zarguy
fully equipped rock polisher
Cedar City, Utah - rockhound heaven!
Member since December 2005
Posts: 1,791
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Post by zarguy on Jan 22, 2010 23:53:12 GMT -5
I'm thinking of getting a dop pot substitute. I can get a hot glue pot for $5 at the local craft store. It doesn't specify the temperature. It's just labeled as for hot melt glue sticks & chips. It's 40 watts.
I know that green dop wax melts at 150 F & black melts at 175 F.
Has anyone successfully used one of these for a dop pot?
Lynn
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Post by Woodyrock on Jan 23, 2010 0:46:13 GMT -5
Lynn: If you can get a hot glue pot for five dollars, go for it. That is about 95 dollars below what they usually sell for. I should know what temperatur the glue pot is set at, used hot glue for years but offhand can not remember, but I think it would be the right range for green. If you find it too hot for green, mix in some black. Woody
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Post by Tweetiepy on Jan 23, 2010 11:04:22 GMT -5
For a long time I put the dop wax in a empty tuna tin on the stove element. I put an aluminum pie plate under it to heat the stones. The ideal in this situation would have been to have a warming plate.
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Post by Jack ( Yorkshire) on Jan 25, 2010 7:46:29 GMT -5
Mine has a 100watt bulb in a ,Horizontal holder and a alluminum top dished in the center for the wax
It dosent take a lot of heat to melt the dop wax
Jack Yorkshire UK
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Post by phil on Jan 25, 2010 15:48:16 GMT -5
I use an old iron.... like the ones you use to orin your clothes? I made a wooden support so it can sit upside down, and I can warm both my stones and the tuna can of wax at the same time...
HTH! Phil
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Post by docone31 on Jan 26, 2010 12:39:45 GMT -5
I use 5min Epoxy. I used to use dop wax, now I never do.
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bouldergal
freely admits to licking rocks
Glacier Meadow
Member since July 2007
Posts: 783
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Post by bouldergal on Jan 31, 2010 21:11:25 GMT -5
I bought a little "slow cooker" pot that's meant for simmering spices or scents for the aroma. I also bought several small aluminum pie pans (they fit right in the top of the pot) to heat my cabs on. For an investment of about $10 I've been very happy with the results. I found both at an outlet mall kitchen store.
I've found that when the weather is cold here (S. Florida, mind you!) that my cabs drop off the dop sticks. I'm going to have to come up with a cold weather alternative. I haven't been very successful with super glue....too many backs broken off of my cabs.
Susan
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