I've acquired this bath bomb press, and I'm having a hard time producing bath bombs with it. I've been looking online for some kind of user guide, but I'm drawing a blank, so I thought I'd ask if anyone here has any ideas.
The only brand name that I can see is "ruth" - this is on the top of the press, and on a sticker underneath, but with no further information. I believe it is from Holland.
The moulds come in two parts, each of which slots onto a peg, and you then tighten a screw to keep it in place. So, I packed my mixture into the bottom part, and then heaped it up, and lowered the lever to bring down the top part of the mould. That all went fine, but I couldn't get the bomb out of the press without wrecking it. I was using a basic spherical mould at the time.
I thought about leaving the bomb to harden a while, but it seems impractical to leave each one to harden, and defeats the object of having a press to make things faster!
I wonder if I need to use some kind of release agent? Is it something I'm doing wrong, or is there a special technique with this kind of press? Pics to follow.
This is the press without a mould on it.
The only brand name that I can see is "ruth" - this is on the top of the press, and on a sticker underneath, but with no further information. I believe it is from Holland.
The moulds come in two parts, each of which slots onto a peg, and you then tighten a screw to keep it in place. So, I packed my mixture into the bottom part, and then heaped it up, and lowered the lever to bring down the top part of the mould. That all went fine, but I couldn't get the bomb out of the press without wrecking it. I was using a basic spherical mould at the time.
I thought about leaving the bomb to harden a while, but it seems impractical to leave each one to harden, and defeats the object of having a press to make things faster!
I wonder if I need to use some kind of release agent? Is it something I'm doing wrong, or is there a special technique with this kind of press? Pics to follow.
This is the press without a mould on it.
