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  1. OWU Soaps

    Who cares about INS value?

    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...
  2. OWU Soaps

    Lye Beads Floating in "finished" soap

    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...
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