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Benzoin resin smells amazing. It reminds me of Dr.
Pepper soda, but what the hell am I supposed to do with the stuff? I tried to add some to an air freshener I was
making and it was a nightmare. It stuck to my fingers and clogged up my dropper.
I still have some stuck to my
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Elana-
Benz is some great stuff, probably one of the best things
DST has turned me on to. I\'m sure that\'s a big part of why I get the yummy comments about my current cologne
mix.
I\'ve tried to work w/ resins, too. Don\'t any more. It\'s a real pain. IIRC, you have to heat some
resins to get them to dissolve in the carrier. I\'m sure the good Doc can address this much better than me. The
benz I\'m using now is much easier to use, still pretty thick, but not as much as the resin. Maybe it\'s a
16.7% dilution. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]
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When I\'m mixing, I put some alcohol (vodka is OK for this
purpose) in a shot glass. (Don\'t use water!) I rinse out the dropper this way. Seems to work well for those
thick EOs. Just draw some alcohol up into the dropper and squeeze it back into the shot glass. If you\'re really
concerned about \"cross contamination\" you could use 2 shot glasses so that you can clean it out twice. I,
personally, don\'t worry about it.
HTH
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