Guest guest Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 hi, I have a recipe here that is in percentages. How would you fingure out what what to use for a 1 lb batch? thank you donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 Hi Donna, Take your 16 oz or gram weight if you use that and multiply your percent in decimal form. 16 oz Body Butter example 16 X .20 (20%) Olive oil = 3.2 oz oil 16 X .30 (30%) Virgin coconut oil = 4.8 oz oil 16 X .50 (50%) Shea Butter = 8 oz hth, Margaret www.naturalindulgences.com >hi, > >I have a recipe here that is in percentages. How would you fingure >out what what to use for a 1 lb batch? > >thank you >donna > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 Thank you so much margaret. I was good in math but that was too many years ago I had to make them grades. Thank you again donna , " Margaret Helm-Duell " <naturalindulgences wrote: > > Hi Donna, > > Take your 16 oz or gram weight if you use that and multiply your percent in > decimal form. > > 16 oz Body Butter example > > 16 X .20 (20%) Olive oil = 3.2 oz oil > 16 X .30 (30%) Virgin coconut oil = 4.8 oz oil > 16 X .50 (50%) Shea Butter = 8 oz > > hth, > Margaret > www.naturalindulgences.com > > > >hi, > > > >I have a recipe here that is in percentages. How would you fingure > >out what what to use for a 1 lb batch? > > > >thank you > >donna > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 Hi Donna, I'm going to assume that you'll be using ounces (but this works for grams as well). There are 16 ounces in a pound. You're going to multiply the percents in your formulary by 16 to get the amount of that product you'll need. For example, you have 20% coconut, 40% olive, 20% palm, 15% shea, and 5% avocado. You're going to multiply your batch weight by the decimal representation of the percentage of each ingredient you need. It will look like this: Ingredient Total Batch Weight in Ounces Operator Percentage Total in Ounces Coconut 20% 16 X .20 3.20 Olive 40% 16 X .40 6.40 Palm 20% 16 X .20 3.20 Shea 15% 16 X .15 2.40 Avocado 5% 16 X .05 .80 Total Ounces 16.00 Always add your individual totals to make sure that equals your total batch weight. Always make sure that 100% of your ingredients are accounted for. What I mean by this is if your total comes to 15.96 ounces instead of 16.00 ounces, you'll need to round your individual totals up or down until you get 16.00 ounces. Then you can run your totals through an online SAP calculator to figure out how much lye you'll need to use. Using this method, you can make as large a batch as you want, or as small a batch as you want. Just apply your percentages to your total batch weight, and there you have it. HTH, Tam d4lacoste <d4lacoste wrote: hi, I have a recipe here that is in percentages. How would you fingure out what what to use for a 1 lb batch? thank you donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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