Guest guest Posted November 30, 2004 Report Share Posted November 30, 2004 , This may or may not work, depending on the ingredients in your gel, so I suggest taking out about 1/2 cup and trying it on that first to see...... In a small bowl, take a tablespoon of table salt and mix it with 2 tablespoons of warm distilled water. Try to melt as much of the salt as you can (there will be some left in the bottom of the bowl). Drizzle the saltWATER into your gel while stirring. Do this slowly. If it is going to work, you will see it start to thicken. It is easy to add to much and push it back to being watery, so you have to have a little patience. If it works for the portion you took out, go ahead and do it for the whole batch. HTH, in RI ----Original Message Follows---- From: <heather@...> Reply- < > Subject: runny shower gel Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 21:51:36 -0500 Ok...I really need some help here. I messed up a rather large batch of shower gel that I need to finish up a gift set order for 33 employees at a local nursing home. I don't have the time to order another batch of shower gel base to make more, so can anyone tell me what I can do to thicken this back up? I happen to have about 4 ounces of xanthum gum on hand that I've never used...would that do the trick? I ended up using too much fo, I guess even though I weighed everything out. Oh, how I don't have the time for disasters like this and it has been one thing after another with this order, the first being the amaretto oil I posted about earlier. Anyway, if someone can help, I'd sure love it! Hope you all had a fantastic holiday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 30, 2004 Report Share Posted November 30, 2004 I think you are on the right track with the xanthum gum. My only recommendation is that you add a little at a time because too much and you're pooched. Good luck! heather@... wrote: Ok...I really need some help here. I messed up a rather large batch of shower gel that I need to finish up a gift set order for 33 employees at a local nursing home. I don't have the time to order another batch of shower gel base to make more, so can anyone tell me what I can do to thicken this back up? I happen to have about 4 ounces of xanthum gum on hand that I've never used...would that do the trick? I ended up using too much fo, I guess even though I weighed everything out. Oh, how I don't have the time for disasters like this and it has been one thing after another with this order, the first being the amaretto oil I posted about earlier. Anyway, if someone can help, I'd sure love it! Hope you all had a fantastic holiday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 30, 2004 Report Share Posted November 30, 2004 I have a runny shower gel right now from Avon. Anyways, I plan on giving these out for gifts and if I order a runny one on accident, I'll probably get a little plastic bottle, tie a ribbon around it to make it look fancy and wrap it up as well as write the scent on the bottle so those who get the gift will know the scent.JeSsIkA From: [mailto: heather@...]To: @...: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 21:51:36 -0500Subject: runny shower gelOk...I really need some help here. I messed up a rather large batch of shower gel that I need to finish up a gift set order for 33 employees at a local nursing home. I don't have the time to order another batch of shower gel base to make more, so can anyone tell me what I can do to thicken this back up? I happen to have about 4 ounces of xanthum gum on hand that I've never used...would that do the trick?I ended up using too much fo, I guess even though I weighed everything out. Oh, how I don't have the time for disasters like this and it has been one thing after another with this order, the first being the amaretto oil I posted about earlier.Anyway, if someone can help, I'd sure love it!Hope you all had a fantastic holiday! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]Happy Thanksgiving! Get Free Lavender buds! Lavender is on sale this week! cinnamon sticks, star anise, apple slices, cedar roses, Apple jack fragrance and more all on sale to celebrate Thanksgiving! http://glenbrookfarm.com/store/specialsseeds_1.htmlTo unsub send an e-mail to :-unsubscribe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 > > Ok...I really need some help here. I messed up a rather large batch of shower gel that I need to finish up a gift set order for 33 employees at a local nursing home. I don't have the time to order another batch of shower gel base to make more, so can anyone tell me what I can do to thicken this back up? I happen to have about 4 ounces of xanthum gum on hand that I've never used...would that do the trick? > I ended up using too much fo, I guess even though I weighed everything out. Oh, how I don't have the time for disasters like this and it has been one thing after another with this order, the first being the amaretto oil I posted about earlier. > Anyway, if someone can help, I'd sure love it! > Hope you all had a fantastic holiday! > > > I don't know how to make it thicker but you could always call it a body wash instead of gel if nothing else works. Shaorn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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