Airless Pump Bottles
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free skin care · Mon May 23, 2011 11:53 am

oasisjc wrote:

Is it a concern that the bottles are clear or will storing them in a drawer suffice?

A few simple solutions, wrap a stick on label around it or take old gloves and cut a finger off and slip it in. Both have worked well to keep light out and are cheap.

free skin care · Mon May 23, 2011 1:11 pm

DarkMoon wrote:

oasisjc wrote:

Is it a concern that the bottles are clear or will storing them in a drawer suffice?

take old gloves and cut a finger off and slip it in. Both have worked well to keep light out and are cheap.

That's ingenious! I wouldn't have thought of it in a million years.. Now I have a new use for my latex gloves.. Laughing

free skin care · Sat Apr 14, 2012 11:35 am

cm5597 wrote:

So I'm guessing that airless pump bottles mean that when you put your product in the bottle, there will be a tiny amount of air in the bottle along with your product. But once sealed, no additional air enters in through the pump, and when you pump out the lotion or product, no additional air enters into the bottle. Is this what the "airless" feature means?

Also, are there any airless pump bottles that can be used with carrier oil formulations? I would like to store and dispense my oils from pump bottles, but many of the airless systems are not recommendation for oils. Anyone have any pump bottle recommendations for oils, especially regarding containers that are 2 - 8 oz in size?

Thanks so much! Smile

You need yo carefully fill to the top leaving as little air as possible, I immediately pump some product out to get as much air out as possible.

You can use them for oil I have never checked for large sizes, most DIY suppliers sell 15, 30, 50 ml. sizes.

Here is a supplier that carries a large variety.

http://www.cprsale.com/index.php/category/airless-bottles/page_1/

Another supplier:

http://www.morgancontainer.com/

free skin care · Sun Apr 15, 2012 7:34 am

Awesome! Thanks you so much, Darkmoon! Just what I needed. Otherwise I would have spent a long time searching and searching for that info. Thanks for being so helpful Smile

free skin care · Wed Apr 18, 2012 12:05 pm

cm5597 wrote:

So I'm guessing that airless pump bottles mean that when you put your product in the bottle, there will be a tiny amount of air in the bottle along with your product. But once sealed, no additional air enters in through the pump, and when you pump out the lotion or product, no additional air enters into the bottle. Is this what the "airless" feature means?

Thanks so much! Smile

CM: If you are making 30ml for a 30ml pump bottle you will need to pump the empty but closed bottle so that the diaphragm raises to the level of the bottom silver ring or a bit higher. Then fill the bottle to the absolute rim. Then place the pump mechanism. Unless you fill to the rim you will always have an airspace in the bottle.

Or make about 4 ml extra to make up for what is lost in the mixing beakers and what you need to fill the bottle to the rim before placing the pump on it.

free skin care · Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:50 pm

PS I wash my airless pump bottles by hand using a baby bottle brush and hot soapy water. I dont immerse them or wash in a d/w or water will get into the base of the bottle and you will have a mess and the bottle wont work. Pump the hot soapy water thru the pump and rinse the same way.

Then put alcohol (isopropyl or lab is fine) in the bottle and soak and pump out and then let airdry. Bleach would work as well.

You will need to push the diaphragm back down to the top level of the rim of the base with a chopstick or bamboo skewer or summat.
HTH

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