Floral Waxes

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Hi Ylva,

 

(Clipped a bunch)

 

> I do not use them on leave on products for sale, but have been known

> to use them in butters for myself ;-O But in candles and perfumes

> they work wonders. Yep, I know that solid perfumes are leave-on

> products, but since the amount of wax used is so small (a little

> goes a verrrry long way), I do consider the dangers of any solvents

> residing to be miniscule. I don't know a sh-t about chemistry, but

> when melting the floral wax along with the beeswax - don't you think

> that any solvent that the wax may contain, would evaporate in the

> heat??

 

Yes .. I am sure of this. In the first place, a bit of hexane (used to

produce Concretes) is not going to hurt us .. its used in making some

cooking oils .. plus its one of the most volatile chemicals man uses.

When Concrete is produced its stored in small containers (normally 1-2

kilo) and those containers have a hole cut in center of the lid. Hexane

begins to evaporate at that time. Eventually we're talking about parts

per million remaining. Then the Absolute is extracted from the Concrete

with ethanol .. and I think melting it again (as you are doing) will

help reduce any remaining solvents even more.

 

Basically, the Wax is what remains after the Concrete is processed to

produce the Absolute .. its a byproduct.

 

The expensive commercial perfume some folks use daily is often made from

Absolutes .. and they have X parts per million of ethanol and a tad of

hexane in them. The fear of hexane is unfounded .. there's just not

enough there. Same with ethanol as both ethane and alcohol are

volatile. Folks consume solvents on a daily basis through eating,

drinking and breathing.

 

> Now it's time for putting on something warmer and venture out in all

> the slushy halfmelting snow and grey grey grey overcast with Fiona.

 

Hope it was a fun time. ;-p

 

> Fragrant Blessings,

> Ylva

 

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