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Yes, I saw that after I posted. Still new to the forum and trying to get the hang of it :-)

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Thank you. I did a small test batch to see and took forever to get to a light trace. Might be nice to have that much fluidity if I was doing a corner pour! Thank you for the ideas.

I accidently ordered some soybean oil and was thinking of how to incorporate it. 25% Olive Oil 25% Lard, Manteca 25% Coconut Oil 15% Soybean Oil 10% Castor Oil water: lye ratio 2.485 : 1 - no water discount Ran it through SoapCalc and it seems to be good on all the numbers. But it takes forever...

No, I am sorry. I should have typed out Palm Kernel Flakes. I just realized that we are going through a little heat wave here. My house is about 15 degrees warmer than usual. I wonder about lowering my soap temp to under 110, taking the palm kernel flakes out and adding more shea, and turning on...

OK - call it soap then. Other than my choice of what to call it, any thoughts on the recipe itself? I was soaping colder, and then I started thinking and reading and thought I would try the 120 range - I think I will go back to the colder. Thank you for that idea. Maybe take out the palm and...

My shampoo bar recipe: 30% olive oil 25% coconut oil 15% avocado oil 15% castor oil 10% shea butter 5% palm kernel flakes water at 35% superfat of 5% lye 28.543% water : lye ratio 2.5034:1 Soaping between 120 - 130 degrees I had really good results for months, but the last two batches...