How to Prep New Hot Stones

[Heaven Cant Wait]

I just got some new stones; how should I prep them before using the first time?

 

[heyyah123]

What do you mean by "prep"?

I'd just make sure they were clean- I use Dr Bronners tea tree soap to clean mine

 

[mixermatt2002]

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[KyLoveChick]

They are dry and dusty. I thought I read somewhere at some time that they should be seasoned in oil.

 

[twoasonesfl]

when I first got mine, I oiled them up, i.e. "seasoned" them. In the beginning, I had to use more oil when massaging with them as they would soak it up. after a while, they became nice and oily (not all rancidy tho, yuck!) and I don't have to use as much oil.

to season them in the beginning, I just massaged them with oil.

Here's a good tip for if you DO have rancid, tacky stones - throw them in the dishwasher. works great. I used to use Almond Oil and after a while they did get tacky.... now I only use Jojoba and have no problems, the stones love my jojoba!

I also placed mine in designs on my table to charge them before use.

 

[wonderer]

I never did anything in particular besides washing them.

i do throw them in the dish washer once in a while too. I feel that really gets em cleam and sterile. Working at a spa, i saw how unclean the stones got. Yuck!

 

[Clinton]

I never thought to throw my stones in the dishwasher. Learn the coolest little tricks on this board. 8)

 

[cocoa butter]

I believe that you are supposed to charge them by placing them on a table under a full moon and allowing them to soak in the nightly mooniness (m-o-o-n spells moon).

Personally, I've never done this, as my stones came from the great outdoors anyway. I harvested them reverently, and washed off any dirt.

I don't hardly ever use them anymore. Must be time to recharge.

 

[XcutieX]

m-o-o-n spells moon

t044

 

[i aint know]

I "prep" them by rubbing them with my massage oil, and then I washed them off with water. I'm not sure if that's the correct way, but I think you are supposed to prep them with your massage oil, unless they are already seasoned.

 

[Sachin]

(m-o-o-n spells moon).

Hmmmm have you been reading any Stephen King novels lately??

:yikes:

Angie

 

[Nadir]

What is the logic to this preping with oil? Don't we want them to be as clean and sterile as possible?

When the stones are used, you will have oil on the clients skin so why should the stones already be oily?

Just curious!

 

[Lexi]

I think the seasoning idea is mainly for porous stones, they absorb so much oil, you want them to have absorb all they can before putting them on the skin. Depending on your cleaning process, it means that the oil absorbed into the stones is clean oil and the oil from the client is just on the outside of the stone and easily washed off without putting them in a dishwasher I've done the dishwasher thing when stones I've asked to be sent unseasoned have turned up absolutely putrid, coated in rancid oil. I generally don't need to resort to the dishwasher, but then the main stones I use are tumbled and so smooth they don't absorb any oil anyway. Oiling them up before first use was more to get to know the stones than they needed to be seasoned like a frypan.