Tallbabydoll Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Ok I've had the worst day TRYING to make canes today. First off I made two pic embed canes, went to pull them from the molds and they both stuck, and they stuck well!!!! Had just cleaned them and forgot to use mold release. Took forever fighting to get them out. Finally did and cleaned them up again and repoured one. This time my mold sealer fell off one of the wick holes (using a 3 wick mold) and the wax flowed right out. Got that mess cleaned up, cleaned the mold up again, put new moldsealer on that spot, checked the other to, and thought they were secure, and poured again. Well I was wrong, one of the other spots wasn't secure and it happened again. Well I thought I'd stick it in the water bath and try to save it. Well at some point water must have gotten into the mold, cus when I poured the melted wax back into the pot, which I did slowly in case of water and had no problem til the last bit, the pot went nuts. My presto started popping and big bubbles, thought it was going to explode. So I unplugged it and left it til tonight. Thinking I'd let the wax solidify and the water would be at the bottom. Well I turned my presto back on saw the wax slide down so thought I'd remove the wax in one big chunk (I had left to sticks in it to make handles when it was still liquid) Well the sticks broke, so I turned it upside down on a cookie sheet to catch what little wax had melted. But little did I know the center had not solidified yet and wax overfilled my cookie sheet, ran all over and off of my counter, down the cabinet doors and on to the floor, splashed onto my countertop appliences and me! I cleaned everything back up and threw in the towel. This has been on heck of a day. :mad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashncandles Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Oh man that sucks. I've had that problem with sealing my mold and the wax STILL leaks everywhere... big BLUE mess lolSorry it was a bad day for ya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brat Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Oh poor thing! You need a vacation... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerrie Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 You did good, cause I would have thrown in the towel sooner and just laid down and cried. I don't have the patience you do I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharyl55 Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 You poor thing. I would have thrown in the towel, mold, presto and everything else a lot sooner than you did. I found Gorilla Tape - like a super duper duct tape - works great for sealing wick holes. It is kind of pricey but is worth the bucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crafty1_AJ Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Sounds like a "crawl back into bed" kinda day to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julwid Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 NOOOOOOOT a good day at all!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky Monkey Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 I think I'd get a drink - then go back to bed.I'm sorry your day is sucking so bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbbs@intergate.com Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 You poor thing! I had that last night. Go do something fun. It'll still be there when you get back. Where do we get this tape? I don't care how much it costs if it solves this problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aspencreek Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Man oh man what a day you had. I would have gone downstairs and straight for the bottle after that. I do use air duct tape and it never somes off. Good luck and I hope you can get your kitchen back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaybee23 Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 I use metal tape from Home Depot to seal the bottom of my molds and never had a leak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharyl55 Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 I got the Gorilla Tape from a local hardware store when I couldn't find the metal tape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest amynleebishop Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 You sound like you need to take a swim in the river of whiskey, beer and wine that was talked about in the off topic discussion. I am sorry for your luck, hope today is better for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faithsem Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 If that was me...I would crawled in bed...threw the towel in the general direction of my office/candle room and cried for a few hours...my heart goes out to ya! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallbabydoll Posted November 4, 2006 Author Share Posted November 4, 2006 Thanks for understanding all. I honestly was at the point of tears at a couple of points that day. The following day I decided not to touch the 3 wick and have been just using my other mold, which is a single wick. I have a magnet on it and though not perfect, it's working pretty well. Leaks a bit on my tray but once I put it into the water bath all is fine. This slows down production, but on the other hand I wasted a whole day fighting to use the second mold, so maybe it doesn't. So things are much better now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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