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To Make Dip Candles

Dip can 630. Table showing the percentage dles are made by looping a number of sepanumber of sepaof Caustic Soda in Soda Lye. Specific Specific Per cent.

Per cent.

Gravity.

Gravity. 1.4285 30-220 1.2392 15.110 1.4193 29.616 1.228 14.503 1.4101 29.011 1.2178 13.901 1.4011 28.407 1.2058 13.297 1.3923 27.802 1.1948 12.692 1.3836 27-200 1.1841 12.088 1.3751 26-594 1.1734 11.484 1.3668 25.989 1.1630 10.879 1.3586 25-385 1.1528 10.275 1.3505 24.780 1.1428 9.670 1.3426 24.176 1.1330 9.066 1.3349 23.572 1.1233 8.452 1.3273 22.967 1.1137 7.857 1.3198 22-363 1.1042 7.253 1.3143 21.884 1.0948 6.648 1.3125 21-894 1.0855 6.694 1.3053 21.154 1.0764 5.540 1.2982 20.550 1.0675 4.835 1.2912 19.945 1.0587 4.231 1.2843 19.341 1.0500 3.626 rate wicks over a rod, and dipping them into very liquid tallow, until the required thickness is attained, allowing the tallow which adheres after each dipping to set or harden beharden before dipping again. Before the second dip , it is well to lay the wicks on a flat surface , and straighten them, and a suitable contrivance adopted for holding the rod while drying between the dips.