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Hey Paris,

 

Lemme say a thing or two in response here .. more for other folks than

for you as we have discussed this off line.

 

> Thanks so much Marge, I think that is exactly what I was looking for! I had

> no idea that it could vary by that much, I couldn't even begin to try to

> figure that out myself!

 

You can make yourself nuts trying to do this .. when we run our own

company we soon find out that 80 hours is a short work week .. and the

issues discussed here will go to the very bottom of the pile. The

things that you must keep up with on a daily basis are more than enough

to eat your lunch .. and make you wanna quit and go fishing.

 

Lets simplify it .. unless you want to hire a full time helper to work

that area. Count on there being 1,000 milliliters in a kilo and you

will be close enough for gummit work .. and closer than you need to be

for your own purposes.

 

It is better to overestimate your costs than it is to underestimate them

and besides that .. you are gonna lose oils when some volatize .. when

you send out samples .. when some stays in the instruments you use to

fill the bottles .. and when you spill them .. count on spilling some.

 

> Are specific gravities listed on the safety data sheets?

 

No .. and Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) are as useless as tits on a

boar hawg to folks selling oils. They are gummit CYA documents that are

intended to be used by fire fighters and transporters .. and the fact is

that neither of them give a crap about them either .. take that to the

bank but if you wanna check first .. ask your local fire department. I

did and they laughed and said they had enough garbage on file already.

 

> I am sure I could find a formula somewhere. Maybe this is just more simple

> than I am making it!

 

I think you are trying to complicate a simple issue. ;-)

 

> I really just was trying to figure out if it was worth it to buy in

> bigger quantities even if I were to be stretching (financially not

> oil wise, LOL!) it a bit!

 

If you use 1,000 ml as a kilo .. you will be OK. Personally, I would

prefer you buy smaller quantities as I make more profit from 8 oz than I

do from a kilo. ;-)

 

> I did know that a Kg weighed 2.2 lbs, but again I would hit a brick

> (maybe steel) wall whenever I would try to think in liquids.

 

Lemme tell it like this. If we use fresh water as the standard .. it

having a factor of " 1 " .. we find that a kilo and a liter are the same

thing .. but if we use anything else .. including seawater .. we will

have a plus or minus 1 factor. And .. considering that essential oils

are ALL lighter than water .. they float .. then you will have a minus

1 for all EO .. means .. you are almost always gonna get more than 1,000

ml from a kilo. And for ounces .. just figure 30 ml and you're good.

 

> Thank you so much for the info! Love, Paris

 

Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch http://www.AV-AT.com