[Gabrielle]

I am expeiremented now with the coconut oil tonight to see if it will get hard after heating it up and putting it in the freezer.

Hi Richelle,

I have used coconut oil for suppositories. It hardens, no problem. The challenge was that when it is liquid, it has low viscosity, and  dry stuff added to it will fall to the bottom. Stirring helps, but it is bit tricky to get equal amounts of the "active stuff" in each suppository because of that. Shea butter has a melting point roughly in body temperature, and I tried therefore also 50/50 mix.

However, because coconut oil has a very low melting point, it will therefore melt again just above typical room temperature - around 24 - 25 degrees Celsius / 75 - 77 degrees Fahrenheit. (Hydrogenated coconut oil melts in a somewhat higher temperature, I think. I used "organic" one). With shea butter they still seem to soften too easily. Maybe the 50 / 50 should be adjusted to more shea butter, less coconut oil.

Therefore I store mine currently in fridge. I plan to do the next experiment when I have used the current production of  a little over 60 pieces.

Hugs,
Teddy

Hi Teddy,
The suppository test came out good as it came out hard enough to insert into the bottom. I am considering buying a mold at this point. I assume you lubricate the mold so the finished suppository pops out of the mold easily. What I would do is put a half capsule of PM per mold half filled with cocunt oil and then fill the rest of the mold with the same cocunut oil. Where do you buy the shea butter?

Hi Richelle,
I am using a mold made of silicone rubber, and it is quite easy to squeeze out the hardened products from it. I used a praline mold from Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/Silikomart-SF131-S...B00APFWFCQ, found in several Amazon stores, if you start searching with the brand name "Silikomart". I bought shea butter as well from Amazon. It seems to be available in other web shops, too, because it is widely used for hair and skin care.

I pre-mixed the PM powder and the "carrier mix" of coconut oil+shea butter first. I have bought a milligram-resolution small precision scale and have also normal digital kitchen scale. Volume of the mold cavities can be calculated, too (or just measured by water-filling test). With those means then I can adjust pretty well how much PM there will be in the "praline". I targeted 300 mg each. After finishing I checked the results by re-calculating the actual strength when I knew how many my batch made, and in the end results seems to be about 280 mg each. Reason to small deviation is likely that converting weight to the mold cavity volume wasn't precise enough (e.g. how well-filled the cavity becomes, some thermal expansion & shrinkage factors and other minor inaccuracies). "Close enough for government work" . Those cones enter very easily due to their slightly sharp end.

I hope my experimenting was useful and is inspiring for DIY production of stuff-it-into-your-butt "praline" production

-Teddy

Pralines and cream!

I am interested to know of the results and how long you been taking it?