I got the same pot I think but only do half loads (five or six gallons) with the hotplate. I normally get 2 to 2.5 quarts of currently consumable official essence..plust about a quarter pint of heads heads and about a fourth of quart which smells like a wet poodle. Depends on the wash on that score I think. Half loads are an all day affair. If you wanted to do a full load..12-13 gallons plan on staying awake two days. We may need to flag over a truck driver and get some no doze on that deal:) Now some of these smart fellers do stripping runs which come off quicker..but then you got to gather it all up add water and do it all over yet again one more time. Dont make a lick of sense to me..lol. Anyway the fingernail polish remover jar and the wet dog jar supposed to go back into your next batch of wash. Now some otherwise smart folks advocate throwing out the fingernail polish part but I am an old child of the Great Depression. We was taught it was better to throw it up than to throw it out. Hope this helps.