Bags & Buckets

[lillybella]

I just received my order from BB.
I didn't realize that they pack their butters & solid oils in these plastic bags.

IMO these bags are a pain. Is there an easy way to do this? I just want to chop a section off. I do not want to melt this whole bag.

I was just starting to feel good again about BB.

 

[Sonya-m]

Don't they have a spout for pouring out just what you need?

I guess for Palm oil especially it makes sense.

 

[lillybella]

Yes, there is a spout but when it's a solid butter there is no pouring without melting first. I just heated the bag in a double boiler & then cut the top off & squeezed the avocado butter into a plastic bucket; so I could just take a lb out.

 

[shunt2011]

I would just cut them open and transfer into another container.

 

[Sonya-m]

Sorry I meant for pouring after melting

Glad you've sorted it

 

[lillybella]

yes that's what I did

 

[yadonm]

I melt my solid oils into quart jars when I get them. Makes it much easier.

 

[xraygrl]

Those bags are about the least functioning packaging ever.

 

[newbie]

Crafter's Choice also ships in bags for almost everything I get from them, except coconut oil. I get their palm already mixed but I think their unmixed is in a bucket. I keep a knife and scooping tool with my oils so I can take out what I need but it is a pain. I have gotten violent with my cocoa butter, which is extremely hard and has even bent my good kitchen knives. I have to stab it viciously with a pain scraper to get chunks off. If I were a better person, I would take an afternoon to melt them and separate into smaller containers, but I'm not a good person that way.

 

[Cookie]

Poor cocoa butter :sad:

That made me laugh!

 

[lillybella]

Those bags are about the least functioning packaging ever.

I have never received anything in these bags before! What a waste! WSP uses buckets which are great to reuse & so convenient to use.

 

[xraygrl]

I have never ordered any of my base oils from BB before as they are too far away (I am in central FL). I had an acquaintance that wanted me to teach her how to make soap. She ordered her oils from BB, and it came in those bags. What a pain. I gave her some empty lard buckets I had on hand to transfer the oils into. I cannot imagine people actually using those bags....the oil would have to be melted every single time. Talk about a good way to make your oils go bad....

I think I remember them saying something about packaging them in those bags to save on shipping costs....couldn't prove it to me...their shipping is high whatever they package their stuff in IMHO.

 

[The Efficacious Gentleman]

My supplier will only give chips or flaked solid oils in a bag - so cocoa butter chips in a bag and Shea butter (melts more easily) in a tub.

 

[ariella42]

I don't mind the bags, but then I don't make large batches of soap. I think they're easy to pop in the microwave and melt. Personally, a bucket would be fine, I don't care for the bottles that SC ships their smaller quantities of oils in. They're difficult to microwave, but impossible to scoop out of.