Some hot wax help needed

[LunarKitten]

Try it on yourself before you try it on your sub. It's a very quick way of gaining much appreciation for what kind of pain it could cause.

Keeping a damp towel or something around might not be a bad idea either.

Say you're delicately dripping some near her pussy, and some wax touches her clit, she screams in pain and starts flailing, you drop the candle, and set the bed on fire... Just a cautionary thought.

I probably shouldn't be laughing this hard imagining that happening.

You also want to slick her down with baby oil first, so removing the hardned wax later doesn't hurt so badly.

 

[LunarKitten]

Two easy choices:

Wal-Mart offers two different paraffin "bath" devices that heat up paraffin which can be used for waxing, at ~$25 and $38 US. Each has thermostatic controls. The higher-priced one is a little larger and includes six pounds of paraffin and six "liners." The paraffin baths do, however, require that you "dip" into them with something to pour the wax on the subject, which can get a little messy, at least until you learn how to minimize the "fallout."

The other alternative is a little more pricey, but very popular with those I've seen who work with wax a lot: a good-quality 6-quart or larger slow cooker, with a variable temperature control (not three settings, but truly variable). They usually put their wax dispensing bottles in the slow cooker, then add water to near the top and turn it on. This provides a large quantity of wax available at a consistent temperature, and if the dispensing bottle you happen to be using gets a little too cool, you can put it back in the slow cooker to heat back up and use one of the others.

Either of these options can be put on a Christmas list without much explanation. For the paraffin baths, if there are any questions, just casually mention that your hands have been feeling stiff, especially in cold weather, and a friend swore that the paraffin bath does wonders for his/her arthritis. The Wal-Mart description says: "provides heat therapy for healthier looking skin. It can also be used to help relieve pain caused by arthritis and chronic joint inflammation."

If you use a slow cooker, make sure to use a candy themometer to make sure the wax doesn't get to first, second or third degree burn temp.

 

[LunarKitten]

Despite the "light" tone of your post, "angel" eve, all of that is very good advice when doing waxing or fireplay. Incidentally, very few "heavy" waxers I've met use candles. They simply don't provide enough wax and there's the fire risk.

Edited to note that this is not in any way a criticism of those who do use candles. I've used them for light wax play, and seen very experienced waxers do likewise. For sessions where, for example, a pyl is pretty much covered with wax from collarbones to knees (or lower), however, candles simply aren't practical. That's when the dispensing jars and the large-quantity heating devices come in.

*nods* Regular candles are good for spots of colour on the bottom. Though you could just drop a crayon into the wax pot and have really pretty wax

 

[LunarKitten]

I've never gotten too heavy into wax play. But I did a fair bit of reading before I gave it a try.

Using wax that was already melted never really seemed like an enticing option though, I think I like the fire better. Hot wax just seemed MUCH safer than attempting fire play I'd only read about.

I need to get out there and start learning in the comunity... some things simply cannot be taught online.

mmm...fire play

 

[LunarKitten]

A good online source is www.liquidfire.com. Great colors.

One might want to look for "shabbat" candles in the Jewish foods section of your local supermarket. Those are the pure paraffin candles.

Then one could stop in the sporting goods section of your local Wal Mart and pick up a nice sitletto. They're just great for removing wax.....

So are barber shop strops

 

[Sir_Winston54]

...that way you know the wax won't burn you or your partner - never melt it in the crock pot

make sure to use a candy themometer to make sure the wax doesn't get to first, second or third degree burn temp.

My post regarding the use of a crockpot/slow cooker specifically said (1) to use one with a truly variable temperature control (to control the temperature, and (2) that those I've seen use one "usually put their wax dispensing bottles in the slow cooker, then add water to near the top and turn it on."
I did forget to mention the use of a candy thermometer to check the temp - thank you for adding that important point. As always, safety - the avoidance of causing unwanted pain/injury - is crucial. "Testing" the temp on one's forearm is not always a good method - some people's tolerance for heat (and other pain) is greater (or lesser) than that of others. Once one has established a "comfort" (non-burn) temp level for a particular subject, some note of that temp should be maintained, whether in memory or in notes.

 

[Sir_Winston54]

A good online source is www.liquidfire.com. Great colors.

Hmm... everytime I click this link, it goes to "BuyDomains.com" instead of liquidfire.com ... ???

 

[navarre]

OOPS


Try liquidfireinc.com

I edited the url.

 

[LunarKitten]

My post regarding the use of a crockpot/slow cooker specifically said (1) to use one with a truly variable temperature control (to control the temperature, and (2) that those I've seen use one "usually put their wax dispensing bottles in the slow cooker, then add water to near the top and turn it on."
I did forget to mention the use of a candy thermometer to check the temp - thank you for adding that important point. As always, safety - the avoidance of causing unwanted pain/injury - is crucial. "Testing" the temp on one's forearm is not always a good method - some people's tolerance for heat (and other pain) is greater (or lesser) than that of others. Once one has established a "comfort" (non-burn) temp level for a particular subject, some note of that temp should be maintained, whether in memory or in notes.

*nods* I said never to use a crock pot, but you can if you use it safely. I know very experienced people who use them, but they use a way to gauge the temp. I'd never thought about putting it in bottles in the water in the pot though...hmmm...see, you learn something new everyday, no matter how long you've been in the lifestyle

*huggles respectively*

 

[heckle]

Not sure if teis was posted or not yet but.... You can look through discount/dollar stores for the votive candles. We get them at a local dollar store. Or, if you would rahter use parafin, you can get it at wal-mart also.