MsDammit Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 After a gazillion attempts I finally made some hard, round, smooth bombs-yay me-or so I thought. I let them sit out to dry for a day or so and them put them in a rubbermaid box. This was a coupla weeks ago- I have checked on them now and then(to take a whiff cuz they smell so good, lol) and they were fine-but tonight when I went to get my sniff fix-some of them were cracked and worse, some crumbled when i squeezed them, yet some of them r still rock hard-wtf??!! Has anyone else had this problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareBear Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 I had that problem when I was using only alcohol as my liquid (not counting the oils). Now that I add a touch of water I don't seem to have that happen. I would guess that it only happens to SOME because either you didn't mold them all with the same amount of force or because you didn't have th liquids (oils/butters + alcohol+color+ water) evenly distributed.I use about 1/6 water, the rest alcohol (91%). Oh and as I keep mentioning, I sieve my damp mixture to make sure the liquid is evenly distributed. And I use a lot of pressure to form them but I can't say I am particularly strong!.I let them dry in the oven for about 2 days (cold oven) then I put them in an open rubbermaid box for about a week before I cover it (makes my kitchen smell good). then I cover them. They are somewhat frajile for the first 4 days or so. No disasters once I got things down pat (well none lately). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristinesShower Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Make sure you let them really dry (like carol said) and always use an air tight container. Those rubbermaid dealies work great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsDammit Posted June 14, 2006 Author Share Posted June 14, 2006 That must be my problem then-I was too worried about storing them to save the scent & didn't let them dry. Oh well, at least they still smell good! Thanks for the info:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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