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Weekend wonderings: Making larger batches, mixer attachments, and distilled water

March 9, 2013 by SwiftCraftyMonkey

In this post, Mychelle asks: I have a question about making larger batches of our products. I’ve been playing with 1000-2000 gram batches of my favorite formulas lately, and the big batches don’t cooperate as well! Several batches of my shampoo bars came out far softer and needed a much longer cure, even though I…

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