On 8 Sep 99, at 9:36, Thom Bradley wrote:
> > I figured that foundation is 100% beeswax.. well what I
> > found was that melted down there is this oil like subtance that floats
> > on top almost looks like salad oil, and I cant filter it out.
>
>     Sit back, relax, it's pretty normal.
>     Let the wax solidify, pour off the liquid, pierce it to get to the
>     pockets
> of  fluid, and wash it out with warm water, setit out to dry, repeat
> asnecessary. The oily substance you speak of is small amounts of honey,
> water, etc. Don't sweat it, it will take a couple of melting to get it
> clean but in the end it makes wonderful candles.

When I first read the second post, I thought yea, but then my mind
went back to the original post. Andrew said. "Foundation" not comb.
Surely there is no honey in foundation?
        My thoughts. Old Chinese foundation. There were reports of
adulterated foundation being imported. Is it possible that this is
some of it?



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