kandlekrazy Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Ok, I just finally used my IR Laser Thermometer and I think it's going to be amoung my favorites! It is sooooo much easier than those candy or cooking therms! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 OK don't shoot me for this ... but one that works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandlekrazy Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 OK don't shoot me for this ... but one that works.LMAO!! Oh so true! :laugh2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella1952 Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Scented: OK don't shoot me for this ... but one that works.I am SO with you on that one! There was a fella who used to post on a stained glass board who called certain tools "SNUP" - Serves No Useful Purpose. Stores, catalogues and websites (and my garbage can) are FULL of SNUP stuff!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erinmfritz Posted August 10, 2007 Author Share Posted August 10, 2007 SNUP, that's good! Thanks everyone for sharing your favorites! It's amazing how we now look at trash for other uses! lol:laugh2: :laugh2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursenancy Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 I love the de-gutted bic pen for setting container wicks. DH thought I was a genius, but it was CT all along!! :highfive: Love my turkey fryer too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurpleHippie Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 My presto pot:yay: ! What a time saver!!! Second would be my scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anabanana's candles Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 My favorite tool my husband made me. He crafted , out of his own imagination, a tool to stick my wicks down the inside of my jar. It is a metal coathanger with a circle at the end and it is perfect for sliding your wick into the jar and centering it... My second favorite is my presto pot. I told my husband that he should patent it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollyberry Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 i love the "degutted" bic also...couldnt set a wick without it lol and my heat gun... if I have those I am a happy camper:grin2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donita Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 Well......first of all I like the tools that I can find. I have noticed that if I buy things in bright colors it helps. I end up with such a mess that I drive myself crazy looking for something. I love my heat guns and digital scales. I also love my old small lampshade rings for a wick centering tool. I already had them so I didn't have to buy anything. Just put a piece of metal tape over the small hole and poked my rod through it. It is so easy to set the ring on top of the mold and center it. Donita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firegirl Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 Definitely my TURKEY FRYER!! This took me to a whole new level! Next would be my little scraper from Pampered CHef.. love how it gets the wax off all the counters! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breanna Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 my Presto Pots and then, Yup, My trusty Heatgun:rolleyes2 I had to admit it Top,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissMary Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 Definitely my TURKEY FRYER!! This took me to a whole new level! Next would be my little scraper from Pampered CHef.. love how it gets the wax off all the counters!\I use an ice scraper we got for free at a hockey game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violetsexoticcandles Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 Definitely my heat gun, along with my pyrex measuring cup and indexed shot glass for measuring oils. I'm still trying to find new wick centering ideas. I have two bars, but of course, two aren't enough. Right now I use straws that I've poked holes in the center. Only problem is they slide sometimes, and fall apart eventually. How do you use a hollowed out pen?Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane42 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 Definitely my heat gun, along with my pyrex measuring cup and indexed shot glass for measuring oils. I'm still trying to find new wick centering ideas. I have two bars, but of course, two aren't enough. Right now I use straws that I've poked holes in the center. Only problem is they slide sometimes, and fall apart eventually. How do you use a hollowed out pen?Thanks!The pen is used to slide the wick through and then press the wicktab into the jar. We use craft sticks (like popsicle sticks, only wider, and drill a hole in the center of the stick) to secure the wicks. After securing your wick tab in the jar, slide the wick through the hole in the stick, tug the wick slightly, bend onto the stick and secure with a small clothespin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.S. Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 Presto pot for sure.. but to add something I haven't seen yet...chopsticks are perfect for what ails ya... stirring and poking relief holes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzanneg Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 oh I use the wooden pointy skewer sticks! for poking relief holes!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violetsexoticcandles Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 The pen is used to slide the wick through and then press the wicktab into the jar. We use craft sticks (like popsicle sticks, only wider, and drill a hole in the center of the stick) to secure the wicks. After securing your wick tab in the jar, slide the wick through the hole in the stick, tug the wick slightly, bend onto the stick and secure with a small clothespin.Thanks! I'll have to try that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k0mptec Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Violet, depending on the size of the Jar I use just clothespins to center the wick, on my 8ozers it works out well to lay the clothesoin on its side, then pull the wich through the hole in the spring! the clothes pin centers it really well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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