Guest guest Posted June 15, 2002 Report Share Posted June 15, 2002 In a message dated 6/15/02 6:01:46 PM Central Daylight Time, info@... writes: > Any suggestions for us? > > Hi, Shea butter has melted fine for me when I melt it slowly on the stove. It is my impression that melting in a microwave results in more problems, though I don't know that first hand. Could the different success rates people have melting the shea butter be due to different rates of purity or quality maybe? ¸..·´¨¨)) -:¦:- ¸.·´ .·´¨¨)) ((¸¸.·´ ..·´ -:¦:- Sage -:¦:- -:¦:- ((¸¸.·´* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2002 Report Share Posted June 15, 2002 In a message dated 6/15/2002 7:01:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, info@... writes: > The shea butter either stays the consistency, and clear color, > of Vaseline or it does re-solidify but has chalky, grainy, threads > running through it. > I melt mine in a glass container in a pot of water, double boiler style. I have a grate that sits on the bottom of the pot to keep water under the glass container. I let the shea melt to 170 F degrees and try to maintain that temp about 10 or 15 minutes. Havent had any problem with graininess so far. I bought some Shea that had melted and resolidified and is quite grainy but works fine when i maintain a 170 temp for a while. I dont use my microwave probably because I cant watch it melt LOL, dont really know why I dont, stove top seems the way to do it. HTH Donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2002 Report Share Posted June 15, 2002 >Shea butter has melted fine for me when I melt it slowly on the stove. It is >my impression that melting in a microwave results in more problems, though I >don't know that first hand. Could the different success rates people have >melting the shea butter be due to different rates of purity or quality maybe? > >Hi Sage - We have been doing it in the microwave. . . . .I wonder if what we have melted is ruined?? We'll try scraping (pouring) it out of the tins and melting on the stove from now on - in a double boiler type set-up I'm guessing - ?? Thanks Sage! Judy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 16, 2002 Report Share Posted June 16, 2002 Greetings Judy: Shea Butter is tricky... you have to melt it for at least 30- 40 min at 170 degrees or else when it does set it .. it will be grainy, chalky, etc. May I suggest.. you NOT melt it.. but add your blend to it and mix it that way? If you are using heated (as in beeswax,etc) material .. let it cool (but still pourable) and then mix them together. I NEVER heat the Shea in my creams/body butters.. just whip it .. whip it good.! (like the song ;o) HTH, Aromatically, nne " Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. " -- Mark Twain ~~^~ SunRose Aromatics ~^~~ http://www.sunrosearomatics.com Check out our internet Specials! Shea Butter ~Traditionally Crushed, Solvent Free, Vit E enriched Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 16, 2002 Report Share Posted June 16, 2002 At 06:59 AM 6/16/02 -0400, you wrote: >I NEVER heat the Shea in my creams/body butters.. just whip it .. whip it >good.! (like the song ;o) > >HTH, >Aromatically, >nne How funny ! Ü We have been selling the shea butter in 1 oz. tins (when we can get a good consistency) - not adding anything to it. I guess the best solution would be to let it get to room temp., whip it and maybe " trowel " it into the tins? Seems like sometimes it melts good, other times it doesn't. Thanks for your thoughts! Judy P.S. - . . . wasn't that song by The Cars?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 16, 2002 Report Share Posted June 16, 2002 nne, love that song, too! But how exactly do you do this when making lotions...? Do you mean, add the shea after everything is heated and then take it off the heat and allow the mixture to melt the shea? I am a newbie and have had lots of problems with shea going grainy, even when doing the melt and hold at 170 degrees. I just made Raven's lotion bars and used mango butter, and half way through the bar, it's gone grainy. Yet, I used the mango butter in a lotion made the next day, and it's perfect, no graininess at all. Thanks for your advice, and have a great day. Leanna in Alberta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 16, 2002 Report Share Posted June 16, 2002 Is the difference with the Shea Butter getting grainy is the refined vs. the unrefined? I bought some unrefined Shea Butter and that was the only one that melted and got grainy on me. When I melt the other one in the micro I watch it so closely. I stop it as soon as I see it start to get real soft. So it doesn't bubble over. Could that be the difference? Cate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 16, 2002 Report Share Posted June 16, 2002 Are you saying the Shea Butter will just melt when mixed (whipped) with the other hot products? TIA Cate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 16, 2002 Report Share Posted June 16, 2002 Hi Judy: when you say let it get to room temp.. does this mean you refrigerate it ?? mmmmmmm .. then yes room temp.. and then make the rest of your materials and then.. whip .. whip it good (yes.. by the Cars ;O) nne > I guess the best solution would > be to > let it get to room temp., whip it and maybe " trowel " it into the > tins? Seems like > sometimes it melts good, other times it doesn't. > > Thanks for your thoughts! > Judy > P.S. - . . . wasn't that song by The Cars?? > " Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. " -- Mark Twain ~~^~ SunRose Aromatics ~^~~ http://www.sunrosearomatics.com Check out our internet Specials! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 16, 2002 Report Share Posted June 16, 2002 Hi Listbuds; Answering Leanna about her shea and mango butters going grainy in her lotion bars etc. I have never had either one go grainy in the lotion bars and the body butter that I make. I melt everything together except for the vit e. take it out of the microwave add the vit e and fragrance mix well and pour into my containers. Perhaps it is the grade of butters that I use. I only buy them from Olive Tree Soaps and I get the refined shea butter. Olive Tree Soaps sell their butter a lot cheaper than most that I have seen anywhere else. Raven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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