how do you stir?

[ladysj]

I use the wooden skewers and just wipe them off afterwards with a paper towel works great.

[CathyinME]

This should be a poll! Wire whisks here!!

[tammyc]

Wooden paint stirrers. They work great and the price is right.

[girlyracer]

Mucho cheapo wooden chopsicks work for me.

[stacien]

I am sure you already all know this but you can find those hard plastic spoons at the dollar store. I usually get three to a pack and they don't abosorb the dyes either.

[Crafty1_AJ]

I use a whisk.

[Jane42]

Couldn't you just wipe them off and re-use them for different fo's?

That's what I do with my spoon. After I've stirred my wax I just wipe with a paper towel. No residue, color or scent is left on it.

I do wipe them off immediately after use, but the wood holds the color and the scent. Probably because they are a cheap wood.

I am thinking I like the plastic spoon idea.

[Sherl]

Metal kabob skewers.. has a loop at the end. Bought 4 six years ago and still using them. Plus can be used to poke relief holes in pillars.

[Gaylene]

metal paint sticks work great just clean after each pour with paper towel been using same one for a year now.

[MeAndMyPuppyDog]

For the small little pots an industrial ladle. For the other stuff, an auger.

[topofmurrayhill]

This is my implement of choice for manually stirring a pot.

http://www.amazon.com/MIU-Two-Piece-Nylon-Spoon-Blue/dp/B0000DZCJC/

These puppies are very durable, non-porous and wipe off easily. They're good to over 400 degrees. If wax congeals on them you can hit them (carefully) with a heat gun if you like.

Besides online, I've gotten these at Bed, Bath and Beyond.

[NANNALIN]

Cheap wood stix for me too! Wally World Luvs Me

Linda

[KristineG]

I'm curious for the ones that use wooden spoon, popsicle stick thingys, paint sticks. Don't you go through an awful lot of them? If you re-use, don't they hold the FO and color? Maybe it depends on the wax you use? I use 50/50 and add soy. I use stainless steel everything. All I have to do is wipe off with a paper towel and I'm good to go again. I have 1 long handled stainless stir spoon. Just curious.

[britishgirl]

i stir with my finger lol

no honestly its a plastic spoon i use the bamboo sticks skewers to hold and centre wicks

[mizbizzyb]

Am I the only one that uses metal spoons from walmart/dollar store $1.00 - I have for 7 years. I always thought the wooden spoons would absorb some of my scent.

[fredron]

Sounds like overkill to me. There is an old axiom in the engineering field:

K-I-S-S (Keep it simple stupid)

Anyway, I've never seen mixer blades long enough to reach the bottom of a pour pot. Also I don't think I'd like to be hit with splashing wax.

Buy a spoon.

Fredron

[jillgunter]

Wooden spoon here. I dont think an electric mixer would be good with hot wax.

[KristineG]

Am I the only one that uses metal spoons from walmart/dollar store $1.00 - I have for 7 years. I always thought the wooden spoons would absorb some of my scent.

Nope. I do too. Stainless. I asked above about wooden spoon, stir sticks.

[Jane42]

I always thought you weren't suppose to use metal with the non-stick finish...which is what is in the presto pot. Have I been swatting my husband and kids all these years for NOTHING when they use metal with my nonstick pans??? :rolleyes2 Seriously, we used to use the metal whisk, but I was afraid it would mess up the finish, so I stopped using it.

Since my wooden sticks do soak up the color and FO, I mark them and use them over and over.

But, like I said earlier, I think it would be more efficient for me to use the plastic spoons with the long handles....can't tell you how many times I have been mixing five pounds of votive wax and "dragged" my finger through it because my stick was just a little too short....lol

[KristineG]

ohhh...i get it now. I don't mix anything in my presto pots. All I do is use it to melt the wax and yes, I use a long handled plastic spoon when stirring in that. I pour the wax from the presto pot into a pour pot, which is stainless and then add my fo and color. In the pour pot I stir everything together with a stainless steel spoon.

[Jcandleattic]

Am I the only one that uses metal spoons from walmart/dollar store $1.00 - I have for 7 years. I always thought the wooden spoons would absorb some of my scent.

My wooden spoon has never absorbed the scent or color. I just wipe it clean every time I take it out. The spoon has gotten a bit darker over the 5 years I've used it, but that's about the only color change.

[chrisasst]

Am I the only one that uses metal spoons from walmart/dollar store $1.00 - I have for 7 years. I always thought the wooden spoons would absorb some of my scent.

Do you use a presto pot? Don't you scratch the pot with a metal spoon?

[gingerinarkansas]

Am I the only one that uses metal spoons from walmart/dollar store $1.00 - I have for 7 years. I always thought the wooden spoons would absorb some of my scent.

I use big stainless spoon from Goodwill that I've had forever...great place to find cheap spoons and such. To poke relief holes...a piece of wire hanger....Ginger

[smokymountainraine]

Whisk here.

[firstlady]

A metal whisk , here also and its not like the normal whisk, mine is goes round at the bottom instead of bulb shape coming up ... lol hard to explain, i just use a paper towel to wipe off when i'm finished stirring my wax , before i pour. tried the wooden spoon, i had hard time getting wax off plus the fo was still on it, could have been just my cheap wood spoons.