Hydrosols vs Water in CP

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Butch Owen <butchbsi

Fri, 02 Jul 2004 15:57:10 -0700

Hydrosols vs Water in CP

 

 

Hey XXXXXXX,

 

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> I have to say that my report card for using hydrosols is B+. The reason for

B+

> and not an A--simply because of the cost. Hydrosols are much more expensive

than

> water. Until someone can prove to me that there is either an aesthetic or

*medical*

> benefit to using a hydrosol over water, then cost has to remain the deciding

factor.

 

As for medical benefit of Hydrosols in soap .. them whut tries to prove

that there is one are stretching the truth .. soap doesn't stay on the

skin long enough to heal or harm. If one soaks in a tub a long time

they could gain some emotional/psychological benefit from the odors.

 

As for aesthetic benefit of Hydrosols .. remember that beauty is in the

eyes of the beer holder. ;-)

 

As for cost .. for sure Hydrosols are a bit more costly than water ..

and EO are generally a bit more costly than are FO. If one is using FO

then whatever they throw in the pot is as good as what they are using to

scent the soap in the first place. If they are using EO then perhaps

the Hydrosol is a bit cheaper than water because the Hydrosol will have

between .01% (with Rose Otto) up to 7%-8% of the less costly oils in

the Hydrosol.

 

Why less EO in the costly oils? Because of Cohobation .. a second run

of the Hydrosol through the still to extract more oil. This is always

used on Rose Otto and Melissa because in addition to being very costly

oils they are very hydrophilic oils and the lion's share of the oil does

not come out in the first run.

 

As for costs of Hydrosols vs Water .. if one wants to get out their

calculator and figure costs .. and they are using EO in their soaps ..

they might find that Hydrosols are less costly than water. :-p

 

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