I had the (hopefully!) brilliant idea to use one of these to melt my notoriously unmeltable SCI for syndet shampoo bars. As I type, I have a Kiva bag in boiling water with my ingredients.
Well, the SCI certainly melted more, but not completely. Perhaps if I'd left it in the boiling water longer it would have finished melting. I took the bag out of the water periodically and squashed the melting contents around in the bag.
The Kiva bag was easy to use and easy to clean. To remove the contents I turned it inside out and scraped it with a silicone spatula. Then I rinsed/washed and it's hanging to drip dry.
Two notes:
1. Use gloves when removing from boiling water and squashing the bag.
2. Keep the top sliding sealer from getting too hot. I did this by keeping the top out of the water. The top wants to lean over, so I placed a dry cloth along the edge of the pan and propped the top of the bag on the cloth. This kept it out of the boiling water and off the hot edge of the pan.
Well, the SCI certainly melted more, but not completely. Perhaps if I'd left it in the boiling water longer it would have finished melting. I took the bag out of the water periodically and squashed the melting contents around in the bag.
The Kiva bag was easy to use and easy to clean. To remove the contents I turned it inside out and scraped it with a silicone spatula. Then I rinsed/washed and it's hanging to drip dry.
Two notes:
1. Use gloves when removing from boiling water and squashing the bag.
2. Keep the top sliding sealer from getting too hot. I did this by keeping the top out of the water. The top wants to lean over, so I placed a dry cloth along the edge of the pan and propped the top of the bag on the cloth. This kept it out of the boiling water and off the hot edge of the pan.
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