Anyone ever try to melt wax in the microwave?
i am melting some old comb in a plastic container with water added to give the trash a place to settle out into.
the first attempt produced a decent wax layer above the water level with some trash on the bottom side. looks like a second melting might get the rest of the trash to settle out and leave only wax without trash.
any comments or ideas welcome.
bailey
Here's some info that may be helpful.
http://website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman/waxmelting.html
....JP
JP, wonderful site. I have much wax that I need to process this spring (I am rather lazy sometimes and should have done this before). I have wax from last year too, but just haven't gotten around to it because of being uninformed of the process and putting it on the back burner until I could find out how properly. This is a wonderful learning tool, this site, yea!!!! Have the best of this great day we're livin'. Cindi
here is fairly cheap way to melt wax.
http://www.candletech.com/budgetmelter/index.htm
Dallas, hee haw!!! We are a'fine tunin' the wax melting stuff, yeah!!!! I think my Husband would take a minute and create a pot like that for me. I see the Presto pots (like the one on the site) always in thrift stores (I love to look in thrift stores to see if there are any old tupperware gadgets, I collect old tupperware, the best in the west). So next time I see a Presto pot I am gonna grab it. Beauty. Have a wonderful and best day, love our life we live. Cindi
Quote from: pdmattox on February 06, 2008, 11:10:45 AM
here is fairly cheap way to melt wax.
http://www.candletech.com/budgetmelter/index.htm
I am melting wax in one of those I built right now. I also have a solar wax melter.
Sincerely,
Brendhan
I was just reading your post and started laughing. My solar melter would not melt ice today. If I could get it out of the building it is stored in, the snow is to deep in front of the door. Still funny Tony