Re: Help! My Bath Salts are EXPLODING!!!!!!

[Guest guest]

DO NOT USE BAKING SODA....and use ONLY the sea salt or the epson

salt. Also add some vit. E for perservative if you are selling the

bath salts to the public. Hope this helps

Amber

>

> OK- the title may bit a tad bit dramatic, but it's kind of true...

>

> I made bath salts this evening using the following:

> 1 pound Dead Sea Salt

> 1 Pound Epson Salt

> 1 Pound Baking Soda

> 1.5 oz Olive Oil

> 1.5 oz Almond Oil

> 30 drops Euc. EO

>

> Now, they keep gassing and gassing! I let all the air of ot the

> ziplock they're in, and 10 minutes later, it's ready to burst!

>

> Any ideas? Will it stop? Should I not use baking soda? Should I

> just make them with this recipe, then let them sit overnite before

> packaging?

>

> Thanks!

>

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 12/11/2007 10:52:16 PM Eastern Standard Time,

kevin@... writes:

OK- the title may bit a tad bit dramatic, but it's kind of true...

I made bath salts this evening using the following:

1 pound Dead Sea Salt

1 Pound Epson Salt

1 Pound Baking Soda

1.5 oz Olive Oil

1.5 oz Almond Oil

30 drops Euc. EO

Now, they keep gassing and gassing! I let all the air of ot the

ziplock they're in, and 10 minutes later, it's ready to burst!

Any ideas? Will it stop? Should I not use baking soda? Should I

just make them with this recipe, then let them sit overnite before

packaging?

Thanks!<<

Hi ,

Remove the baking soda from your recipe and it should be fine.

Angie

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[Guest guest]

Good Morning,

I never add baking soda or oils to my bath salts. I would suggest color and

fragrance only. Lay out to dry on a cookie sheet or other flat surface to

dry before packaging. The salts need to totally dry before packaging. The

fragrance oils can cause a problem with the packaging if nit completely dry.

I know from experience!

Jan S

sweetprairie@...

May your troubles be less,

your blessings be more

and nothing but happiness

come through your door!

[Guest guest]

Hi :

Aside from leaving the baking soda out of your next batch, I dont know what

you can do to salvage the bath salts you just made, other than use them up

quickly or package them in a non-airtight container (not sure what to

recommend here)...

My thought is the epsom salts are attracting moisture which is activating

the baking soda.

Cat

> Any ideas? Will it stop? Should I not use baking soda? Should I

> just make them with this recipe, then let them sit overnite before

> packaging?

[Guest guest]

Thanks!

I will take both bits of advice- NO baking Soda, and I'll let them

" air out " for a bit first!

Thanks again!

>

> Good Morning,

> I never add baking soda or oils to my bath salts. I would suggest

color and

> fragrance only. Lay out to dry on a cookie sheet or other flat

surface to

> dry before packaging. The salts need to totally dry before

packaging. The

> fragrance oils can cause a problem with the packaging if nit

completely dry.

> I know from experience!

> Jan S

> sweetprairie@...

> May your troubles be less,

> your blessings be more

> and nothing but happiness

> come through your door!

>

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 12/12/2007 4:59:25 PM Eastern Standard Time,

aanderson30067@... writes:

Also add some vit. E for perservative if you are selling the

bath salts to the public.<<

Hi Folks,

For clarification sake, I'll mention that " preservative " is often used to

describe both antimicrobials and antioxidants. Sometimes this can create

confusion. Vitamin E is not an antimicrobial and won't do anything to control

bacteria, yeast or mold. But with bath salts, there really isn't much to worry

about in terms of those bugs. On the flip side, Vitamin E (mixed

tocopherols/Coviox T50) is a very good antioxidant that will prolong the

shelf-life by

delaying rancidity in oils and butters. This would be a good addition to an

anhydrous product such as a scrub, salve or any product that contains

vegetable oil or butter.

Angie

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[Guest guest]

>

> OK- the title may bit a tad bit dramatic, but it's kind of true...

>

> I made bath salts this evening using the following:

> 1 pound Dead Sea Salt

> 1 Pound Epson Salt

> 1 Pound Baking Soda

> 1.5 oz Olive Oil .............

,

My first attempt at a salt scrub, I used a bath salt recipe I found

online as my base, it also had baking soda in it. It keep growing

and growing, I'd stir it down and it would rise, this went on for

several days, I was so intent on it working that I bottled some of it

and asked my testers (mother and sister) to try it, needless to say

this did not make a good impression. The bottles leaked.

I just trusted the source of the recipe and didnt even question the

ingredients, I mixed a large batch of the stuff. When I used the mix

to make bath salts the whole thing turned into a solid rock.

I still have alot of this salt mix. I have learned that a small

amount of the mix works well with large salt crystals as a fragrance,

color base, and dosent harden when mixed with the large crystals, the

base it self still has to be broken up, before use.

The mix

salt

epsom salt

baking soda

in CA