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Concentrate Yield and Bottles per Container

How many ready-to-use gallons or spray bottles one container of concentrate makes at a given dilution.

Inputs

Range: 1–512

Read the number after the colon on the product label. 64 means 64 parts of water to 1 part of concentrate.

This is the single most common source of a wrong mix. Check the label wording: "1:64 solution" and "1 oz per 64 oz of water" mean different things.

Range: 0.25–55 gal

Enter the measured quantity in the unit shown.

Range: 1–128 floz

Enter the measured quantity in the unit shown.

Range: 0–1,000,000 per gallon

Enter the current purchase price in US dollars for the unit shown.

Result

Finished containers produced
256.0 bottles
Cost per finished container
$0.07
Cost per gallon of working solution
$0.28
Finished solution from this container
64.000 gal
Reading: what this result means for the job
A pail that yields tens of gallons of finished solution. Most of the value of a concentrate lives here: the cost per finished gallon is a fraction of the purchase price, and that fraction is what a ready-to-use comparison misses.
Applicability limit
The yield assumes the container is full and the dilution is exactly as stated. Solution left in a mixing tank at the end of a shift, over-pouring and a worn dispenser all reduce the yield, and none of them appear in the arithmetic. This is a planning figure for the values entered, not a measured result. Coverage rates, product yields and application rates are properties of a specific product, applicator and substrate, and the label or data sheet for the product you are using always takes precedence over the default here. The EPA-registered label governs. Using a registered antimicrobial inconsistently with its labeling is unlawful under 7 U.S.C. 136j(a)(2)(G), and 40 CFR 156.10(i)(2)(ii) requires every label to carry that statement. This tool does arithmetic; it does not approve a dilution, and it does not determine compliance.
Check before the job

Working

Finished solution from this container
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Finished containers produced
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Cost per finished container
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Cost per gallon of working solution
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What to check

  • Check the fill line on the container rather than the nominal size.
  • Account for the solution left in a mixing tank at the end of a shift.
  • Compare the yield with the label dilution the product actually states.

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Yield is where the cost of concentrate finally becomes visible: a 5 gallon pail at 1:64 makes 320 gallons of working solution. The figure assumes the container is full and that no solution is lost to over-pouring.