Comments on: Candle Madness http://iowabeef.net/2005/03/02/candle-madness/ comes in many colors Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:37:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: beef » Blog Archive » be patient. http://iowabeef.net/2005/03/02/candle-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-299 beef » Blog Archive » be patient. Wed, 09 Nov 2005 04:25:17 +0000 http://iowabeef.net/2005/03/02/candle-madness/#comment-299 [...] The source comes from long nights in the candle factory. Trying to push out one more wave of candles. Gently tapping the edges of the frost cooled mold against my hand. Progressing to tapping the mold on the table. And finally shaking with unnecessary force and pulling with a pair of vice grips on the wick. [...] [...] The source comes from long nights in the candle factory. Trying to push out one more wave of candles. Gently tapping the edges of the frost cooled mold against my hand. Progressing to tapping the mold on the table. And finally shaking with unnecessary force and pulling with a pair of vice grips on the wick. [...]

]]> By: Sack http://iowabeef.net/2005/03/02/candle-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Sack Wed, 16 Mar 2005 14:57:31 +0000 http://iowabeef.net/2005/03/02/candle-madness/#comment-65 <em>you could always stick them in the old fridge</em> Actually, that was a freezer not a fridge. Molten candles in a fridge would take far too long to cool. The freezer's now at my brother's in MN storing a side of beef or so. you could always stick them in the old fridge
Actually, that was a freezer not a fridge. Molten candles in a fridge would take far too long to cool. The freezer’s now at my brother’s in MN storing a side of beef or so.

]]> By: beef http://iowabeef.net/2005/03/02/candle-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-63 beef Wed, 16 Mar 2005 04:53:11 +0000 http://iowabeef.net/2005/03/02/candle-madness/#comment-63 you still have the buddha?!?...my candles are meant to burn. you still have the buddha?!?…my candles are meant to burn.

]]> By: Joe Dixon http://iowabeef.net/2005/03/02/candle-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Joe Dixon Wed, 16 Mar 2005 02:34:09 +0000 http://iowabeef.net/2005/03/02/candle-madness/#comment-62 Beef - the Golden Buddha is still untouched, I can not bring myself to light it. Beef – the Golden Buddha is still untouched, I can not bring myself to light it.

]]> By: bug http://iowabeef.net/2005/03/02/candle-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-35 bug Sun, 06 Mar 2005 21:24:29 +0000 http://iowabeef.net/2005/03/02/candle-madness/#comment-35 the phoenix will rise again! beef will lead the way to the promised land with candles made without dependence of foreign oil!! the phoenix will rise again! beef will lead the way to the promised land with candles made without dependence of foreign oil!!

]]> By: spenser http://iowabeef.net/2005/03/02/candle-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-17 spenser Thu, 03 Mar 2005 03:57:30 +0000 http://iowabeef.net/2005/03/02/candle-madness/#comment-17 what i distinctly recall are the "quick cool" methods of mass producing candles. if during the winter months, there was always prop the basement door open and stick the molds in the snow for an hour. you could always stick them in the old fridge (that incidentally would have made a fine keg fridge) to quicken the mold release time then there was the 5 gallon buckets filled with water. this was by far the lamest ever. occassionally you would get water droplets into the mold that would submerse into the wax. you wouldn't know of this until you were mid burn on a candle and the wick would start crackling and then go out from an unmined water droplet. not so much, methinks. ahh, but the glory of sack pounding on the brick-wax with the huge pipe wrench-- beef yelling about one of the double boilers running out of water, turning the wax into flames licking the ceiling-- all the while with a petrolum-coated ghettoblaster pumping out Bitches' Brew full blast. indeed, good times. what i distinctly recall are the “quick cool” methods of
mass producing candles. if during the winter months,
there was always prop the basement door open and
stick the molds in the snow for an hour.

you could always stick them in the old fridge (that
incidentally would have made a fine keg fridge)
to quicken the mold release time

then there was the 5 gallon buckets filled with water.
this was by far the lamest ever.
occassionally you would get water droplets into the mold
that would submerse into the wax.
you wouldn’t know of this until you were mid burn on a
candle and the wick would start crackling and then go out
from an unmined water droplet. not so much, methinks.

ahh, but the glory of sack pounding on the brick-wax
with the huge pipe wrench– beef yelling about one of
the double boilers running out of water, turning the wax
into flames licking the ceiling– all the while with a petrolum-coated
ghettoblaster pumping out Bitches’ Brew full blast.

indeed, good times.

]]> By: bohnsack.com » Blog Archive » Candle Madness http://iowabeef.net/2005/03/02/candle-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-13 bohnsack.com » Blog Archive » Candle Madness Wed, 02 Mar 2005 15:48:42 +0000 http://iowabeef.net/2005/03/02/candle-madness/#comment-13 [...] « Beef’s new Blog Candle Madness Those were the best of times, but I’m still pissed that they didn’t include me in the photo that [...] [...] « Beef’s new Blog Candle Madness Those were the best of times, but I’m still pissed that they didn’t include me in the photo that [...]

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