JuneP
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I'm getting ready for my first slow tracing, swirl recipe,(will probably do a drop swirl using about 3 or 4 colors;s but I have a couple of questions about the oils and scents in the colorants and deciding on amount of colorant to set aside for each color etc..
Watching some you tube videos I see people not adding the fragrances to the main batch, but meting them out in the many colors they have put in little cups and then just adding a bit of oil in each and some in the main color. Are they just winging the amount? It doesn't seem like they have measured different amounts of fragrance for each little cup of color. How do you all handle that?
Another question. If you are using several colors, say you have a main base like a white or yellow, and maybe two or three or even more other colors, what proportions do you use. The reason I'm asking, is that I need to know how many oz or grams of my soap batch to use for a main, base color, and then the smaller amounts of other colors. And how much colorant to mix up for the main color and the minor colors if you just wing it. How do you manage this?
Say I have a 33oz batch oils, which has a total of with lye and water to 1,459.41 grams. And I want to have a larger amount of it set aside as a main color that I'll pour first, and use throughout the pours, and 3 or more other colors in smaller amounts. How many ounces or percentage of the batch, would you use for the main color and for each of the 3 or more other colors? I've watched so many videos, but can't find any information on this, nor can I see by their cups how much they're using since you rarely see how much they total batch is.
The only thing I can think of is to reduce the total gram batch to ounces and then decide divide it somehow so that the minor colors get one part and the major color gets what, three or four times as much???? And then, pick the amount of colorant based on the ounces designated for that color. Is there an easier way? It is puzzling to this newbie, for sure ! LOL
June
Watching some you tube videos I see people not adding the fragrances to the main batch, but meting them out in the many colors they have put in little cups and then just adding a bit of oil in each and some in the main color. Are they just winging the amount? It doesn't seem like they have measured different amounts of fragrance for each little cup of color. How do you all handle that?
Another question. If you are using several colors, say you have a main base like a white or yellow, and maybe two or three or even more other colors, what proportions do you use. The reason I'm asking, is that I need to know how many oz or grams of my soap batch to use for a main, base color, and then the smaller amounts of other colors. And how much colorant to mix up for the main color and the minor colors if you just wing it. How do you manage this?
Say I have a 33oz batch oils, which has a total of with lye and water to 1,459.41 grams. And I want to have a larger amount of it set aside as a main color that I'll pour first, and use throughout the pours, and 3 or more other colors in smaller amounts. How many ounces or percentage of the batch, would you use for the main color and for each of the 3 or more other colors? I've watched so many videos, but can't find any information on this, nor can I see by their cups how much they're using since you rarely see how much they total batch is.
The only thing I can think of is to reduce the total gram batch to ounces and then decide divide it somehow so that the minor colors get one part and the major color gets what, three or four times as much???? And then, pick the amount of colorant based on the ounces designated for that color. Is there an easier way? It is puzzling to this newbie, for sure ! LOL
June