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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 804034, member: 360"]I thought it might be for sealing wine-bottles too. But I guess it can be used for any sort of wax-sealing process. What I love is how much of the original wax is still in there!! </p><p><br /></p><p>And yes, Bronwen - that is EXACTLY how the wax looked, when I bought it. One big, hard, red BLOCK of wax. That knob puzzled me as well. I suspect it was either the tail-end of a stick of wax that was dumped in there, or else, the leftovers of someone who scooped out some wax to seal something. </p><p><br /></p><p>What you see there is only a SMALL amount of the wax, though. It's gotta be a good inch deep at least. And if you look at the marks on the sides of the pan - you can see that originally, the wax would've gone right up almost to the top.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 804034, member: 360"]I thought it might be for sealing wine-bottles too. But I guess it can be used for any sort of wax-sealing process. What I love is how much of the original wax is still in there!! And yes, Bronwen - that is EXACTLY how the wax looked, when I bought it. One big, hard, red BLOCK of wax. That knob puzzled me as well. I suspect it was either the tail-end of a stick of wax that was dumped in there, or else, the leftovers of someone who scooped out some wax to seal something. What you see there is only a SMALL amount of the wax, though. It's gotta be a good inch deep at least. And if you look at the marks on the sides of the pan - you can see that originally, the wax would've gone right up almost to the top.[/QUOTE]
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