Bath Bombs not coming out of molds question

[Guest guest]

Hey all,

I am pretty quiet on this list, but I read all the messages.

I have been making what I call " Bath Fizzies " for a couple years now

with no problems. I use these plastic molds the size of a piece of

paper with little flowers recessed in them, so my fizzies come out

like little flowers. There are nine flowers to a mold.

My recipe is 1 cup baking soda, 1/2 cup corn starch, 1/2 cup citric

acid, 2 T Cocoa Butter, 1 T distilled water, 1 T Fragrance Oil, and

food grade colorant. I mix these together and press them into the

molds. I usually press them in quite firmly so that they will stay

together better. I wait about 8 hours then turn the mold upside down

and most of the fizzies just fall out, the others I have to apply a

little pressure to them.

The last two batches I have made, the fizzies just will not come out.

I broke my plastic mold sheets by pushing so hard trying to get the

fizzies out, and the ones that did come out only came part way out.

Is there something I can do about this? I have thought about lining

the flower parts with something like glycerin or even crisco to help

them come out. Anyone with any experience with this or any ideas on

how to get them out.

On the same note, I would love to make perfectly round bath fizzies,

but when I bought two half sphere molds, I realized there was no way

that they would make a circle. The two halves just don't fit together

that way, and that was my only idea on how to make round bath

fizzies. Does anyone know of a better way to do this?

Thanks for any help,

Angie

[Guest guest]

I had the same thing happen, what I think happened with me was

eventually the fo's and citric kinda messed up the mold so it wasn't

smooth anymore and my fizzies wouldn't come out. I had another mold and

they came out wonderful, so I knew it wasn't my recipe. The fo's and

citric mixed together can really reak havoc with a plastic type mold. I

know some people kinda dust their mold with either baking powder or

cream of tartar to keep it slick. I would try a new mold and see how

your recipe works.

janis rogers

jansbathscents

goddess_of_gloom@... wrote:

>

>

> Hey all,

>

> I am pretty quiet on this list, but I read all the messages.

>

> I have been making what I call " Bath Fizzies " for a couple years now

> with no problems. I use these plastic molds the size of a piece of

> paper with little flowers recessed in them, so my fizzies come out

> like little flowers. There are nine flowers to a mold.

>

>

[Guest guest]

> The last two batches I have made, the fizzies just will not come out.

> I broke my plastic mold sheets by pushing so hard trying to get the

> fizzies out, and the ones that did come out only came part way out.

>

> Is there something I can do about this? I have thought about lining

> the flower parts with something like glycerin or even crisco to help

> them come out. Anyone with any experience with this or any ideas on

> how to get them out.

>

Hi Angie

Have you tried popping them in the freezer for a while? They should pop out

immediately then.

HTH

Hanle