Chapter 987 Tea Seed Oil
“Tea seed oil?”
Chen Xiangdong was suspicious.
Lu Miao nodded, looked at Fu Jingyou in the passenger seat and said:
"And Brother You, please weigh some of the citric acid I bought earlier."
"good."
Fu Jingyou nodded in response.
Chen Xiangdong's attention was always on rapeseed oil. When he had time, he asked:
"I know where to find tea seed oil, but what do I need it for in soap making?"
Lu Miao explained:
“Different base oils will produce different soap effects…”
After a pause, Lu Miao continued to talk about the situation at the soap factory:
"I've heard that the soap factory can rent a production line. The minimum lease is a week. They do have a few materials to choose from, but they're too limited... We're still in the experimental stage, so it's definitely better to try a few more materials. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste to just use the rented space for a short time?"
Chen Xiangdong nodded. He understood half of what was said, but not the other half.
Whether it is vegetable oil or animal oil, it is inevitable that it will feel greasy.
But isn’t soap a cleaning product used for bathing and washing clothes?
Could it be made of oil?
Chen Xiangdong was a little confused, but since Lu Miao wanted it, he decided to get some back and have a look.
Thinking about it, Chen Xiangdong asked again:
"How much does it cost?"
"Look, let's start with 200 or 300 kilograms."
Chen Xiangdong stepped on the brakes and turned back sharply:
"Young Master Duo?"
The three people in the car, including him, suddenly rushed forward.
Fu Jingyou frowned and punched Chen Xiangdong on the shoulder:
"Pull over and sit over there and talk!"
Chen Xiangdong touched his nose and had to pull over and exchange seats with Fu Jingyou.
Tea seed oil is more expensive than rapeseed oil.
Rapeseed oil at the grain and oil station costs 84 cents per pound.
Tea seed oil sold at a nearby oil press workshop costs RMB 1.2 per pound.
One yuan and twenty cents per jin, so two hundred jins is two hundred and forty yuan.
Three hundred kilograms is three hundred and sixty yuan.
Chen Xiangdong questioned:
"How many bars of soap can you make from one pound of oil? Isn't the cost too high?"
Lu Miao said, "One jin is 500g, and a piece of soap is 80g. Even if we don't count the saponification media like alkali and water, it can still make six and a half yuan. Taking into account consumption and loss, it can still make five yuan, right? According to the price of the Peony brand soap we just saw, it sells for one yuan and fifty yuan, which is seven yuan and fifty cents."
With this calculation, the cost of one dollar and twenty cents really doesn't seem to be a big deal.
But it’s impossible to make soap with only oil, right?
There's always something else.
Chen Xiangdong asked whatever he thought.
Lu Miao continued:
"Other auxiliary materials may seem expensive per unit, but if you really buy a pound or two of them, you might not be able to use them all even if you make thousands of pounds of soap."
"……All right."
Chen Xiangdong was speechless for a moment.
But after scratching the back of his head for a while, he said:
"I'll try my best. There might not be enough over there."
Chen Xiangdong gave a brief account of the situation.
Tea seed oil is also a kind of edible oil, and you need a ticket to buy it in the market.
The place he was talking about was something he accidentally discovered when he was working as a trader.
They don’t require tickets there, but the quantity is hard to guarantee.
Lu Miao nodded. "Let's get as much as we can. The quality of the oil is more important. If it's too low quality, it won't work...it will affect the texture and color of the soap."
Chen Xiangdong said "hmm" and promised:
"We've worked with them before, and the quality is pretty good, but it's expensive..."
"That'll do."
There is a reason why it is expensive.
First of all, they don’t want tickets, and secondly, the oil yield of tea tree seeds themselves is not very high...
Let’s arrange things here.
After arriving home, Lu Miao washed his hands and went back to his room to set up the small kang table.
He put the book and manuscript paper on the table and wrote for a long time.
She has a general idea, but is not so familiar with the detailed ratio data.
You can only wait until you get the things back and then go to the soap factory to ask professionals to do it.
However, based on his knowledge of the efficacy and chemistry of essential oils and base oils, Lu Miao wrote several combination lists.
Like the citric acid mentioned earlier, adding a small amount during the soap making process can play a certain role in neutralizing the alkalinity.
Lu Miao selects the best materials of the current era and is also developing in the direction of "soap".
But her main purpose is not just "soap", but to highlight "skin care".
If you plan to do something, do it well.
If what she makes is almost the same as what is sold on the market, why would she bother spending the effort and money?
…
Citric acid was easy to get, and Fu Jingyou got it back the next day.
Chen Xiangdong also brought back the news very quickly.
They say 200 kilograms of tea seed oil can be obtained, but you have to wait for a few days.
Another reason is the economic liberation, which means individuals no longer need to be secretive when doing business.
If you don't have a ticket when buying gas, the price there will be calculated at one dollar and fifty cents.
Lu Miao made the decision immediately: one dollar and fifty cents.
If a ticket is required, then this matter will be difficult to handle.
Even if their family had plenty of tickets, it was impossible for them to just throw away hundreds of kilograms of oil tickets...
Besides, after a few days when the tea seed oil was shipped back, Lu Miao contacted the Beijing North Soap Factory and confirmed the time to bring the goods over that day.
The assembly line can produce at least two thousand bars of soap a day. Lu Miao thought she could finish this in a short time.
But when we got there, it was completely different.
After she paid the fees, the soap factory refined, degummed and deacidified the alkali and various oils and other raw materials on site.
All steps that can be carried out simultaneously should be carried out simultaneously.
That’s it, and I was busy for nearly four days.
Lu Miao thought to himself afterwards:
No wonder they didn't agree to rent it by the day...
During the operation, workers from the soap factory assisted.
After all, they are professionals. Even if they use the materials that Lu Miao requires to be added, the quality of the finished product is highly guaranteed.
It's tea seed oil.
The final base liquid of that batch of soap was poured out and printed on the dried and solidified parts, which contained impurities.
There aren't many impurities, but they are noticeable.
The workers at the soap factory asked Lu Miao if he wanted to dissolve it and filter it again.
There is no problem with the soap liquid poured out at the front, but there is a problem with the bottom part.
Seeing that there were not many defective soaps, Lu Miao shook his head and did not bother them.
It doesn't affect the usage anyway.
It’s not easy to sell outside, but it can be used as employee benefits and distributed to your own people.
Let’s talk about this batch of soap.
Two hundred kilograms of tea seed oil, excluding the defective soaps and the damaged ones that were completely unusable, finally produced a total of 1,268 bars of soap.
Lu Miao's six bottles of essential oils come in three scents, weighing a total of 300g.
It was mixed and saponified with 110 kilograms of coconut oil brought in from the soap factory, and the defective soaps were removed, and finally there were more than 640 bars of soap.
When Lu Miao calculated the data previously, he overlooked the water and other saponification media required during soap making.
So even if the unusable part is deducted, this data is still a very good result for her.
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