How much to use?

[Kerye]

My goal is to do a batch of CP soon using some sort of scent.
I had read somewhere that EO's don't hold their scents and to use FO's either alone or with EO's.
I want to order some FO's right now, once I decide between the MANY delicious scents!!
I notice that they are mostly sold in 2 oz. sizes.
If I was making a 2 lb. batch of soap, how much FO would I want to use?
Thanks!

 

[pepperi27]

Depends on the strength of the fragrance but the general rule is 1oz pp.

 

[artisan soaps]

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[IrishLass]

It really depends on the fragrance. I get a strong, lasting scent throw in my CP with using just .75 oz ppo for most fragrances, but on some of the really strong ones I find I can go as low as .4 oz ppo. For the really light ones I go as high as 1 oz ppo (a very rare occurance for me). I've never had to go higher than 1 oz ppo to date.

IrishLass

 

[honor435]

i always use 1 ounce per lb, other than eo's i use 1/2 per lb. where did you buy your fos from? isnt it fun?

 

[cambree]

Does everyone have success with FO?

The last 10 times I've made soap and used NO scents it was successful.

My last 2 fail batch I used chocolate mint and recently scent of grapefruit.

It just stayed at the gel stage for the next 48 hours.

I may just try to rebatch them or turn them into liquid laundry soap.

 

[honor435]

what didnt turn out? ive had batches get thick really fast after adding fo, but they still turned out.

 

[cambree]

what didnt turn out? ive had batches get thick really fast after adding fo, but they still turned out.

The one I scented with grapefruit FO is still in gel stage right now. I'm going to wait 1 week and see if it turn out ok.

I'm looking over my notes and think maybe I've used too much water. Or was it the Castor oil? I used about 24% of that combine with 3 other oils.

But I'm not giving up yet.

Update: 8/6/09: It's starting to look normal now. About 50% to turning opaque like normal soap.