how do I figure out percents?

[deg195]

Hi all, I have seen a post on here before but now that I need it I cannot locate it. I am looking to tweak a 3lb recipe to a 4 lbs recipe. I have the measurements in grams, and ounces. I am trying to figure out the percents of the oils and butters so I can put it thru a soapcalculator to make a larger recipe. The recipe is from The Soapmakers Companion by Susan Cavitch. It is the white choc mousse...it is as follows...
187.5g lye
1lb 3oz dist h20
11oz oo
8 0z jojoba
1lb co
8oz cocoa butter
8 oz palm
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

 

[lsg]

Convert all of your oils to ounces, add them all up and then divide each number by the total. That will give you the percent of each. I came up with a total of 51 ounces.
11 oz oo/51 = .2156, move the decimal point two places to the right to get 21.56%
8 oz jojoba/51 = .156 move decimal point two places to the right to get 15.6%
16 oz co/51 = .313 move decimal point two places to the right to get 31.3%
8 oz cocoa butter/51 = .156 or 15.65%
8 oz palm/51 = .156 or 15.6%
You then need to round each percent off
I would probably round off the olive oil to 22%, the jojoba to 16%, the coconut oil to 30%, coco butter to 16% and the palm to 16% just because I don't like to go much above 30% for my coconut oil.

 

[Hazel]

Lazy person's way of figuring percents - convert all the oils to ounces and then enter it all into SoapCalc. Click on the "calculate recipe" button and let SoapCalc do the math. :wink:

 

[maiseycat]

Lazy person's way of figuring percents - convert all the oils to ounces and then enter it all into SoapCalc. Click on the "calculate recipe" button and let SoapCalc do the math. :wink:

heh, where is the "like" button whne you need it?

 

[deg195]

Thanks so much! I think I am going to try both and then decide-lol.
I plan on doing this recipe with choc lovers type by NG. I plan not
using FO on some and use it on top like frosting. Anticipating it turn
brown... with white frosting...I've never used jojoba oil or cocoa butter in
soap- this should be fun...and very good for the skin
Thanks again

 

[deg195]

Hazel, where would I enter the ounces of the oils?

 

[Hazel]

Under #2 - Weight of Oils, click on the circle for ounces. This will cause the lb column (#8) to change to ounces. Then just enter the ounces in this column.

http://www.soapcalc.net/calc/SoapCalcWP.asp

 

[deg195]

aha! Thanks so much...

 

[deg195]

ok did some research of jojoba oil and because of the price I have decided to save this oil for message bar and lotions bars.
But, I have been playing around with the soapcalc (I really want to use the cocoa butter I have) and came up with this recipe.
This is my first recipe that I created...
all in ounces

lye 4.52
water 12.16

almond oil 10%
cocoa butter 10%
coconut 25%
olive 35%
palm 17%
castor 3%

 

[Hazel]

Looks good to me.