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    Crisco

    I use Crisp and Dry which is our version of Crisco. The block type, not the oil.
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    recipe help

    The ingredients on it just say "vegetable oils" - not very helpful I know! But I read online somewhere to treat it as soybean oil and I use the brambleberry lye calculator which has a vegetable shortening box.
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    recipe help

    Hi guys Can i please have some opinions on this recipe? What do you all think? 30% coconut oil 32% olive pomace 32% vegetable shortening (crisp n dry here in the uk - like your crisco I think) 3% castor oil 3% avocado oil SF 7%
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    Cure time for high OO?

    Hi guys - my basic recipe is 30% olive oil - is this considered a low or a high percentage? I'm currently allowing a 6 week cure time - do you think this is long enough? Thanks
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    Hard lump of lye??

    Yes, I was a bit distracted so maybe i didn't stir as much as i should have then...hmmm. Do you think the soap will turn out ok in the end?
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    Hard lump of lye??

    Hi Everyone I’m a bit stuck on this one and wondered if anyone else has experienced this? I was making my cp soap as normal last night and when I poured my lye into my oils I noticed that some of the lye was stuck to the bottom of the container, I chipped away at it and there was a large disc...
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