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Weigh out all of your fats and putting them in the bottom of a slow cooker or an instant pot to melt together.
Weigh out the water and glycerin together in one Beaker.
In a separate Beaker weigh out the potassium hydroxide.
Add the potassium hydroxide to the water.
With a hand mixer add your lye solution to your fat solution and mix until it becomes a thick paste (trace).
Switch to a spatula and mix.
Keep this at about 165 to 175 for the next several hours, mixing every 1 to two hours.
To test, add a little glob to a container of really hot water and mix that up. If the solution in the bottom once it settles is clear then it is ready.
Store half of this in a glass jar for later.
Add a gallon of water to the other half left in the cooker.
Stir this a few times before going to bed and keep this on very low overnight.
Dilute it by half typically and add a splash of essential oil to make it smell great.