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Thanks. I am going by my revised soap calculator page, in assuming it will be a little drying. The hardness is 60, conditioning only 35. If my mixed shortening is about 95% tallow, then I used over 15 oz. tallow, .8 oz canola oil, 9 oz. coconut oil and 1.5 oz castor oil. Plus a little sweet...

I tried calling them, but they are just suppliers and not the producers, so the woman could not find any info either. I did call Spectra Foods that makes blended shortening (in hopes that they made Sunspun brand) but I am actually guessing that Sunspun will be similar to their blended shortening...

Thank you so much! I will try that.

I tried phoning the phone number on the box today. (It is the phone number of a large grocery store chain, not the actual maker) They could not give me answers, but did give me phone numbers of their supplier to try...I have left messages, but no response yet. Good idea to ask about regular of...

Hi, I wonder if anyone has used a mixed shortening, comprised of beef tallow and canola oil. I have SUNSPUN brand, and cannot seem to get an answer on percentages of beef/canola that are in it. Does anyone have an idea of what I should enter it as in the soap calculators? Also, has anyone used...

Very good to know. Thank you so much!

Thank you. Yes, they are stainless steel. I started to worry after seeing posts about DOS on soap set out to dry on metal racks. So, is it the chrome plating on racks that is the culprit?

Hi, I am new to CP soap making. On reading about metal contact causing DOS spots, I wonder about using metal cutters (which I have been using). Would using the metal cutters (I use straight and wavy ones) start the reaction that would cause DOS? Thank you for any advice or experience with this!