jackbenimble Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Hi friends, I am making 4oz M&P goats milk soap for Xmas gifts and wanted to know what the appropriate amount of FO I should use for each soap. Thanks in advance!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWickedWick Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Are you using a multi cavity soap mold that holds 4 oz of soap each or are you making individual 4 oz soaps in a single cavity mold? Amount of fo would depend on the IFRA percentage of each fragrance you plan to use. Some of mine I can use up to 5% and some only 1% (which I normally stay away from). What/whose base are you using? With my base and a 3 cavity mold that makes 4 oz bars and an fo that can safely be used at 5% I just multiply 12 oz by 5% = .6 oz of fo. I usually calculate a little over in my base..say 12.6 oz or so just to make sure I have enough to fill each cavity. Even with the little bit of overage, I would still use the .6oz of fo. I hope all that made sense. Even if you can use an fo at 5%, if it's a strong one I would drop it down to about 3%.. sometimes it's just trial & error. Better to use less and then add more than use too much. Karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faerywren Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Most FO's for soap run about .5oz to 1oz per pound. Check the suppliers recommendation. I know some of WSP's "budget fragrances" allow much higher amounts because the FO's aren't as concentrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackbenimble Posted October 28, 2010 Author Share Posted October 28, 2010 Thank you for the help. . I was going to use Elements Soap base but they were out of stock so I am using Peaks base which on the ingredients looked basically the same. I am using FO from Candlewic in the soap. The mold is an 8 cavity mold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faerywren Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Thank you for the help. . I was going to use Elements Soap base but they were out of stock so I am using Peaks base which on the ingredients looked basically the same. I am using FO from Candlewic in the soap. The mold is an 8 cavity mold.Elements and Peak both sell SFIC soap bases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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