Delightful country cookin': homemade air freshener. "Don't you get fresh with me, ya hear! " Oh, I love it when adults (especially grandparents) say that to little kids. What does it mean exactly? Does it mean we'd rather children get dirty with us? Haha...who knows? Today, I'm going to ask you to actually get fresh with me. I digress. I was roaming around on Tasty Kitchen one day when I came across a recipe for homemade air freshener. To make these little beauties, you first need a heat-proof jars (I found mine for $0.99 each at Michael's), food coloring colors of your choice, and essential oil. Into each jar, drop a few drops (I repeat...a few...it doesn't take more than 2 or 3) of food coloring. Now for the fun part. Why salt? Get one cup of water boiling on the stove.
Then, pour in the other cup of cold water and the salt, stirring until the salt is dissolved. Quickly pour the hot gelatin mixture in each of your jars, and then use a disposable stick or spoon to stir it into the oil and food coloring. How to make a steam distiller from a teapot and some plumbing parts. To build the distillation apparatus you will need,-A teapot (or any vessel that will generate steam)-A piece of pipe that will fit over the neck of the teapot. -An elbow joint (same width as the neck pipe). -Reducers (I'm not sure what the actual name for these is, they make the width smaller, these aren't necessary if the condenser pipe fits with the elbow joint). -Another wide tube or pipe (this will be the outside of the condenser and needs to be shorter than the condenser pipe)-A pipe that will fit inside the wide tube (this is the condenser pipe)-Lots of innertube or some cement (for sealing the condenser-Bronze wool (or some other filter material)-Thread tape (not necessary but helps)-A coat hanger and weightAll of these except the outside of the condenser should not leach in steam (use galvanized pipe), To distill essential oils you will also need the material that contains the oil, this can easily be bought, found or grown.
And something to collect the oil in. How to Make an Essential Oil Distiller. AMBER RESIN. How to Make an Essential Oil Distiller from Kitchen Equipment. Aromatherapy and Essential Oil Tips for Beginners. Medicinal Herb Vaults.