can you use?

[mcornwell]

my artistan kitchen aid mixer instead of a stick blender to make cp? stick blinder broke. i was thinking this thing makes great cakes. i bet it would realy make some good soap. so, does anyone use theirs for cp. tia

[Carriegsxr6]

my artistan kitchen aid mixer instead of a stick blender to make cp? stick blinder broke. i was thinking this thing makes great cakes. i bet it would realy make some good soap. so, does anyone use theirs for cp. tia

that may incorporate too much air into the soap.

[GrandmaArial]

I remember seeing a couple threads in the past on making whipped soap with a mixer. Do a search… I don’t remember much about it except someone was using a kitchen aid stand mixer, and it was done cold. I would worry about splash from a mixer. And a stand mixer… the bowl is so small, would be a very small batch of soap…

euginia has said she no longer uses her stick blender at all, just soaps at room temperatures using a whisk. It gives her more time to mess with things. I seem to remember she posted a great tutorial on it awhile back.

If you decide to use a hand mixer for soaping I would suggest (besides being very very careful of splashing) only using it til the oils and lye water are incorporated then switch to a whisk so you don’t wind up with fluffy soap (unless you want fluffy soap, in which case try it and let us know how it works). Do be careful of splashes though. I know I always get a lot of tiny droplets spattered around my kitchen when I use my mixer. Cake batter just wipes up but raw soap can be nasty stuff… remember lye is one of the main ingredients in paint strippers.

[mcornwell]

thanks so much. i like the whisk idea. i am going to try some cp at room temp. will let you know. i have always done hp. i am wanting to see how cp is now. thanks for you help. i will do a search for future referenc.