How to make tea tree oil:

How to make tea tree oil:

• Obtain tea tree leaves.This can be difficult, depending upon the region in which you live. Melaleuca alternifolia grows in USDA hardiness zones 8 through 11 and it is available for purchase. Other tropical areas may also be able to find the small tree at gardening centers or through magazines.For people in cooler climates, it will be much harder to track down the raw materials needed to make this oil yourself. It is easier and less expensive to buy bottles of pre-made tea tree oil from reputable sources. If you buy tea tree leaves, make sure they are dried so that the oil remains inside the leaves.
• Buy or obtain a small distillation set. You can buy a small set from suppliers on Amazon.com or you can borrow one from a chemistry lab. Some home brew operations allow people to rent small stills for a short period of time.Glass and stainless steel are the best choices for stills; however, these materials can be expensive.
• Set up your still in your home. Make sure you have a flat surface, near an outlet, but in a safe area where children and pets cannot reach. Keep a fire extinguisher and wastebasket nearby.
• Wear gloves and safety goggles. Essential oils are strong and can be dangerous to touch or breathe in. The concentration of ingredients makes them more potent.
• Pour water into your boiling container. It needs to be between 30 and 75 percent full during the entire process. Reconnect it to the distillation unit.
• Add boiling chips or stones to the water. You can buy non-Teflon boiling stones at Internet market places when you are buying your distillation set. This keeps the water from bursting through the distillation set and ruining the process when it is boiling.
• Place as many leaves as you can in the upper container of your distillation set. Do not cut the leaves, because that will initiate a loss of oil. The leaves should be packed fairly tightly, but leave enough room for steam to pass through.You may need to experiment with the amount of leaves you use to find out the right number for your distillation set.
• Start a low water flow into your condenser. This will allow the oil to flow into the tube.
• Turn the hot plate on, in order to start the steam distillation process.
• Allow the plate to heat and the water to flow through the leaves. They will start to shrink in the container.
• Leave the heat on for 30 minutes to 3 hours. The majority of the oil should be removed and distributed to the container at the other end in the first 30 minutes. Turn the hot plate off when you are finished distilling.
• Pour the water off the oil in the container that caught the essential oil. They should separate fairly easily.
• Pour the tea tree oil into a dark tinted dropper bottle.
• Replace the leaves and repeat the process to obtain more essential oil.

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