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Sorry for a bit of off-topic. Jim, you mentioned earlier you are using a dehydrator to pre-melt the CB. Can you please share what model do you use and your experience with it? How good it at the keeping a consistent temperature? Do you use it to keep the ready to use CB in it while working? I am looking at the Amazon - there are coupe models with the decent reviews with the price tag about $300 Thanks!

Hi Kerry, We are currently tempering with Mycrio and considering about EZ Temper. Have read through the thread but just want to confirm my understanding. For the initial run (say using milk chocolate coverture or slabs from the previous runs) I do not need to heat it up to 45C then cool down to 34 ish before adding the silk. I can just heat up above the melting point (say 35C) cool down to 33 add the silk and go? And the same would be applicable to white/dark/colored cocoa butter etc)? Is my understanding correct? