. Can I also ask what does the sugar in with the lye do?

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

So this is one of the few old wives tales that I’ve sort of bought into without really researching the why, and it’s really because one of the first people that I made hot process with told me to do it. She claimed (as have other, known soapmakers since) that it extends the fluid working time. So I always add it to my HP, though it doesn’t make much sense to me as to WHY it’s thought to keep the batter fluid longer. Because it’s a sugar. That said, I’ve never had a failed batch of HP, and sugar IS known to increase lather in the finished product, so that’s one known reason to use it. 😂

[@sagemarie6013]

@@MrsSoapAndClay I’ve thrown some in so fingers crossed, thanks for all your help. 💐