tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post3622960557421272745..comments2023-08-09T04:26:24.037-06:00Comments on Pinstrosity: Sugar Wax and Cracked GlassMarquettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09112633611070405863noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-20013465533215474532013-03-02T22:02:01.828-07:002013-03-02T22:02:01.828-07:00Hahaha! I totally tried this!! I hate waxing, an...Hahaha! I totally tried this!! I hate waxing, and I'm a Sugar Artist (though, admittedly a better CAKE artist hahaha #sugar dome "a dragon's tale") so I thought I'd give this a try. I have some experience with cooking sugar so I ignored the directions and used my past experience -- and it turned out well. I followed the Pin that uses 1/4 c lemon juice, 1/4c water and 2c sugar. FIRST i filled my sink with clean room temp water -- if you get hot sugar on your skin you have about one second to plunge it in water so you can pull it off. wear closed toe shoes too! I used a large pot on a large burner, stirred all together and cooked on medium hi (electric stove). After the sugar was boiling I didn't stir, just used a spray bottle with water to wet the sides of the pot to dissolve crystals. I cooked it to 330F then "shocked" it by placing the bottom of the pot in the cool water for 5 seconds. I dried the pot on a towel and immediately poured into a heatproof plastic (disposable Tupperware) container. I let it sit until I could touch the sides of the container for ten seconds, then stirred and used when it got to the right temp. It worked SOOO well... Never gonna wax again :-) btw if you get sugar anywhere just place a towel on it and soak the towel with water- you should be able to wipe it off easily in an hour. Easiest way to clean the pot is to fill with water, heat until boiling, then rinse. Laurie Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04271539421838541410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-3654162214934250432013-02-09T20:00:07.353-07:002013-02-09T20:00:07.353-07:00Good grief! The recipes I've seen (mostly on ...Good grief! The recipes I've seen (mostly on YouTube) have you pour it in a shallow tray to cool. It is used at room temperature with fingers only (no cloth strips), scraped out of the tray with fingers or a spoon, and pulled with the fingers if needed to soften it. My mother and I use it on our faces (yay lady moustaches...), and we use epilators on our legs (because sugar waxing takes more time and is messier).<br /><br />Also, stick with lemon juice. It makes the sugar wax smell nicer (and taste nice, if you use it around your mouth).<br /><br />I have had success cleaning up spilled sugar wax with lots of tepid water, so try that if you are worried that boiling water will crack your nice stove.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-70736545966879523992013-02-03T02:11:04.697-07:002013-02-03T02:11:04.697-07:00It's important to cook the mixture nice and sl...It's important to cook the mixture nice and slow so it doesn't get too hard. Make sure that it's at room temperature before you microwave it, like wait until the next day. I like to microwave mine in 10-second intervals so it doesn't get hot enough to burn me. Finally, take heart--the mixture is completely water-soluble, so you can just leave a damp paper towel over the spill for a while and then wipe it off with lots of water! :) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-44971235208899762782013-02-02T05:48:55.509-07:002013-02-02T05:48:55.509-07:00Also you might want make sure you use a microwave ...Also you might want make sure you use a microwave safe container. Not just a random glass jar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-10025394810526519122013-02-01T21:26:39.064-07:002013-02-01T21:26:39.064-07:00It seems silly to cheap out by not buying a candy ...It seems silly to cheap out by not buying a candy thermometer for something like this. It also seems to me that heating the resulting product in a water bath might be a better idea, the heat will be more consistent once it gets to temp and it's a little slower so your less likely to over heat it. Hot sugar syrup can cause some nasty burns if your not careful. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-26987768140884041912013-02-01T14:08:38.283-07:002013-02-01T14:08:38.283-07:00Also, if the glass already has an imperfection, se...Also, if the glass already has an imperfection, setting straight from the microwave onto a cold tile or marble countertop could cause it to shatter. Marble, especially, acts as a heat sink and drawing off heat too fast could cause glass to shatter. Always set anything hot on some kind of oven pad, not straight on a counter. The Crazy Creative Cornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15845268710994121175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-67821661027492920902013-02-01T14:04:32.851-07:002013-02-01T14:04:32.851-07:00Most likely the hot hot glass shattered because th...Most likely the hot hot glass shattered because the counter was cold. What a shame!<br /><br />A hair dryer or some boiling hot water from a kettle might help get the hardened sugar solution off the stove. Good luck with that!Brigid Keelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09558327183683074633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-31908967217697085322013-02-01T11:50:34.884-07:002013-02-01T11:50:34.884-07:00My sugarist makes her own sugar for it and she use...My sugarist makes her own sugar for it and she uses plastic containers not glass for when she is microwaving it. Chelle (PhotoArt/MaybeCreative)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07201945817097830319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-6669879334981011702013-02-01T11:42:25.671-07:002013-02-01T11:42:25.671-07:00Sounds like maybe the candy thermometer would be i...Sounds like maybe the candy thermometer would be important here. Overboiling the sugar will create a hard ball when dropped into cold water too, but will turn to rock candy when cooled instead of soft ball which is what this needs.<br />For those of you with sugar silidified on stove tops, I have found that boiling water helps. Make sure that your stove top is warmed before hand if you have a glass top so it won't shatter with the boiling water.One Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12768744370858632841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-24010257449012509082013-02-01T11:14:43.628-07:002013-02-01T11:14:43.628-07:00Putting any hot container directly on a countertop...Putting any hot container directly on a countertop seems a bit unwise. I always put them on a cork mat.Alicia Foodycathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11931796992646884249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-41239729798141765462013-02-01T10:35:13.749-07:002013-02-01T10:35:13.749-07:00Wow, does that ever look like a recipe for trouble...Wow, does that ever look like a recipe for trouble. You're right, a tiny crack in a re-used jar could cause this. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-49718023282041667952013-02-01T10:23:41.363-07:002013-02-01T10:23:41.363-07:00Oh, I feel the pain with the glass stovetop. I boi...Oh, I feel the pain with the glass stovetop. I boiled over jam on it once and damaged the stovetop getting off the sugar residue. Good luck!Diannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09517246579704472278noreply@blogger.com