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Ok. So... I made a batch of the 80% lard and cut at the 12 hour mark. No crumbling, cut easy etc. Thank you for all your advice!

I'm not familiar with your soy wax, but I use 464 as well as a 464/4627 blend, and CD/CDN and HTP work best for me. I also use 6006 with the same quick series depending on FO. For some fragrances I had where the flame would get smaller/tiny, ECO wicks helped with the burn HT. Some say...

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No titanium dioxide at all @Catscankim I only used sorbitol at 1% ppo... 5 grams. I also attached what the bars looked like when cut after 48 hours. Going to try another batch tonight. Thanks @Becky1024 Good to know. I kept the temps of both lard and lye solution around the 90's from what I...

@KiwiMoose good to know. I've been making small 500 gram batches here and there without issue cutting. I was surprised how that broke like it did. And on the flip side... I made a different batch with 45% lard that even after 4th day of it being cut, it feels like putty to the touch. Not...

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Hi all, So I assume waiting 2 days to cut an 80% lard, 15% CO, 5% castor oil recipe was too long. It reminded me of cutting into a block of chocolate that way it broke apart. I made another batch at 60% lard, OO, CO, castor oil (same time as the 80% batch) and cut that one at the 2 day...

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Thanks @AAShillito I just looked up Lilac.... 2.1%. Not even sure if it's worth making a small 1lb batch. Wouldn't hurt I guess. Blah....

Thank you @lucycat I checked the usage rates the other night and was surprised that some of the ones that I have were quite low. One in particular (can't remember which one) was at 0.74. So yeah... there's that. I'm going to try the Lilac this week. I made the OMH over the weekend and...

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