new equipment

I am now going into my "soap making season". It is when I get most of my soaps done for the summer market season. One thing that is new this year is I just purchased a wax melter, which should help immensely by allowing me to masterbach my solid oils. I wish I could masterbatch the whole recipe, but the wax melter isn't big enough for that. If I have things figured out correctly, I should be able to melt about 4 batches of solid oils at once. Just to try things out, I tried 3x oils and had plenty of room. Of course this meant that I had to make soap!

Now with 2 batches under my belt, I can safely say it ROCKS! I have a scale set up under my mixing bucket and can decant the correct amount straight from the tank to the bucket.