Remembering Titanic, Vinolia Soap – Heat Transfer Technique, CP
– Formula by Valerie Mosher, October 31 2016
YOU MAY USE THIS FORMULA FOR YOUR PERSONAL USE HOWEVER THE FORMULA MAY NOT BE SOLD OR PRESENTED AS YOUR OWN!
ALWAYS make sure you put through a Soap Calculator before using! This was a 3lb batch of soap.
I soaped this formula at 38% lye liquid and Super Fatted at 8%.
I used Sodium Lactate at 5% of oils and I “did not” discount this amount from my lye liquid.
This was a 3lb batch. These were put into individual silicone molds.
Ingredients:
Canola Oil – 7%
Castor Oil – 15%
Coconut Oil (76 deg) – 20%
Olive Oil (100% Pure) – 25%
Shea Butter – 13%
Tallow Beef – 20%
Distilled water
Sodium Hydroxide
5% Sodium Lactate, added after my soft oils
5.25 ounces of sugar free Coconut Milk (deducted from lye liquid)
0.5 ounces cream (I did not deduct this)
1.5 tsp fine sea salt mixed with lye liquid “before” lye added
3 Tbsp white sugar mixed with lye liquid “before” lye added
FO/EO of your choice – I used 1.35 ounces Fresh Cut Roses and 0.5 ounces EO of Lemon 5 Fold

For the “heat transfer” technique:
I measure all my hard oils and chopped them up in little pieces into a container for a 3lb batch.
I measured out all my soft oils and set them aside along with my additives of coconut milk, cream, FO/EO, Color etc.
I get my lye liquid ready (I used distilled water) and add the 3 tablespoons sugar and the 1.5 teaspoons of fine sea salt and stir until they are all dissolved. Put on gloves and eye wear. Add the lye amount to the water and stir until the lye is dissolved, then immediately add to your hard oils and stir the mixture until all the hard oils/butters are dissolved. Then immediately add your soft oils and stick blend until light trace. Add your coconut milk and cream, stick blend until incorporated then add your scent and color if using. It will probably be at a medium trace. Then pour into your molds (whatever you are using).
Enjoy!

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30 Comments

  1. Valerie – can you say why the "heat transfer"? Does this somehow help speed up the cure time? I HP 90% of my soaps. I love CP for "pretty" soap; but, very impatient as well as just something about knowing once you are done – it's done – no guessing. I apologize for asking if you covered in the video and I missed.

  2. Hi Valerie your soaps turned out beautiful. I have a question, when you took the soaps out of the oven, do you cover them to keep the heat in till the next day, do you cover any of the soaps you make?Thanks!

  3. hello Valerie please can you tell me why you use salt and sugar in your recipes do i need to use if i make soap

  4. Wow, these look amazing!!! They remind me of Dove bars kinda but I bet they are super nourishing

  5. Hi Valerie, I made something like this last evening. Poured my lye solution into hard oils and it started to accelerate so much so that I could barely get the soft oils in and mixed well. I had planned a hanger swirl but was too think when I poured it into mold. The TD didn’t even get mixed in thoroughly. The last thing I added was the FO which is known to accelerate but I don’t even think it was mixed well. Oh well, looks like I am going to have to re- batch. My question is: do you have an issue with heat transfer accelerating? Seems like a good method to me but not the acceleration. The only thing I changed in your recipe was substituted palm oil for beef tallow and yes I ran it through soapcalc. Didn’t have beef tallow on hand. Love your videos! Oh well, back to the drawing board! Thanks so much! Amy

  6. Hi Valerie, I make a "Titanic" soap, mine is cold process without having to deal with the hot process issue. I also use a rose scent for mine after the character in the movie. I also have one to represent Jack and sell them as a box set. Isn't it funny how soapers kinda all think alike? I enjoy your videos very much and always find them interesting to learn from!

  7. I wanna learn to make great soap so I'll continue to watch you, I've learned how to tweek my soap making just by watching your techniques just in this video. I'm glad you didn't plane your soap I love the natural look. Thank You for sharing

  8. Just getting back into soap making after 15 years, and so glad I found your videos. A lot of new info out there, and the crockpot low temp method is one I can handle, as I found I prefer hp milled soap. Planning to make only traditional soaps. Love your personal touches. Hi to Brian, the hubby! Celebrating 30 years with my own this weekend. And they said it wouldn't last. (They really did!)

  9. I am so dumb! I thought this was HP. I could not understand how you made HP without the crock pot. I think I need to go to bed and start this all over in the a.m.

  10. Hey Valerie, thanks for the video. Such a beautiful soap. Would you please mind confirming that I have the oven part correct … preheat to 170 deg f, turn oven off when soap goes in, leave for 15 minutes and then remove from oven, leave uncovered on counter top. Thanks so much, Ajay.

  11. Thanks for the video! I'm new to soapmaking (just started making hot process soaps last week and I've already made 3 great batches!), but I wanted to try cold process next. I'm lazy and wondered if you could use the heat from the lye solution to melt the solid oils and skip the step of heating them first. Thanks for showing that this can work!

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