Darwin Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 How do you all manage to pour your lip balms into those little tubes with out getting it all over the place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinInOR Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 I use a plastic pipette - I think it's a 3ml one. I get them at MMS http://the-sage.com, but lots of different b&b places carry them. If your balm is hot enough it doesn't solidify inside. What I'd really like to get is one of these http://www.serftosurf.com/lipbalmfillingtrays.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mnhorsemom Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 When I make mine I melt all the stuff in a 2cup pyrex measuring cup (with a handle on the side) double boiler method. When everything is liquid I just carefully pour it into the tubes. Most of the time I can do it without being too messy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandalinn Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 I use a 2 cup Pyrex as well. Works great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melly Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 Robin, I was eyeing those lip balm filling trays on another site, they look great if you make alot of lip balm, but boy are they pricey. Considering I had to beg hubby to be able to make just a little lip balm for myself , and finally order the tubes while he wasnt looking, it will be a while before I need one. Here is a place that sells a smaller mold, 42 tubes for $150 Canadian, shipping included. http://www.aquatech-skincare.com/htmls/can_SiliconeStickMold.htmA friend suggested using a little syringe like you use to give a baby medicine, you can probably find them at walmart or the drug store.BTW, that site has the cheapest price I have seen on Canadian lip balm tubes ,thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca_IA Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 I use a plastic pipette - I think it's a 3ml one. I get them at MMS http://the-sage.com, but lots of different b&b places carry them. If your balm is hot enough it doesn't solidify inside. What I'd really like to get is one of these http://www.serftosurf.com/lipbalmfillingtrays.htmAm I missing something on that website?Those are just trays, no machine that fills them. Right? That's all I see.So you set your tubes up in the trays and then fill them with a measuring cup or pipette?Also, one trick I found out is whenver possible, use plastic, NOT metal or glass, esp. metal. They cool down faster than plastic. IME. The plastic pipettes and funnels make it much easier to fill the lip balm tubes and deoderant tubes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinInOR Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 The site I listed has the sample trays - holds 25 tubes for I forget how much $US. Yeah, they aren't cheap. The benefit was the tubes snap in and your can just pour messy - the lip catches everything and you can scrape off the excess. Just allows you to work faster, if you need to do alot. Would take a while to pay for itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwin Posted September 23, 2005 Author Share Posted September 23, 2005 Hmm. I am do not have a pipette, I do not even know what that is. I wonder if I can use a funnel of some kind? Guess I need to go to wally world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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