Something else to worry about

[deb426]

Has anybody else seen this? (Hope the link works)

http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2010/10/15/child-bath-kits-keep-exploding-cpsc-issues-warning-after-injuri/?icid=main%7Chtmlws-main-n%7Cdl6%7Csec3_lnk1%7C177904

[LuminousBoutique]

WHOA. Yeah. I've seen kits like this at the store and I think they are a bad idea. But I cant imagine whats wrong with these kits that they are exploding with enough force to harm someone. Getting water in the containers and building up pressure? Nuts.

[lovemylabs]

Wow...that's crazy! I had never heard of anything like this.

I found this on swiftcraftmonkey.com:

"Apparently a company from China sold a kit over the Christmas holidays that allowed you to make your very own bath bombs at home! But they failed to allow for ventilation of the citric acid/baking soda mixture, and the tops flew off, injuring quite a few people.

How the heck does this happen? When citric acid and baking soda come together, they release carbon dioxide (CO2) - the fizz in the bath bombs. If the CO2 has nowhere to go, it will put pressure on the container and it could force the top off the container violently. So what does this teach us? Do not put your bath bombs in a sealed container - plastic, glass or otherwise! Put them into a nice cellophane bag or a sushi container (in the case of cupcakes) or other bag-like storage!"

So we use our heat shrink system to wrap each of ours individually and then place in acetate clear containers. How does everyone else store theirs?

[LuminousBoutique]

little boxes, or plastic bags. Interesting these bath bombs created THAT MUCH pressure though.