barncat Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 How the heck do you get your wax from not getting hard in the pour spout? A few times a day I have to gt the heat gun out and heat up the pour spout to get wax out. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candybee Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 My spout heats up when I turn on my meltor so I never have that problem. Try turning your meltor on high enough to melt the wax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barncat Posted March 6, 2010 Author Share Posted March 6, 2010 My melters are on 24/7 and at the higest temperature before the water in it biols. Im dumbfounded:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candybee Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 Wish I know how to help you. The only time my wax got stuck in my meltor is when I turned it down too low then spout cooled. I was panicking then decided to turn it back up to the same temp I melt my wax at. Then after 15 minutes or so the spout worked just fine. So now I always keep it at the same temp I melt my wax at and no more spout probs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candybee Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 My melters are on 24/7 and at the higest temperature before the water in it biols. Im dumbfounded:confused:Have you always had this problem with the spout? If not could it be clogged with something other that wax or particles that were in the wax? I recall someone posting about how they used a pipe cleaner from time to time to clean out the spout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barncat Posted March 7, 2010 Author Share Posted March 7, 2010 once i heat it it comes out so thats not the issue. IM sure it has something to do witht hte temperature in the building being cool, but there is a slow drip that keeps clogging it so it seems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candlelady Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 This time of the year mine are on pretty much 24/7, I keep them at 150 and if I have to do a major pour the next day, I crank it up to 185-195 and never have issues. If I don't get my temp up pretty high, yea, they are stopped up and have to whip out the heat gun, but that's only because I get impatient.:rolleyes2Hmmmm........ Did you say your spigots are brass? Mine are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candybee Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 (edited) When I turn mine on to make candles all day I turn it up to at least 165 degrees, higher depending on the wax. If I don't keep it set at least to 165 or higher the wax cools and hardens in the spout. Edited March 7, 2010 by Candybee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barncat Posted March 7, 2010 Author Share Posted March 7, 2010 mines at 200 right now and still clogs grrrrrrrr! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judy, USMC Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 mines at 200 right now and still clogs grrrrrrrr!I have a heated control so it's not a problem. I have heard of other chandlers having the same problem. Their solutions have varied from adding insulation to actually using a separately powered heat tape (from the hardware store) which is normally used to protect uninsulated water pipes from freezing.Maybe a call to a local plumber may give you more possible solutions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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