Leaderboard

So today my wife and kids are gone and I decide its the perfect time to melt some lead. Turn on the fan, and pot and while im waiting I decide that im going to try fluxing my lead for the first time. Yeah well everything is melting and I go and get one of my wifes candles out of the kitchen. Knowing full well im in trouble the minute she gets home. I bust the candle into four pieces. Its one of the short fat ones. I take a quarter of the candle throw it in the lead and thats when all hell breaks loose! First the freakin thing ignites sending flames shooting about four foot up in the air. Next thing not to do is blow on it when its on fire. Apparently i spit when i was blowing, and sent lead shooting all over the wall. Then to top it all off my fan and my light were right in the flame. Did you know it takes somewhere in the neighborhood of a minute for the flames of a good fluxing to go out. Well i do now. So the moral of my story is always flux while your wife is away!! Oh and probably should read up on exactly how much candle wax to use. Apparently a fourth of a candle is overkill. Also probably a good idea to have 911 on speed dial when you are fluxing. This way the fire department, and the paramedics can get there in time before your wife gets home.