linen/body spray... homemade vs base

[lauramw71]

I have been selling alot of room sprays lately. I make mine from scratch preserved distilled water, modifier, FO. They smell great, but don't have a real lasting power. Has anyone done both base and homemade? The base is kind of pricey, so I'm wondering if it's worth it to upgrade to it.
TIA!!

Laura

 

[Deb]

hey Laura,

What do you mean by modifyer?

Cheers
Deb

 

[lauramw71]

Hi there. A modifier is an emulsifier so the water and FO will mix. Like poly 20. but I get the modifier from WSP.
HTH

 

[Deb]

Ah, I have poly 20! i may try that ;-)

 

[lauramw71]

Oh you should! Just make sure you add a preservative! People at my work are buying these sprays like crazy! I charge $5 for 4oz and sold $50 worth last week! woo hoo!!

 

[misty]

laura that sounds like fun, something I haven't tried. Would you mind sharing how you make room freshner.....what preservative would you use for instance......thanks for any help!

 

[lauramw71]

VERY easy to make!! Sells like hotcakes. LOL My best sellers have been Downy Clean Breeze, and Spiced Cranberry. for a 4 oz bottle I put 24ml of modifier in my bottle (got it at wsp, but am switching to poly for this since it doesn't use as much, not worried about a milky spray), add 6ml FO, then fill with preserved water. I added germaban II to my gallon of distilled water. 1oz if I remember correctly... This way I dont have to add it with every one I make. This is a 5% mixture. I use the same thing for my body spray, but only make at 2%.
HTH!
Laura

 

[misty]

thank you so much laura, will have to try it now......

 

[Deb]

VERY easy to make!! Sells like hotcakes. LOL My best sellers have been Downy Clean Breeze, and Spiced Cranberry. for a 4 oz bottle I put 24ml of modifier in my bottle (got it at wsp, but am switching to poly for this since it doesn't use as much, not worried about a milky spray), add 6ml FO, then fill with preserved water. I added germaban II to my gallon of distilled water. 1oz if I remember correctly... This way I dont have to add it with every one I make. This is a 5% mixture. I use the same thing for my body spray, but only make at 2%.
HTH!
Laura


Hey Laura,

I'll definitely remmeber the preservative - so with 4 oz being give or take 100 ml, its 25% modifyer, 6% FO and give or 1 oz to a gallon preservative...UK or imperial? (3.8 or 4.5 liter?) ...correct? Not sure how that tallies with 5%, am I mistaken?

 

[lauramw71]

The 5% is amount of FO.. I add at a 5% level. Are you trying to figure out how much preservative to use? That I add about an ounce to a gallon of preservative. I'm not sure what you're lookin for here... the preservative or the recipe in a whole?
Here is the formula I use for room/linen spray. I've changed from using the EO/FO Modifier to using poly 20. It makes a milky looking spray, but noone seems to mind it.

6ml poly 20
6ml FO
mix, then fill the bottle with preserved distilled water.

This is for a 4 oz bottle. I'm not sure the exact amount of water I add because a 4oz bottle will require more liquid than exactly 4 oz to look full.

Let me know if this doesn't clear it up!