Velma Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Hi all! I have made this for my personal use, just using rubbing alcohol, about 10 drops of FO and distilled water. Works great, but I have some candle customers who are asking if I can make a spray for them. I've not made anything but wax, so this is out of my element to say the least. Doesn't help that I barely squeezed out a C in Intro to chem and then switched to physics in school. After researching I think I should use polysorbate 20 in place of the rubbing alcohol - Should it be an amount equal to the distilled water, or just a few teaspoons as I did with the rubbing alcohol with the distilled water making up the rest of the bottle? Appreciate any tips on this - beyond nervous in figuring this out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandlekrazy Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 4 oz Witch hazel and 30-40 drops of essential oil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallTayl Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Polysobates are used in proportion to the amount of oil being solubilized. Off the top of my head, poly 20 is used by 25% to equal the amount of essential oil depending on the oil. For air sprays you really benefit from something that can help it evaporate up into the air, like an alcohol, cyclomethicone, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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