SoapMelters Melting Tanks For Handcrafted Soap Makers

SoapMelters offers the  most extensive and superior line of fast heating melting tanks and pots for handcrafted soap making.  Our Melters are ideal for processing a variety of handcrafted soaps:

Hot Process: Quickly heat your lye and fats together until saponification occurs.

Cold Process: Fast heating for the entire batch or simply use for heating base oils.

Liquid Soap: Fast heating after you mix and trace and can use it during dilution until completed.

Melt & Pour: Quickly heat your melt and pour bases.

All Soap Making Materials: Fast, safe & reliable melting and heating of soap making materials including Glycerin, Oils, Butters and Waxes, Melt & Pour Bases, Cocoa Butter, Avocado Butter, Jojoba Oil, Almond Oil, Camellia Oil, Brazil Nut Oil, Olive Oil, Soy, Vegetable Palm Wax, Coconut Butter and more.

Melt Soap Mixtures Fast & Save Time with the Fastest Melting Tanks!

	SoapMelters SD Series Melters SoapMelters SD (Soap Direct Heat) Melting Tanks: Fast melting table-top melting pots are ideal for smaller soap batches. These thermostatically controlled melting tanks heat with a solid, durable shell and even have a heated valve for super fast soap melting and heating.  *Not Suitable for Lye*
	SoapMelters SW Series Melters SoapMelters SW (Soap Water Jacket) Melting Tanks: Fast Melting thermostatically controlled, Stainless Steel, double boiler style melting tank provides the fastest, most even heating possible and no "hot spots" when melting your soap mixtures and making soap. Ideal as a stand-alone or batch melting tank.   LYE: Works great with Lye since 100% Stainless Steel construction and the immersion heater never comes in contact with soap mixture and it is protected with Incoloy 800 sheath.   Replacement heaters available for on-site maintenance and repair.
New	WaxMelters PRIMO Series Wax Melters The Fastest Soap Melting Tanks with Even Heating/No Hot Spots Utilize Digital LCD Temperature Controls  for Precision Heating  Round on Inside - Square on Outside for Faster Heating & Cleaning The Most Energy Efficient Soap Melting Tanks feature a revolutionary heating element and ICC-ES recognized, Energy Star Qualified insulation with R-Values over 14 and rated to reflect up to 97% of radiant heat!   Click Here For Our Full Line of Primo Melters.

Think about it: Do people who uses melting tanks to melt glue, asphalt or adhesives care about handcrafted soap making? No! But we do which is why handcrafted soap makers choose WaxMelters for their melting tanks. Plus, our proprietary inner surface extends the life of your melting tank to provide years of surface with a better appearance and no rusting, chipping or flaking.

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SOAP MELTERS TANKS vs CONVECTION MELTERS

Before you became a professional soap maker, did you ever melt your soap mixtures in your oven?  Of course not because air is not an efficient conductor of heat.  You used a stove top pot (direct heat melter) or double boiler (water jacket melting tank). 

The laws of physics are the same today as they were when you were a beginner: air is an inefficient method of conducting and transfering heat, so why would you use a convection melter? 

Bottom Line: If convection melters were good for soap making, we would sell them.  We don't take chances with your handcrafted soap making business.

SD & SW Series Melters Are More Energy Efficient Than Convection: Convection heated melters transfer heat by air and as you would imagine, the heated air must be circulated so temperature is difficult to maintain and requires Convection Heated Melters to be insulated. In contrast, our Direct Heat Melters are in direct contact with your substance so that is the most energy efficient. In our water jacket melters, our immersion heaters are directly immersed in the water they heat on a horizontal basis to allow for better disbursement of heat within the water jacket melting tank. Since all the heat in our water jacket melters is transmitted directly from our immersion heating element to the water, this direct heating makes the immersion heater from heating element to the water virtually 100% energy efficient. Compare them at home: try baking and boiling the same food- which one is more efficient?Try cooking any egg, potato, carrot, etc by submersing it in small pot of boiling water and cooking the same item in a 212 degree oven and see which cooks faster. Obviously, the longer it takes to cook, the more energy you need to use and pay with higher energy bills. While a convection oven may cook better than a conventional oven, both cook by heating air which is why when you cook you almost always need the temperature of the oven to be much hotter than say, boiled water at 212 degrees. Which would cook an egg faster at 212 degrees? Which would cook potatoes faster at 212 degrees? In fact, most ovens require the temperature to be at over 300 degrees before they can cook. Plus, since it heats using air rather than water, your oven needs to be insulated more than the pot of water you are boiling. This is very similar to the differences between our water jacket melters and convection melting tanks. Compare a forced air heating system to a radiant heating system: which one is more efficient?Which provides a better source of consistent heat? Which one actually heats a home rather than warms up the air? Have you ever noticed how long it takes for your couch or bed to heat up when using a forced air heating system? We are sure you notice that no matter how hard you blast your forced air heater, it still gets cold once you shut it off. That is why you constantly need the heater running. Also, which is normally a more expensive system- a radiant heater or forced air heater? Obviously, radiant heat, yet people sell Convection Heated Melters for more money than our more efficient, more reliable immersion-water based heated melting tanks. Compare them at home: which one stays warmer longer? Set your oven to 212 and then boil a pot of water with the lid on it. Then shut them off. Notice how the boiled water stays hotter much longer than your oven, which means that when you heat up your immersion-water based melting tank it will stay warmer without using electricity for a longer period of time than a Convection Melting Tank. Since water maintains its heated temperature much better than air, then a water jacket melter will maintain its temperature and use less energy than a convection melter. Therefore, immersion heating elements in a water jacket melters and melting tanks are far more efficient, reliable and effective for heating your waxes, soaps, oils, and any of your products than convection melting tanks and heaters.

