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I'm processing (cleaning) wax for the first time so bear with me please.
I put some water and my honey-covered wax from the crush-and-strain process in a double boiler. It melted up nicely and I strained it through cheesecloth into an 8-cup Pyrex measuring cup. (Well, first I poured it into an empty plastic peanut jar but when it started melting I changed my mind!)
I waited and waited for it to cool and harden but pretty much all that remained was yellow foamy, grainy bits and a few small clumps of wax. I presumed that all of the buttery yellow stuff would harden into a decent quantity of wax. I probably put in a five of handfuls of wax remnants.
Am I assuming too much? Is that all the wax I'm going to get from that process? I feel like I lost more to the cheesecloth than wound up in the end! I skimmed the foamy yellow stuff and the wax chunks off, dumped out the honey water into the compost, and remelted the foam and wax in clean water. I restrained it and am now waiting for different results but it sure looks the same
How much wax can I expect to wind up with from 5 deep frames?
I ordered 40 lip gloss canisters and now I'm wondering if I'll be able to fill three! Ha! Live and learn!!
I put some water and my honey-covered wax from the crush-and-strain process in a double boiler. It melted up nicely and I strained it through cheesecloth into an 8-cup Pyrex measuring cup. (Well, first I poured it into an empty plastic peanut jar but when it started melting I changed my mind!)
I waited and waited for it to cool and harden but pretty much all that remained was yellow foamy, grainy bits and a few small clumps of wax. I presumed that all of the buttery yellow stuff would harden into a decent quantity of wax. I probably put in a five of handfuls of wax remnants.
Am I assuming too much? Is that all the wax I'm going to get from that process? I feel like I lost more to the cheesecloth than wound up in the end! I skimmed the foamy yellow stuff and the wax chunks off, dumped out the honey water into the compost, and remelted the foam and wax in clean water. I restrained it and am now waiting for different results but it sure looks the same
How much wax can I expect to wind up with from 5 deep frames?