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Thanks a lot everyone. What I get from all of this is that it's a number that does provide some value, some information, but really only if we understand what that information is, which is definitely more nuanced than good bar/bad bar. Zany, thanks for directing me to DeeAnna's site. What a...

I'm having trouble wrapping my brain around how to use INS, or if I should. It seems like I can always get a really high INS if I add a bunch of Palm Kernel Flakes and/or Coconut oil, but this always gives me a cleansing value higher than I want. I've read some articles that state it's a good...

Thanks everyone. I used the same lye batch on a smaller loaf without the old shea butter and it acted normally, so I'm pretty sure it was the shea butter like Obsidian said. A lot of the beads ended up solidifying on the top as little white beads. I tried wiping them off with a damp paper towel...

Thanks. It thickened before I added fragrance oils. Really probably just 15 seconds of stick blend/stirring. It turned more yellow than I've seen before. I stirred more after because I didn't want uneven saponification with it hardening so quick, and it looked to me to be the same texture...

Ooo, now I'm getting my hopes up!

I make soap in big quantities- 12lbs of oil/batch. I master batch my lye at a light concentration (33% lye) to give me time to work it, but my last two batches stiffened really thick really quickly, the last almost immediately. I used the same lye batch with both. With the first one, after I cut...