Guest guest Posted November 1, 2000 Report Share Posted November 1, 2000 From what I've read about dendritic salts, when you make bath salts, by mixing your fragrance oil & any other oils you're using, into the dendritic salts first and then adding it to the rest of the sea salts, epsom salts, etc., it helps retain your f/o longer and also helps prevent clumping of the salts. It seemed to work really well for me today. As far as whether it helps retain the f/o longer, I can't say for sure myself since it's the first time I've used it. M. RE: INCI help How does dendritic salt different from common Sodium Chloride? Are there any benefits to using it? , well looking back at a post on another list. A chemist says that dendritic salt is 99% Sodium Chloride Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 6, 2001 Report Share Posted November 6, 2001 Dedritic salt is a specialty salt which is crystallized to produce more surface area to hold fragrance and color better but most of all to prevent clumping. It is also used in the baking business. It is usually used in a ratio of 1 cup to 20 cups of sea salt or what ever kind you use for your bath salts. I also add my EO/FO to this salt before adding to my whole mixture and then go a step further in letting it dry out for a day to help stop it from solidifying.Bob and I do trade shows next to the Morton Salt company and they sent me in a big bag in a swap we did with them for some of our products we were selling to stores HTH Deb > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 6, 2001 Report Share Posted November 6, 2001 My point exactly about my connection... he sells nothing BUT Morton products. If Morton has it he can get it. Terri... back to work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 6, 2001 Report Share Posted November 6, 2001 Deb, I wonder why its not on their website. I use it the same way as you do, add the fo/eo to the dendritic and then mix that with the rest of the salt mixtures. Shaye Re: Re: dendritic salt Dedritic salt is a specialty salt which is crystallized to produce more surface area to hold fragrance and color better but most of all to prevent clumping. It is also used in the baking business. It is usually used in a ratio of 1 cup to 20 cups of sea salt or what ever kind you use for your bath salts. I also add my EO/FO to this salt before adding to my whole mixture and then go a step further in letting it dry out for a day to help stop it from solidifying.Bob and I do trade shows next to the Morton Salt company and they sent me in a big bag in a swap we did with them for some of our products we were selling to stores HTH Deb > > Our members map http://.homestead.com/locations.html Our Message Board http://www.voy.com/21568/ Check out these great Molds!! http://soapwerks.com/martinworld.htm Member Kae's Site... Awesome oil Prices! http://www.olivetreesoaps.com/ All posts to this list are copyrighted by post author. They may NOT be forwarded, copied, or used in anyway without the permission of the post author with the exception of answering posts to this list. Posts are personal opinions only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 6, 2001 Report Share Posted November 6, 2001 Hi guys I'm going to jump in on this one because I'm in the middle of making bath salts right now. I also use dendritic salt. It helps with the clumping problem and also holds the scent in your salts better. I use jojoba oil or sweet almond oil in my bath salts also. So what I do is mix the dendritic salt with the jojoba oil in a separate cup. Then I also add my f/o to it AND I use mica coloring in my salts, too. So I put the mica powder in with the oil, dendritic salt & f/o. That way when I add that to all the salts & bakind soda, it's easier to get the color dispursed throughout. It also lets me know that the f/o is dispersed throughout the salt because you can see when the color is all mixed in. On another note - I just got a call from the owner of Barbara Ann's Country Gifts that's about 10 miles from me. She had been given a bar of my soap as a gift from someone and loved it. She wants to carry my products in her store!! Boy, it's nice to have people coming to ME instead of having to go out looking for business. Last night I had a call from a woman that's putting on a small "open house" with about 7 crafters about 20 miles from here and she wants me to have my products at her "open house." It will be the Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend. She said I get all my money (no consignment or charges to be there). She's had this type of thing in years past with a couple of hundred people that show up and and is only asking very good crafters there to sell. Boy, when it rains it pours. I'm going to be so busy I'm not going to have time to be depressed. Today (after seeing the psychiatrist yesterday) I'm feeling a LOT stronger so it's work, work, work all day today because I never know how I'll feel tomorrow. Gotta run - drying bath salts in the oven. M RE: Re: dendritic salt Deb, I wonder why its not on their website. I use it the same way as youdo, add the fo/eo to the dendritic and then mix that with the rest of thesalt mixtures.Shaye-----Original Message-----From: Bob & Deb [mailto:poplar@...]Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 10:57 AM Subject: Re: Re: dendritic saltDedritic salt is a specialty salt which is crystallized to produce moresurface area to hold fragrance and color better but most of all to preventclumping. It is also used in the baking business. It is usually used in aratio of 1 cup to 20 cups of sea salt or what ever kind you use for yourbath salts. I also add my EO/FO to this salt before adding to my wholemixture and then go a step further in letting it dry out for a day to helpstop it from solidifying.Bob and I do trade shows next to the Morton Saltcompany and they sent me in a big bag in a swap we did with them for some ofour products we were selling to storesHTHDeb>>Our members maphttp://.homestead.com/locations.htmlOur Message Boardhttp://www.voy.com/21568/Check out these great Molds!!http://soapwerks.com/martinworld.htmMember Kae's Site... Awesome oil Prices!http://www.olivetreesoaps.com/All posts to this list are copyrighted by post author. They may NOT beforwarded, copied, or used in anyway without the permission of the postauthor with the exception of answering posts to this list. Posts arepersonal opinions only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 6, 2001 Report Share Posted November 6, 2001 - That's awesome about the shop and the open house. I hope you do really well with both! Colleen Country Meadow Creations -- _______________________________________________ Talk More, Pay Less with Net2Phone Direct®, up to 1500 minutes free! http://www.net2phone.com/cgi-bin/link.cgi?143 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 27, 2001 Report Share Posted November 27, 2001 Renie (and anyone else who is making bath salts for this holiday season), I always add dendritic salt to my bath salts. It keeps them from caking up. You can find this salt online. Just wanted to let you know! You only have to use a little bit per container of bath salts ... maybe 1/8 C. nne in NY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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