New lip balm tool!

[TashaBird]

So Bennys Balms on Etsy is where I buy my cardboard tubes. I was messaging with them about some of my lip balm making woes and they were very helpful! I should have waited to share until the beakers came, but I’m so excited! Magnetic stirring hot plate!!! Do you have tips, tools, or techniques for pouring into cardboard tubes?
I’m considering having a 3D printed pouring try, like for plastic tubes!! Or has anyone seen that somewhere?

 

[Misschief]

So Bennys Balms on Etsy is where I buy my cardboard tubes. I was messaging with them about some of my lip balm making woes and they were very helpful! I should have waited to share until the beakers came, but I’m so excited! Magnetic stirring hot plate!!! Do you have tips, tools, or techniques for pouring into cardboard tubes?
I’m considering having a 3D printed pouring try, like for plastic tubes!! Or has anyone seen that somewhere?

You'll find it handy for other things, too. I have one; I don't really use it for lip balm (I use a water bath for those) but I do use it for making all sorts of other things.

 

[MelissaG]

I've never considered magnetic stirring for lip balms. Interesting idea. I'd really love something to make them easier to pour. I've been considering moving from the stick balms to the pots just because it would be easier. I so would love to use the carboard ones but the oils would soak right through with the intensity of the heat and humidity here.

 

[AliOop]

I've never considered magnetic stirring for lip balms. Interesting idea. I'd really love something to make them easier to pour. I've been considering moving from the stick balms to the pots just because it would be easier. I so would love to use the carboard ones but the oils would soak right through with the intensity of the heat and humidity here.

I don't love making lip balms - they are so fussy and always require extra wiping of the tubes so the labels will stick, etc. But since they seem to be inescapable due to high demand, I bought some trays like the ones shown below. I love it because I can pour willy-nilly and then scrape the top to remove excess (which can be remelted and the poured more carefully into the last few tubes.