OLIVE OIL SOAP TRACE

Olive oil soap takes a really long time to trace. Sometimes you start to wonder if it is going to happen at all. The trace is the point where a stable emulsion has emerged, and the soap has started to thicken. Higher temperatures speed up the process and you reach trace sooner.

We did a batch of soap in which we used 94% olive oil. Just to show how the process looks like, I took a video while Suvi was mixing the batter. Even though the NaOH solution was boiling hot when we added it to the oils it took nearly 5 minutes to reach light trace.



In this recipe we used:
  • 94% olive oil
  • 5% coconut oil
  • 1% almond oil
  • 25% water as percentage of oils
  • Lavender, lime and bergamot essential oils



















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