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Working With and Blending Thick Aromatic Oils 1

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Post  essentialoils Fri Jun 04, 2010 1:10 am

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Heating oils until they are at a workable consistency wholesale natural oils helps, but it's important to heat oils gently and for as brief a period as essential oil company possible. Heat can potentially destroy the fragile constituents of wholesale aromatherapy particular oils.
I recently received a question from an AromaWeb/AromaTalk wholesale herbal extract visitor who would like to know the best method export essential oils to handle thick oils. Beyond my basic recommendation to gently heat thick oils in warm essential oils wholesale water, I have wanted to take out some time to develop an article where I describe and explore the options for working with thick oils.
When first working with wholesale organic oils a new oil, I begin by using a water bath technique: I gently heat the bottle or lavender oil wholesale jar of oil by placing it in a small bowl of warm water, and then allow the bottle to rest jojoba oil wholesale in the warm water for 10 minutes or moremint oil wholesale. If the water cools, I replace the water. It is often a trial-and-error process, and each oil can differ in linalool wholesale the precise temperature of warm water that works and the length of time that's needed for the oil to reach a workable consistency. I also use this method for liquefying balsams and wholesale chemical products resins like benzoin. I have also used it to loosen hard vegetable butters from their containers for easier removal. Of course, you risk damaging chemical suppliers the legibility of labels. If that matters to you, you can try applying a waterproof, clear tape to the label before wholesale chemical compounds submerging the container into water.
Sidenote: This water bath technique is also a useful technique for opening bottles that have tops that aromatic chemical refuse to come off. Over time, my bottles of patchouli and vetiver can become difficult to open, especially if I've allowed any essential oil to drip onto the grooves of where the cap essential oil supplier screws onto the bottle. I place the bottle, upside down, into a bowl of warm water and allow it to rest there for at least 15 minutes. Of course, this technique can risk allowing water to enter the bottle, but I haven't experienced that problem yet.

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