Guest guest Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 , All recipes must equal 100 % . The recipe you are referring to meant that 5% of the total ingredients would be Rosewater and the other ingredients would total 95 %. See what I mean in the following example. BTW this is NOT a real recipe - just an illustration. If you want to make a batch of something that totals 100 ounces, each ounce would equal 1% as well. Water 42 oz. 42% Oil 50 oz. 50% Rosewater 5 oz. 5% Fragrance 3 oz. 3% Total 100 oz. 100% I hope this helps. Joyce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 I don't know if I'm good at explaining this type of thing, but I'll give it a try! First, you figure out how much of some product you want to make. Let's say you want to fill 10 bottles of shampoo, and each bottle is 12 ounces. That means you want to make 10x12=120 total ounces of shampoo. Now say you want 5% of it to be rosewater. To get 5% of 120, you multiply 120x0.05, which equals 6 ounces of rosewater. It is easy to convert percentages to decimals if you think of them as 'cent's instead of per'cent'ages. What I mean by that is, we all know that 5 cents is $0.05, well, likewise 5 percent is also 0.05, 10% is 0.10, 97% is 0.97, etc. So, once you figure out the quantity of each ingredient by multiplying it's percentage x 120, then you just check your math by adding them all up and seeing if you have your total of 120 ounces that you were aiming for. Actually, someone will probably write in to direct you to a spreadsheet that will do the math for you. Oh, another thing to note, is that most measurements in soapmaking are by weight instead of by liquid measure. Just my 2 cents! corrina > Hi, I am new to soapmaking and I am wanting to learn more about > making shampoo and things like that! I have read on many different > post about percentages....Im not real good with math I saw on a > post ROSEWATER 5% something else another percent..... what is the > percents about and how do you figure them out in a recipe? thanks for > any help! amanda ~~May God Bless~~ > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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