I've disappeared from posting the last month or so because soaping activity slowed after my husband had open-heart surgery, and I've been overloaded with taking care of him and the many things he can't do around the house for now. It was clear he won't be mowing any time soon, so I had the front lawn removed, and I've been busy digging and planting to landscape it. Then I heard about a small local start-up market, and just couldn't resist. So I rolled into high gear, designing and assembling a vendor table and making whatever I had time to make in time for this market (my first one ever).
So last night I decided to make lotion bars. Easy, right? Carrying supplies into the kitchen, I dropped my jar of beeswax, spilling about half of it on the floor. Swept it all up and set it aside, then made the bars with the remaining clean stuff. So here's my question: Do you think there's any way to clean the beeswax beads that hit the floor? They don't look too bad except for the inevitable dog hairs our yellow lab leaves everywhere. I tried blowing them out, but the wax beads blew too. I'm wondering if I could put the beads into very cold water and float the hair to the top? Or should I quit stressing and just toss it out and remind myself not to work when I'm tired? (I hate waste, so that's always hard to do.)
Thanks for listening to my sorry story !
So last night I decided to make lotion bars. Easy, right? Carrying supplies into the kitchen, I dropped my jar of beeswax, spilling about half of it on the floor. Swept it all up and set it aside, then made the bars with the remaining clean stuff. So here's my question: Do you think there's any way to clean the beeswax beads that hit the floor? They don't look too bad except for the inevitable dog hairs our yellow lab leaves everywhere. I tried blowing them out, but the wax beads blew too. I'm wondering if I could put the beads into very cold water and float the hair to the top? Or should I quit stressing and just toss it out and remind myself not to work when I'm tired? (I hate waste, so that's always hard to do.)
Thanks for listening to my sorry story !