etkids Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Ok, my question is how do you keep yours warm if you do not have a stove near your work space?We recently bought a house and with this one I was lucky enough to be blessed with my own work area down in the basement. Now without going out and purchasing a oven I am wondering how you all do it. Right now I am using a Nesco cooker. (smaller verison of the turkey roaster) TIA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DatCandleMaker Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 I bought a single electric burner...just like the stove, just 1 burner. At Wally World for $9.00. It is in my craft room and I keep a pan of water on it.Dat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Not quite sure what you mean? When its got some metled wax in it or before you put wax in it? I put the pour pot into a double boiler arrangement when it has wax in it for a repour (have a small hotplate). When I want to pour wax into the pour pot. I usually warm it with my heat gun. However, most of the time my wax needs to cool down quite a bit in the pour pot before I add color and FO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 I've got a dual electric burner that I used to use. One side heated more than the other, so I used to just switch pots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattwats Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 I use an electric griddle... I got one from Walmart that lets me set the temp. I set it to my pour temp and then my wax is always ready. It also lets me put a few pour pots on at once if I have multiple things going on at once.Matthew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlascandles Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 Thats the first I've heard of someone using a griddle......what a great idea!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von691 Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 I use an electric skillet and put water in the bottom. just make sure you don't run out of water in the pan. I picked them up at garage sales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 Hotplates rule my world!! I keep a 5 gallon bucket of water with a plastic pitcher next to the table with the hotplates so I can easily add water to the pot on the burner so it doesn't boil dry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etkids Posted July 28, 2005 Author Share Posted July 28, 2005 Thanks for the suggestions everyone!! Now I guess my next dumb question is, if you are using a hot plate do you place the pan on the plate, then put water in it, then the pour pot floats in it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinDucky Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 Yup, that's what I do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotJustFragrances Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 Bought a nice twin hot plate at walmart for $19.00 with those flat top burners, they clean up nice. Use to have one with the circle grate and that was a pain. Each burner has independent conrol know, no clicks on it so you can set to the fraction. Each has a light that goes on when heating up or kicking on after it has cooled down. Don't know how I lived so long without it!And it is black, not white.... I can see the gobs of wax! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glowlite Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 I use a single burner to heat up my repours or keep wax melted till I need to use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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