Does your soap making equipment
work only with Cold Processed soap?
Answer:
No. Most of our equipment crosses over in to
other uses. For example the Pot Tipper can be used for Cold
Processed as well as Hot Processed, lotions, Melt and Pour,
butters, etc. Our Oil/Wax Heaters for Hot Processed, Liquid
Soap, lotions, CP soap, almost every product requiring heating
oils and materials carefully.
Batch Size
Question:
How does one
determine the batch size?
Answer:
With our custom soap
making equipment and soap molds, the batch
is determined by the type of cutter used, the bar size and
finding the most efficient mold configuration to match that bar
size. We will provide you with a very close estimate of your
batch size to start with and will help you in sizing your batch
ingredients. We offer excellent software for this very thing; it
is free with each Professional Soap Cutter.
Electricity
Question:
Can you also tell us
about electricity requirements on your soap making equipment so we can
calculate local electricity cost to us. I use 220 voltage,
common in Africa
Answer:
The Air Soap Cutter runs off of a small Air
Compressor that will take about 1500 watts. The
65 Gallon Oil
Heater takes 5000 watts and the lye tank
3000 watts. Your scales
and mixing drill is very little. My guess is that you will need,
when making 20,000 bars a week, about, 50 kilowatt hours a day.
This includes some for lighting, computers, etc. You will have
to get the cost of a kilowatt hour from there.
Bars
Per Week
Question:
When we talk about
number of bars per week, is it a 5 day week, 6 day week or 7 day
week.
Answer:
We base the production on "pour days" and "cut
days". One experienced person can measure, mix and pour, 10
molds (approximately 350 bars per mold) in one day if they have
an efficient system. They can cut this in one day if they have
an Air Soap Cutter and a
racking system that is easy to stack bars
on. Remember you will have packaging, shipping, etc. to
consider.
Water
Question:
Do you have any idea
about water consumption needed to make about 20,000 bars a week?
Answer:
Using 100 grams bars, 20,000 a week, about, 600
liters. Around 30% of a bar is water.
Same as:
3.5 oz bars, 20,000 a week, about 132 gallons of
water (U.K) or 158 gallons water (US)
Bar
Size
Question:
What do you recommend
is a good bar size? I have never made soap before and don't know
which bar size is best.
Answer:
A nice size that fits well in the hand and is
popular in most markets is a 100 gram bar (3.5 oz). When
cured, this bar would be about 5.4cm x 8.7cm x 2.4cm
or 2.125 in x 3.425 in x .944 in. The wet-cut weight would
be approx. 110 grams (3.88 oz).
Temperature
Question:
At what temperature
should soap be mixed?
Answer:
There are many opinions on this. We always
poured between 90F and 100F, usually trying for 95F. Had one
failed batch in hundreds of 89 pound batches poured. However,
many experienced Soapmakers pour at around 80F and 85F, some
having decades of experience and producing 100's of thousands of
bars.
There are some schools of thought that you must
pour at much higher temperatures, 120 and up. We have found that
high temperatures can create problems not encountered at the
lower temperatures, especially when working with some Fragrance
oils, certain Essential oils, honey and beeswax.
To each their own; try different temperatures.
Experiment and find what works for you. Write everything down,
taking notes on temps, times and conditions.
One year parts and labor, three years parts on
products manufactured by Willow Way LLC. Paid shipping for one
year to and from the purchasers address is included in warranty
for products manufactured by Willow Way LLC. Parts for products,
manufactured by Willow Way LLC are shipped free of charge, to
the customer for three years. Products not manufactured by
Willow Way LLC will be covered by the
original manufacturers warranty. There is more information
on our website at
http://soapequipment.com/service
Not directly. However, we do work with a very
good leasing company. Here is the link to the information on our
site. http://www.soapequipment.com/leasing/
Why is the shipping
on this cutter blade so much? It was more than the blade.
Answer:
Just a
quick note to acknowledge your question regarding shipping.
There are a couple of things worthy of note:
(1) We do not have a minimum order amount even though we
probably make very little to nothing on orders of this size by
the time we pay for the accounting - need to enter the order
into our books and record the payment; get the order to
shipping. Shipping has to pull it and then pack it. Not having a
minimum order is our way of trying to help our customers,
trusting they will come back to a site where they have received
good service and good products.
(2) If you had ordered several items, the shipping per pound
would be much less. UPS has a minimum shipping charge, which was
already more than the cost of your item.
(3) The shopping cart defaults to residential, since most of
our customers are in this category. If you are in a Rural area
then that adds some regardless if residential or commercial.
We appreciate your business and trust that this explanation
helps.
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