I'm probably a butt-head.
 
The little dipper I got from Amazon only got to 129 degrees.
So now I'm going to try an old crock pot my wife had stashed...it was
one of our wedding presents from Dec. of '75. I hope it doesn't
work as good and I get 140 on low.
She gets a star.
 
Now the reason I may be a butt-head...now remember I don't cook. I know
much of nothing about tools or what goes on in a kitchen. So I'm looking
at Amazon for something to melt wax to a specific temp. and thinking cooks
and cooking tools will have a handle on that so no problem.
WRONG...the manufacturers don't tell what their stuff will do and the reviewers
remark with "warm", "just right", "to hot", "not hot enough"....etc.  so I'm a butt-head
for having no good thoughts and many very bad thoughts and one of them is what I'd like to do
with the food thermometer I had put in the basket. (having to shop now too)
 
Well fine. I'm not apologizing. I also put a remark for all of them to think about.
If you're going to talk about equipment that is meant to get hot and even
has settings to control it -then include the pertinent information. After all they
go to the trouble of telling folks how to move their face out of the way so they
don't steam their stupid face removing the lid....like they have it together- they started the mess
by not including the temp capabilities...if you ask me.
 
I know that is asking a lot and how hard it can be for some but as a
butt-head I think that they would all benefit from thinking a little....maybe then
they'd realize that some foods need to be heated to 140 degrees F. so they
don't **** the little bit of brains out that they have.
 
Oh well. Sometimes chicken, sometimes feathers.  And just so this time while waiting
for my supper to get cooked...yeah I got run out of the kitchen...asking to many questions...
I'll make amends with....Beer. Becan......and Am. Supper's ready!! Excellent timing. :)
 
 

Beer?  Becan?  Did someone mention beer and becan??!

(Sorry, I'm getting a bit predictable with my replies.  My bad.)

You don't need to apologize for being correct.
They're very possibly my famous last words.

I would get a used glass stovetop pot from a thrift store and just use the stovetop... or any non-reactive pot (used/cheap) then leave the wax in it for future use. Something like a piece of this Corningware with a lid. Should be easy to find a piece somewhere. http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Corningware-French-White-8-Piece-Set/5832241/product.html?rcmndsrc=2
Your OP reminds me of the thread on GS re: Guitar Center employee stories... The world is filled with people who are representatives of this or that and they are dumb as a rock about the stuff they are supossed to know.
IMO,

J

It's kind of nice being the bar by which to be measured.

The Bapu Bar... belly up, drinks are on me Bapu

Ed the only thought I had was in "naming"...nicknames and I hate it when
people seem to be so stupid that it makes me feel like a smartass. But man...temperature
ratings and control seem to be a no brainer to me-but I'm not a cook...just seems
stupid that there is no information...I admit to being a butthead for thinking bad about
those doing something I know nothing about. 

Maybe it's just so simple that people don't need what I think is pertinent information.
Maybe they don't care what temperature water boils...I'm out of my confort zone with this.

J one of my issues is that I don't want to be melting wax in my house. I
need a way to do it in my shop and just as your thinking- in a container that
I can leave the wax in.
That is why I got the little mini warmer that I posted a picture of in the other thread...problem
is it didn't melt the wax.
That is what I couldn't believe...it seems like electric crock pots, warmers, fondue pots and such have to
be purchased and used before one can know the temp. range and it's seeming to me that
all the electric models low setting is 25 degrees F more than I need. ( 165 f.) I need 140.

I even searched on making candles thinking they'd point me in the right direction...nope. Silly me.

The double boiler is the safest way to melt wax is what I'm thinking.
I believe an electric hot plate and a double boiler is my best shot. I've been shopping again. :/
Still trying to pick out the stuff right now...tired of trying to get something that is "auto"...I'll
control the temp myself.

You need a double-boiler and a candy or a meat thermometer.

A double boiler can be purchased easily or rigged just by filling a normal pot with water and set to a boil-- Place a smaller (throwaway, since the wax will kill the nice pans) pan on top of the boiling water. That's right. Double'd up.  The boiling water will heat the top most pan without burning what is in it.  Mostly, this is used for chocolate, but it's also good for melting wax.  Put the thermometer in and adjust your burner as needed.

You can find a cheapie throwaway pan at a dollar store, usually.  Might have to, pay $5 for the thermometer, though.

Helps?

bapu


It's kind of nice being the bar by which to be measured.

You're welcome 

julibee


You need a double-boiler and a candy or a meat thermometer.

A double boiler can be purchased easily or rigged just by filling a normal pot with water and set to a boil-- Place a smaller (throwaway, since the wax will kill the nice pans) pan on top of the boiling water. That's right. Double'd up.  The boiling water will heat the top most pan without burning what is in it.  Mostly, this is used for chocolate, but it's also good for melting wax.  Put the thermometer in and adjust your burner as needed.

You can find a cheapie throwaway pan at a dollar store, usually.  Might have to, pay $5 for the thermometer, though.

Helps?

And the above is exactly what my ex would do to melt wax that she then applied to her legs with a tongue depresser before letting it cool and tearing it off...  Yeeouch!