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Wondering if anyone would care to share a good way to scent liquid soap from paste?
I never dilute and scent an entire batch of ls paste at once, hence I never know exactly how much scent to add and just kind of wing it pouring in the EOs.
Anybody else had this problem? Annoying, isn't it?
How much EOs do you guys add per half-gallon jar of diluted liquid soap?
If I use math then the batch I made this morning from 75 oz coconut oil will supposedly yield 140.53oz of paste which when diluted with 250% with water should make 21.96 lbs of liquid soap, and if I'm scenting based on ppo then (4.7 lbs oil)(0.5 oz EOs) = 2.35 oz EOs per batch, but how many gallons does 21.96 lbs of liquid soap make?
My last batch of this type of soap weighs 137.8 oz per gallon, so the 21.96 lbs from this batch should only make 2.56 gallons of liquid soap, requiring 0.92 oz EOs per gallon. Hmmm...
I think my batch from 75 oz coconut will make more than the lye calc estimated bc the lye calc did not take into consideration the specific gravity of the glycerin I used instead of water, which was 1.26, or 26% heavier (than water).
I kinda want to sell some of this soap but I don't even know how much soap I'm really going to get from a batch.
SoapMaker 3 says my material costs are $41.22 including the 75 oz of coconut oil and the lye plus 2.35 oz of EOs and 45oz of glycerin but not the distilled water i'll need to dilute the paste with. The accounting for cost of goods sold on this soap thing is wicked.
Somehow $41.22 for 2.56 gallons of soap doesn't sound right to me n I thought I was making it cheaper....
Does that sound about right to you guys? 75 oz of coconut oil only makes 2.56 gallons of soap, which I should scent at about 0.92 oz EOs per gallon of ls?
How do you guys measure your scent for soap from paste?
I never dilute and scent an entire batch of ls paste at once, hence I never know exactly how much scent to add and just kind of wing it pouring in the EOs.
Anybody else had this problem? Annoying, isn't it?
How much EOs do you guys add per half-gallon jar of diluted liquid soap?
If I use math then the batch I made this morning from 75 oz coconut oil will supposedly yield 140.53oz of paste which when diluted with 250% with water should make 21.96 lbs of liquid soap, and if I'm scenting based on ppo then (4.7 lbs oil)(0.5 oz EOs) = 2.35 oz EOs per batch, but how many gallons does 21.96 lbs of liquid soap make?
My last batch of this type of soap weighs 137.8 oz per gallon, so the 21.96 lbs from this batch should only make 2.56 gallons of liquid soap, requiring 0.92 oz EOs per gallon. Hmmm...
I think my batch from 75 oz coconut will make more than the lye calc estimated bc the lye calc did not take into consideration the specific gravity of the glycerin I used instead of water, which was 1.26, or 26% heavier (than water).
I kinda want to sell some of this soap but I don't even know how much soap I'm really going to get from a batch.
SoapMaker 3 says my material costs are $41.22 including the 75 oz of coconut oil and the lye plus 2.35 oz of EOs and 45oz of glycerin but not the distilled water i'll need to dilute the paste with. The accounting for cost of goods sold on this soap thing is wicked.
Somehow $41.22 for 2.56 gallons of soap doesn't sound right to me n I thought I was making it cheaper....
Does that sound about right to you guys? 75 oz of coconut oil only makes 2.56 gallons of soap, which I should scent at about 0.92 oz EOs per gallon of ls?
How do you guys measure your scent for soap from paste?