lovekraft Posted November 19, 2003 Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 My bandmate and I have been helping the guys who rent the rehearsal space down the hall from us with their equipment, and the guitarist wanted help with his Epiphone SG's squealing pickups. We removed the covers and found that the coils had not been potted sufficiently. We decided to pot 'em in paraffin, but didn't want to melt it on the stove (fire bad!), and didn't have a double boiler handy. After digging around for a while, he found his ex-wife's Igia Therma Spa, cranked it up, melted a potful, and soaked the coils in it until the bubbles stopped, let it cool and soldered the covers back on. Problem solved, and we've got a potting machine for free - only downside is the pickups have a gentle, sensual honeysuckle scent... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antique_dream Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 what does this thermal spa look like? I have an old foot spa, do you think that might work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 For the lack of a double boiler, I used a cut open soda can filled with Gulf Wax. This is what the tutorial on wax potting did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultraman Posted November 22, 2003 Report Share Posted November 22, 2003 another way is to boil some water in a container on the stove then put another container with parraffin inside the water without the water getting in. we have a machne that does that in physics class....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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