Re: Jacquard bottles...filling them
Posted by Kenzi on October 06, 1999 at 23:04:18:
In Reply to: Jacquard bottles posted by Anon on October 06, 1999 at 17:44:10:
: 2. How do you folks fill the blessed things? One of the books says
to
: make a cone, then fill them with a thin stream, but that seems very
: wasteful and tedious. If I try mixing in a plastic bag and then
: filling from that, the top plugs before the bottle is full (and
: usually the bag seam splits, too).
: (Anyone care to invent a combination syringe/bottle, with a screw-
in
: plunger so you can push out the air, then leave it in place while
: using the thing like a bottle, and so not be re-filling constantly?)
I usually use a little funnel...I dump a bunch of henna paste in the
funnel and because it is too thick to flow into the bottle, I squeeze
the bottle to suck the henna down into the bottle, and use a rubber
spatula to help push more paste down to be sucked in by the bottle.
The problem with this is that you can only fill the bottle about 80%
full.
You can also just put the mouth of the bottle into your bowl of henna
paste and suck the paste up into the bottle like a turkey baster. Or
maybe use a small baster to suck up the paste and then squirt it into
the bottle (I've got to try this!).
I also sell jacquard bottles and tips on my website at
http://www.kenzi.com/hennapurchase.htm. I have a special deal if you
buy a bottle with three different sized tips.
Happy hennaing....
Kenzi