手工皂教学——关于做冷制皂是否需要保温的问题
各位好，以下国外一家权威网站的资料，下面是中文概译，分享给大家看看。做皂并不一定绝对要保温，或者绝对要根据什么温度曲线来脱模。每个人都有自己的做法其实并没错，但是作为老师，要教给学员讲更多的可能性，毕竟每个人选择的情况不尽相同，不能把学生固定在自己的框架之内。比如你只做小模具皂就教小模具的方法，这不客观，也不够专业。老师是传道、授业、解惑的，每个人都有自己的特长，可以教别人，但是过于绝对的说法不可取！
If you live in a warm climate,you may never need to use a heating pad or insulate soap to promote gel phase. Thisis especially true if you choose to soap above 120 ° F. Extra warm soapingoils combined with a hot room can be enough to promote gel phase withoutinsulation. It’s all about finding the right balance!
如果你地处温暖气候中，你可以不使用加热板或者给皂保温来达到果冻效果。特别是你如果选择在华氏120度以上来做皂，额外的油温再加上温暖的房间即使不保温也会达到果冻效果，只要找到正确的平衡点就好
Your mold and fragrance oil are otherfactors to consider when deciding to insulate your soap. Large slab and loafmolds hold on to heat better than small individual cavity molds. If you areusing a mold with individual cavities such as the 12 Bar Round Silicone Mold orthe 12 Bar Oval Silicone Mold,the soap loses temperature quickly because of the small amount of soap. Soap molds such as the 12 Bar Square Silicone Mold holdheat slightly better, because there is not as much space between the individualbars. When using these molds, I usually place the mold on a heating pad andinsulate to prevent soda ash. Some fragrance oils can naturally increasethe temperature of freshly poured soap. In particular, fragrances containingspicy notes, such as clove or cinnamon, tend to naturally increase temperature.
你的模具以及香精油等也是是否保温的影响因素。大盘模具和土司模具比小的单个的模具要聚热。如果你使用小单模，因为皂液少而迅速失温。如果用小模具，可以放在加热板上来预防白粉。一些香精油也能很自然地提高刚入模皂液的温度，特别是那些含有香辛料成分的香精油，比如八角和桂皮，很容易自然地提高温度。
On the flip side, there arescenarios when insulating your soap can cause adverse effects. Somesoap recipes do not react well to heat and should be kept as cool as possiblewhile in the mold. Soap made with milk is an example of this. When making soapwith milk, it’s important to keep temperatures low so the natural sugars in themilk do not scorch. Scorched milk soap can have a mild unpleasant odor and anoff-white color. To help keep temperatures low, some soapers like to placetheir milk soap in the fridge or freezer for several hours immediately afterpouring the soap into the mold. If you’d like to learn more about soaping withmilk, check out the tutorials below. Also, learn more about mixing lye withmilk in this blog post.
另一方面，保温也可能会出现相反的效果。有些配方在加热的情况下反应不好，入模后应该尽可能地保持凉一些。这里用加奶的皂举例，用奶来做皂，奶里的糖分会容易烧焦，所以要保持低温。烧焦的奶可能会导致很不好闻的味道或不白的颜色，为了保持低温，有些皂师会在入模后立刻将皂放入冷藏或冷冻室里几个小时……
Other examples of cold process soap that mayoverheat include soap made with honey, juice, purees or any other ingredientsthat include sugar. Sugar naturally causes the temperature of soap to increase.Further promotion of heat via insulation can cause the soap to volcano, crackor alien brain. Just take a look at this soapy volcano that occurred when I created soap with coconut milk!Soap that contains melt and pour embeds or jojoba beads should also bekept fairly cool so the embeds and jojoba beads do not melt.
另外容易引起过热的例子有用蜂蜜、果汁、果泥或者其他含有糖类的成分入皂，糖分会让皂化时的温度升高，由于保温引起的多余的热量会让皂出现火山、顶部开裂或者外星人脑子的情况。下面是椰奶做皂引起的火山爆发情况。如果在冷皂里嵌入皂基皂或者荷荷巴籽也该尽量保持低温以免它们化掉。
Choosing whether or not toinsulate your soap is both a personal preference and a balancing act.First,you should consider whether or not you want your soap to go through gel phase.If you don’t want gel phase, do not insulate your soap (but be sure to spraywith lots of 99% isopropyl alcohol toprevent soda ash!). You may even want to take precautions to prevent gel phasesuch as placing your soap in the fridge, because gel phase can sometimes occurwithout insulation. If you do want to promote gel phase, consider your soapingtemperature, recipe and room temperature.
选择是否保温完全是个人喜好以及要找到平衡点的行为。首先，是否达到果冻状态是一个（保温容易果冻，不保温就不容易）。不保温可能会引起白粉现象，也可以在表面喷99%的酒精来解决这个问题。也可能即使你把皂放在冰箱里来避免果冻现象产生，也要注意可能仍会果冻。如果想达到果冻状态，考虑做皂时的温度、配方以及室温的因素。
For example, if I’m soaping warm (around130 ° F) and it’s hot inside and I added honey to my soap, I will notinsulate my soap because the soap is already naturally warm and could overheat.But, if I’m soaping without honey around 130 ° F in a cold room, Iwill insulate my soap to keep temperatures warm. It’s all about balance, andyes…sometimes that balance can take a few batches to find
例如，如果我在50摄氏度左右做皂，里面很热，我还加了蜂蜜进去，我就不会保温，因为自然温度足够了，否则会过热。但是如果我在50度左右做皂不放蜂蜜，而且室温很低，我就会保温，这就是保持平衡的做法，有时候找到这种平衡点需要多做几锅皂才能找到。
最后说一句，保温要不要恒温箱，加热毯等，完全要看具体情况，没必要强求一定买。
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