nan_drewry

Thanks for all the responses. *Clearly* I've been overthinking this! Good to have the scoop from those more practiced; thx again.

Hi, and thank you for your generous knowledge-sharing! I'm new: been making soy-wax container candles for 6 months and the advice I got here about testing, safety, insurance and more has *really* helped me get my brain around this expensive hobby! I've now got a few scents that are working well in my GB 444 wax, and I'm giving them to family & friends. (Per the advice on these forums, that means I'm also about to purchase a Presto Pot + the Soap Guild insurance). My question is about removing hardened wax from equipment during cleanup. (Equipment = double boiler + pouring pot). Question on cleanup: I checked this cleanup link, and see that most seem to use heat guns and alcohol/paper towels to clean up equipment like pouring pots. That seems a little time-consuming, but I'm taking safety concerns very seriously and wondering if you all agree with the advice at these below links, which also says you can put the pots in a 150-degree oven, on a cookie sheet lined with 4 layers of paper towel, and let the pouring pots (glass Pyrex and aluminum in my case), sit in the oven for 5 minutes till melted, and then wipe the wax clean that way. My concern is any safety issues if a drop or two of wax accidentally dripped in the oven? And, if you *don't* use this oven-method, do most of you just use the heat-gun method from the thread I linked to above? Just want to be super-safe. Thanks much in advance! http://www.queenofdiy.com/candle-making/cleaning-candle-molds-tools.html http://www.cajuncandles.com/candle-wax-clean-guide.html http://www.campbell-light.com/setup.htm