Our SD & SW Series Melters Heat More Evenly Than Convection Melters: Have you ever boiled a potato and noticed that one side burned while one side was under cooked? No, neither have we. On the other hand, have you ever baked a potato and burned only one side while the other side was undercooked? Unfortunately, we all have had this experience. Just take a frozen hot dog and put one in the oven at 212 degrees and boil the other. Which one is uniformly heated and which do you need to turn? Do yourself a favor and just put them both in the boiling water to save yourself plenty of aggravation. Some companies that sell convection heating tanks and melters claim that immersion based water jacketed melters depend on maintaining water level for even heating? Yes, just like when you boil a pot of water you should make sure you put water in the pot. Just like when you drive a car you should make sure you have gasoline since that will evaporate also. With our water jacket melting tanks, so long as the lid is on there is relatively little evaporation and since our melters all come standard with an efficient pouring hole and a tube, so you can use our water jacket melters with simple monitoring since they minimize evaporation.

Convection Melters Are More Dangerous Than Soap Melters: The heating element in a convection melter can catch fire! That's pretty dangerous when you are making candles.  In fact, some companys became our customers because melting tanks they purchased from other companies have caught fire.  Not only are all our products tested for safety, we refuse to sell a product which we feel has a propensity to catch fire so we refuse to sell convection melting tanks, convection melters and convection pots. From a safety perspective, the main difference between a water jacket immersion based heating tank is surrounded by water reduces the chances of fire. Furthermore, even if you forget to add water, the immersion heating element in our water jacket melters should simply burn out. Please remember that when using any melter, all melting tanks and the wax, soap, gel, oils and molten products they heat can all potentially cause burns and/or fires. Obviously, once the heating element in the water jacket melter heats the water in the tank, the water is also hot. Please never operate any melter without proper safety equipment and without following the saftey precautions on our website.

Our SD & SW Series Melters Have A Longer Production Life Than Convection Melters Unlike a convection heated melter, water jacket melters are designed to operate 24/7. They simply require the operator to monitor the water level. If someone tries to sell you a convection melting tank or melter claiming it can operate 24/7 without it having to be monitored since they have no water to worry about, then ask them: 1) Who is going to watch my product in the tank and dispense it? 2) Why do you have a warning label which states that I should not leave my melter on and unattended since the melting tank and heated, molten products are burn and fire hazards? Obviously, from a point of safety, you should never operate a melting tank, melter, heated pot and any molten products without safety gear, equipment and never leave them on while unattended.

The Two Best Types of Melting Tanks For Handcrafted Soaps are:

	SoapMelters SD Series Melters: Direct Heat melting for Soap making substances and materials. Innovative table-top melting pots provide thermostatically controlled heat with a solid and durable shell and base that are manufactured with the toughest powder coated steel to give you the best. Melting pots melt most materials in an hour or less. Includes Pre-fastened Heated Valve! Melting pots come complete with an EZ  3/4 inch (1.9 cm) male pipe thread dispensing outlet and a 3/4 inch (1.9 cm) female threaded ball valve. Melting pots have Aluminum lid- not lexan. Melting pots are cast in aluminum and completely welded to prevent leaking. Round Tank For Fast, EZ cleaning! (Square tanks on request) 1 Year Warranty and fantastic customer service.
	SoapMelters SW Seriers Melters: Even heating of Soap making materials and substances. The thermostatic controls (temperature controlled) and double boiler style provides the most even heating possible and no "hot spots." Water jacket melting tanks with our immersion heaters are virtually 100% energy efficient since they transmit all their heat within the liquid itself and maintain a constant temperature. Constructed of a high-grade stainless steel (either 16 or 20 gauge, type 304 stainless steel construction) with 2B finish that provides years of service while maintaining excellent appearance with no rust,chipping or flaking and prevents rusting and chipping. Strong, safe and completely welded fittings to prevent leaking. Double walled melting tanks are strong and safe with a large filling area with a 1 inch (2.54 cm) male pipe thread dispensing outlet and a 1 inch (2.54 cm) female threaded ball valve and either stainless steel or lexan lid. Intelligent, practical design allows you to quickly and easily insert replacement heating elements for efficient onsite repair. 1 Year Warranty and fantastic customer service.
Accurate, Efficient, Easy to Set Temperature Controller from 0-250° F (121° C)	Accurate, Easy to Read Temperature Gauage Convenient Water Filling Spout SightGlass For Water Quick Water release Plug Stainless Steel Lid With Many Units