DeJae Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 I made an effervescent bath mix of4 cups baking soda2 cup citric acid1 cup corn starch1 cup of epsom saltI sifted them togetherI have added no coloring, no fragrance, no water.It is not humid here, as a matter of fact our humidity is only 11%I put this in a freezer type ziplock bag and burped the air out.A week later and it is hard as a rock, does anyone know why this happened and what I can do to keep it in powder form?And is there a way to salvage this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeJae Posted June 17, 2007 Author Share Posted June 17, 2007 No body can help me??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadryga Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Wish I could, but I've never made bath bombs before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybyrd Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 I keep a big bag of my basic bomb dry mix - soda, citric & corn starch, and sometimes it gets hard. Try sifting it through a largeish strainer into a bowl - rub the hard bits against the mesh to crumble it through. Hopefully it's not too cement-like to work. I don't know if perhaps the epsom salts had something to do with it? Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeJae Posted June 17, 2007 Author Share Posted June 17, 2007 I can do that but the part that concerns me is when I bag this for customers, it will do the same thing to them, not good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybyrd Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Hmm, true enough. I've only ever sent it out in molded form. Heat seal? Vacuum sealing might act like a mold & compress it into a brick. Silica gel packets? I guess you could just add a blurb along the lines of "Changes in temp & humidity may cause product to harden. You can crush any clumps without loss of effectivenes." Might seem like a cop-out, but at least you're covered.Sorry, I got nothing. jeri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantnaturals Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Now this is just a guess, but I'm betting it's the epsom salts. My reasoning is that salt will clump together eventually since there is always some kind of water in the air. We even had to put rice in our table salt when our family lived in the high desert because of the swamp cooler (the rice absorbed the water so the salt would remain clump free).I know you can't put rice into the mix (ewww!) but maybe leave out the salt until you are ready to ship? HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeJae Posted June 17, 2007 Author Share Posted June 17, 2007 That could very well be, the salts.I am going to try it with half the amount and see and if that doesn't work I will just delete it from the recipe. Would have been nice to have it in there, makes the bath water nicer.Thanks all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadryga Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Just throwing something into the wind here... if you can't include rice, how about rice powder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeJae Posted June 18, 2007 Author Share Posted June 18, 2007 Interesting question, although I don't have any, nor do I know where to get it. Never heard of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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