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me&thegals
A Major Squash & Pumpkin Lover
Good for you!!!valmom said:I did it! My first batch of soap! Well, I hope it is soap. Just to learn h ow to do it, I used olive oil and crisco because I had them both on hand. Ran it through the soapcalc lye calcualtor, and jumped in. I think the only thing I forgot was to grease the molds before I poured the soap in. It may be challenging to get the bars out. :/
Now I have ordered scented oils in a sampler size to try. I can't imagine you need a lot of scented oil- do you calculate it in? The samples come in 1 ounce size- wt or fluid ounce I don't know. Is that enough to scent a small batch (1 pound total fat is what I am using to try and learn with.)?
I hope someone more experienced will jump in, but I think the amount of scenting oil needed depends on a couple things: Size of batch, obviously; method of soaping used (hot process, cold process, melt and pour...) and if this is a fragrance oil or essential oil.
I'll try to look it up again, but I thought I read a guideline of 1 oz of essential oil per pound of soaping oil in cold-process soap.
Edited because I mixed up valmom with noobie