Teach Soap

I want to know if the pipettes I use for the fragrance oil am I supposed to sterilize them? If not why not?

If they are the little plastic ones, they are meant for one time use, then thrown away. I suppose you could attach the pipette to the fragrance bottle, but I don't know how well the pippette would last long term.

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Irena
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Thank You.

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

I attach them to the bottle and use them a few times then throw them away. Like Soapbuddy said, I don't know how well they will hold up for a long time but for a few uses I think they are fine. Then I am not having to order them constantly.

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Haven

I re use them also in an effort to recucle somewhat, to a point. Rinse in water then I set them in a bud vase with alcohol in it for a day. Then rinse in water once again and into another bud vase with a paper towel in the bottom to soak up any moisture. Then onto the bottle they were used in. This works for several applications for me.

In the future when my wish list is smaller, I may purchase glass pipettes and I wonder how one would clean them.

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~bytheSEAsoap~ Mella bythesea, bythesea, bythebeautiful sea

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Thank You HVRA and Mella. But what I'm thinking is are you supposed to sterilize them when they're new,because on some products even if they're new you have to clean them. I'm confused.

What would you sterilize them in? I think really hot hot water boiling water would melt them.

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~bytheSEAsoap~ Mella bythesea, bythesea, bythebeautiful sea

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You can't and shouldn't sterilize them because they would melt.

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

Why do you even use pippettes? I get the cappers with the spout or flip tops for my fragrance oil bottles. That way you just measure the oil right out of the bottle without uncapping it. Some suppliers just send them with the bottles while others sell them on their websites. They are cheap and easy to get and I just reuse them over and over again on new bottles when I run out of fragrance.

Seems pippettes would be messy. But maybe thats just me.

Thanks to all of you who answered my question. You guys have helped me.

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~bytheSEAsoap~ Mella bythesea, bythesea, bythebeautiful sea

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I also wanted to add (to my question above) that I bought some glass droppers from a hobby store the first time I bought any SM supplies. I like that I can clean and reuse them, thus saving money and not adding to the landfills, but they don't pull up much fragrance and there are no measurements like on the pipettes.

Am I just going to have to decide between ease of use or being cost effective & environmentally friendly?

Would syringes (like those used for injections, but without the needles) work? They come in different sizes, are reusable, and are measured in ml's. I think you can purchase them at most pharmacies.

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Linda
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