~ Wholesaling real pumice in eco-friendly way since 1992 ~
"...flying off the shelves even before we had priced them!"
~ Soap Factory, Waialua, HI
Genuine Volcanic Pumice Stone
Wildcrafted for Foot Care & More
Majestic Mount Shasta, pumice source, crowns rural top of California, inWestern United States
- Heavy-Duty abrasion
- Wholesale volumes and prices
- As nature created - each unique & naturally rounded
- For bath, kitchen, shop...
- Durable ~ stones can last years
- 19 bulk size ranges, 8 packaged sizes in 2 styles
Versatile Stone
The outstanding abrasive properties of volcanic pumice rock have been recorded since ancient Roman times. No doubt stones were used earlier by rock-savvy cavemen. A versatile tool of nature, pumice is handy for a multitude of uses. Ward's Mt. Shasta pumice is purchased for many applications - from tool cleaning and pet grooming to NASA research and chinchilla chew toys. They're gathered and presented here with skin care foremost in mind.
Happy Feet
Using pumice is the time honored way to file away foot calluses and exfoliate and slough off surface dead skin. It can smooth down the gnarliest alligator skin in time and restore supple softness.
True Grit
Did you know over 99% of store pumice is adulterated? Not carved to shape, mind you,but crushed to granule and powder, then "glued" back together and injected into molds? Few realize this. In corporations' quest for product uniformity, pristine stone's superior abrasiveness is hugely compromised, product's carbon footprint skyrockets - and user's pure elemental earth connection is lost.
Ward's sustainably harvested pumice is kept exactly the way nature made it - it's true grit, unaltered in any way. It's the venerable scrubbing stone whose abrasive effectiveness so-called natural goods manufacturers can only aspire to match. Why not upgrade your store's organic foot care offerings and supply shoppers with the real thing?
"Stones are fabulous! Since teaming with you and offering small pumice freebies [inside foot- soak product jar], orders have been pouring in."
~ Lori Trojan, Granny Goods Naturals, Reeds Spring, MO
Durable
Every volcano spews unique ejecta. The myriad mini-cavities of dormant Mt. Shasta's solid foam pumice - last eruption believed late 1700s - have thicker micro-cavity walls, which, serving as cutting edges, make them both sharper and more durable (and less buoyant) than lighter cousins.
Body care users of reformed pumice often complain of scrubbing arm going numb trying to file calluses. No problem with these puppies. They're heavy-duty. Well cared-for stones will last years.
"I love them - they are such raw pieces of Earth. There is something very primal and natural about them and so refreshingly simple and unmanufactured. They will go great with my product line."
- Naomi Murray, Mountain Girl Soap and Sundries, Oak Run, CA
Tips for Using as Loofa
Skin care marketers should know stone's extra abrasiveness requires more care using beyond working feet for general loofa skin exfoliation. The key: fully soak, lather, rinse and damp- dry skin. Soak stone, find smoothest stone face and gently stroke one direction only - thus minimizing healthy skin irritation - rinsing often. Instructions for safe use on label in packaged form and small hand-outs, supplied with bulk 1 oz. and larger stones on request.
"Great product. 100% better than Dr. Scholl's pumice stone." - eBay shopper
Eco Friendly
Stones are hand-gathered one by one on foot each summer, as snow melt washes them down a wild mountain creek near home.
More than earth friendly, stones are the earth. An absurdly low-tech business, Ward Pumice is a one-person, wholesale-only pumice operation: Gather, rinse, float-test, grade and sort by weight. That's it. No belching bulldozers,no energy-guzzling rock crushers, no roaring furnaces or frantic assembly lines. Twenty years at it makes for a sharp eye in field to assure finding the very best stones the mountain offers.
"There's nobody else we want to order our pumice from. We appreciate your business."
~ Rainbow Grocery, San Francisco, CA
Born of Fire and Air
These pumice are rounded not by any effort of man, but aerodynamically by nature on eruption. Gasses within the myriad molten lava globules flung miles high - formerly under enormous pressure in volcano - suddenly make bubbly escape, turning airborne lava into froth that rapidly dries into rounded, solid or semi-solid foam pieces by time they hit earth. Stream action can further shape over time. People are amazed by their roundness,assuming they must be worked. Not so. Nature's the sole sculptor of this volcanic popcorn.
Every useful stone doubles as antique specimen of a magnificent dormant volcano admired the world over for both its massive beauty and believed powerful metaphysical properties. It's officially designated sister mountain to Japan's Mount Fuji.
Packaged Stone
Cello-packaged pumice comes in
three sizes. Back gives history, use, and care instructions. Paper label is 100% post-consumer recycled paper. Cello biodegradable
< Front of paper label
"Thanks again for an awesome product, wonderful deal, and personable service."
- Amie Vollmer., chinchilla rescuer, Virginia Beach, VA
"The stones look better, work better, feel better in the hand than our former supplier's. The size is great. A nice add-on to our natural body-care basket offering."
-Alejandro Zumaran, LATHER Inc., Pasadena, CA
Wholesale - USD $30 minimum
- Order stone online, by phone or by check
- Pay with credit card thru PayPal - no account necessary
- Instant net-30 account to verifiably well-established concerns
- Custom orders shipped at cost via USPS parcel post or priority
- Bulk sorted select stones start at $.20 ea.
- Utility/shop grade seconds $3.50/lb.
- Order internationally with euros, pounds, yen, Australian or Canadian dollars via PayPal site - More information - click & scroll
- 8 international online selections - items #21-27 & #37
Items # 1 - 10, 17 - 20 & 28-9 - domestic selections
Items # 21 - 27 & 37 - international orders
Items # 30 > - organza-bagged stones & misc.
Or call and place custom order after viewing price list
(Note: Limited functionality of shopping cart disallows specifying quantities beyond those listed. Not all sizes listed or shown)
Green awareness is soaring as we awaken to our planet's interconnectedness. For growing numbers of organic body care product users - and others wanting genuine stones for chosen applications - Ward's Mount Shasta pumice is a perfect fit.
"Just arrived in perfect condition. Thank you so much. We will definitely be purchasing from you."
~ 8 Raindrops (natural body care), Brisbane,Australia
~ Site updated May 6, 2012 ~
