Citric Acid?

[mommystinch]

Does anyone know where I can find citric acid? What type of store/section of the store?

Thank you

[WNB]

Well, if you don't mind lots of fructose and bits of fruit, you could just get some orange juice or some lemons or pineapple. Kool-Aid also has citric acid in it (along with a lot of artificial colors).

Acetic acid (vinegar) is probably easier to find in a grocery store and will probably work in same fashion if you're looking for something to set acid dyes.

[mommystinch]

I guess I should have been more specific I'd like to make bath bombs for presents, and every recipe I have found calls for citric acid.

[JessicaS]

You can find it at wine/beer making supply shops. That is where I buy mine.

If you have some cocoa butter you can make a small batch, add enough cocoa butter the make it a little runny and put in candy molds. It makes little bath candies that will melt in the bath. They are great!

[mommystinch]

Thanks. I'll have to see if there is one of those around... I'm sure they'll look at me odd when I have my two little ones in tow

[JessicaS]

Originally Posted by mommystinch

Thanks. I'll have to see if there is one of those around... I'm sure they'll look at me odd when I have my two little ones in tow

Nah, when you buy a big pile of citric acid they'll know you are making bath bombs. it is pretty cheap at those types of places.

[ShariMama]

If you'd rather not run around town and chance the funny looks, you can order online. Either, or both, Mountainroseherbs.com or brambleberry.com carries a big ole bag pretty cheap. If I remember right, there's some sort of a link here on mothering that you can use to generate a rebate back to mothering if you buy from Mountain Rose. Beware though, they have all kinds of other overly tempting stuff. It's really hard to limit yourself to just what you need.