On Thu, 26 Apr 2018 08:46:02 -0000 (UTC), Tanguy Ortolo
wrote:

Great, I have to try this! With some adaptation to enhance the wife
acceptance factor, because I expect some trouble if I use a kitchen pot
for such a mechanic work. :-D

Once used for lubricating oil, a pot can never be food-safe again[1].
Buy a small pot at Goodwill, and store your wax in it. If the lid has
a knob, you can attach it to the pot with rubber bands. (Assuming
that there are two protrusions on the pot.) Since the stuff can't
spill once cool, you could buy a lidless pot and store it in a plastic
bag to keep the dust out.

Don't forget that the wax must be melted over or in hot water, never
directly over fire or a stove coil. As someone who used to cater
house fires, I can tell you that when oil or wax gets too hot, Really
Nasty things happen. (NEVER throw a skillet of blazing bacon into a
sink filled with water.)

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[1] Well, it can, but it has to be an expensive pot to be worth the
trouble. We used tin cans as disposable pans for melting paraffin
when I was a child, and paraffin *is* food safe. But very, very hard
to get out of a pot. (I've forgotten what children were doing with
molten paraffin, but Mom made very sure I didn't forget how to melt
it.)

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