tennesseean_87

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But you get a whole lot more home-made wax, and the ability to make different colors. I will be experimenting with some candle dye in my wax recipe. To do the Christmas-style green and red I would have had to shell out $24, not $7. For four colors the dye was only an additional $6, plus maybe $2-$5 more for more gulf wax, and I've got $48 worth of bottle wax.

Plus, I like messing with it, too. DIY and all that.

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12 - 15 glue sticks and 4 crayons

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3-1 ratio of "smaller" glue sticks to crayons

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Akavango

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That...is a sexy bottle. I'm gonna go ahead and say you have some of the best results on the thread, can you please post a more detailed description of your process? I'd love to do something like this on a 15% oak-aged imperial stout I'm bottling soon...

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Now that looks great!

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Thanks guys.

However, I didn't reinvent the wheel, I just took the advice of the forefathers of this thread. As detailed by Conpewter, I used an empty soup can directly on the stovetop. I would suggest thinking through the width of your can. I would suggest as narrow a can as possible that lets you fit the whole bottle neck into as when you get to the last 1/4 of bottles, the volume will get low and its tough to cover enough to look right. This is the first time I have done it, and I am saving the extra to heat up and use in the future.

At my local hobby store (for me, Hobby Lobby with their weekly 40% off coupon) I bought a pack of 25 of the thinner gluesticks for about $3. These were plain with glitter imbedded in them which gives the sparkly look sort of comes through in the picture, but looks great in person and matches the background of my label. With that, I took 4 blue crayons that I bought a mixed lot on ebay. Together, I used less than $4 worth of supplies. Dropped them all into the can and turned on the heat. With something disposable (i.e. a popsicle stick, NOT a knife from your wife's fine china) I stirred a couple times until it was throughly mixed.

OH-I also wrapped a produce tie around the top of the bottle neck to get a tab to pull off to help it uncapping it, ala Makers Mark. As soon as I open one, I will report back with whether or not that works.

1 by 1, I dipped the bottles, let the major excess drip back into the can, then flipped to let some run down the side. The amount of drips you want will make a bid difference to how far the volume will go. Not having tried reusing it yet, I would suggest using more than you need and saving the leftovers. If it melted the first time, I have no idea why it wouldn't melt again.

Hope that helps.