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You can heat from the bottom of our Pot Tipper
because it has a thick aluminum plate sandwiched between two
stainless steel plates which disperse the heat. However we do not recommend this as a permanent
fix for heating your oils. It is very easy to scald your oils
and can damage them permanently. As far as we know we are the only company that
has this laminated bottom feature. By not dispersing the heat,
you literally create the same dead oil that would come from a
fryer. This takes away from the whole purpose of
creating high quality, cold processed soap.
Heating vegetable oils, even in our Pot Tipper,
requires finesse and a very, very close watch that you do not
overheat. You must stir constantly. This is much like stir
frying. Leave it sit and your vegetables go from mush to
fritters.
We always, whenever possible, recommend heating
your oils in a double jacketed Oil Melter/Heater. Not only does this preserve the quality of your
oils but increases your efficiency by 300%...400%. And, isn’t
that the whole purpose of having “Soap Equipment“?
Think about it; you measure your oils, place
them in the Pot Tipper, wait till they are heated, mix your soap
and do this over and over. Whereas with an Oil Melter/Heater, you measure
say 5-6 batches all at once, heat all at once (preferably in the
early morning hours using a timer), then start mixing. Presto…before lunch you are done. But using a
Pot Tipper to do all of it, you are still plugging along,
measuring, heating, mixing….measuring, heating, mixing…..
So, when you do have the money to move into an
Oil Heater, know that you will save a great deal of time and
quality.
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