Plastic Spoons & Cups

[lillybella]

Hi,
I want to buy some plastic spoons & plastic cups today to divide my soap color mixtures in to swirl in CP. What type of plastic can I use for spoons?

 

[TBandCW]

Cheap plastic spoons work fine.

 

[dixiedragon]

On the bowls look for a 5 or a 2 inside the 3 arrows. Re: spoons - I just use my stainless steel spoons. FOs will melt some kinds of plastic (I destroyed a tablespoon that way) so I prefer to use stainless steel, wood or silicone.

 

[Seawolfe]

I use plastic spoons and cups for color too. Just don't mix the lye with them, or use them to hold EO's or FO's.

 

[Cindy2428]

I'm working in my basement with no water yet and carry things up/down in buckets, so I've been looking at my supplies to lighten the load. Wooden craft sticks would probably work well for EO/FO. I use glass sauce bowls and mix with kaolin clay.

 

[lillybella]

I looked when I went to the market today. I looked at the Solo clear plastic cups & they only had a 1 on them. The plastic spoons didn't have any number on them. After my last episode with lip balm which melted through the plastic cup all over my stove & down into my oven! What a mess!

Anyway, I didn't buy anything.

I want something I can divide my soap mixture (oils & lye) into.

 

[shunt2011]

I use the clear Solo cups to mix my colorants and even with raw soap I don't have a problem with them. I also measure out my lye in them and have never had a problem. I also use little Dixie cups to mix colorants to pour into raw soap batter.

 

[AMyers]

lillybella, I got some plastic paint containers from the hardware store for portioning of soap for color. They work great! Also, my Chinese take-out restaurant gives us our soup in containers that are nearly identical!! They both have a 5 in the arrows. The dollar store as well as the thrift shop have stainless spoons for about $1 around here, so I've collected a few for mixing.

 

[cmzaha]

I use the clear Solo cups to mix my colorants and even with raw soap I don't have a problem with them. I also measure out my lye in them and have never had a problem. I also use little Dixie cups to mix colorants to pour into raw soap batter.

I use 12 oz plastic cups most of the time for seperating my colored soap batters for swirling. The ones I use have a #6 and come from Smart & Final. Never had a problem, just do not pour straight fo or eo in them. I hate washing so many containers so I choose to use cups