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amcdaniel1

Post subject: made fizzies and put in ziploc

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 1:58 pm

Joined: Fri Jul 27, 2012 4:10 pm
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Bag started expanding like balloon. I guess i have too much of something. Any ideas?

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soapbuddy

Post subject: Re: made fizzies and put in ziploc

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 3:02 pm

Joined: Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:14 pm
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Location: Mistress Of Lather

Water? Alcohol? Witch hazel? What is your recipe? Is it humid where you are?

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amcdaniel1

Post subject: Re: made fizzies and put in ziploc

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 4:18 pm

Joined: Fri Jul 27, 2012 4:10 pm
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Citric acid, baking soda, fragrance, witch hazel. Its the cupcake fizzy recipe. Even the cupcakes started expanding. From inside out. I havent frosted them.

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amcdaniel1

Post subject: Re: made fizzies and put in ziploc

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 4:20 pm

Joined: Fri Jul 27, 2012 4:10 pm
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Not really Humid but in 60s

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soapbuddy

Post subject: Re: made fizzies and put in ziploc

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 5:48 pm

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Humidity does play a part in the sucess of fizzies. I would try less witch hazel, or wait til the humidity goes down.

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amcdaniel1

Post subject: Re: citric acids

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 7:08 am

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the first time I made these I used citric acid from Brambleberry. The next time, I bought some from a local brewery. Is there any difference between the citric acids?

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amcdaniel1

Post subject: Re: Difference in citric acid

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 7:25 am

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food grade citric acid has a different composition than pharmaceutical citric acid. They react differently. Need new receipe for food grade citric acid.

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barquentine

Post subject: Re: made fizzies and put in ziploc

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 8:55 am

Joined: Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:14 pm
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I think you should only use anhydrous citric acid, to prevent premature, er, fizzing!

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jillybeansisme

Post subject: Re: made fizzies and put in ziploc

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 3:58 am

Joined: Sat Sep 15, 2012 3:52 pm
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More than likely because the ziplock baggie trapped the moisture the chemical reaction between the citric acid and the baking soda started. That produced the gas that caused the baggie to start expanding.

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