Yes I fill it with water and I cut and weigh my wax. Paraffin I cut into .5 oz pieces and beeswax .25 oz.
Do yourself a favor and get a deep fryer just like mine. Years prior and I mean many years I messed with crock pots and never got the exact coverage I was looking for. Here’s the info on my Wal-mart crock pot:
Mixture is 1 oz. paraffin to .25 oz. beeswax in this fryer. I wrote it wrong earlier.
Now that I’m in a rhythm I do my cuts, wrap with a rubber band, and plunge the whole thing in the wax/water mixture and there’s no parafilm involved.
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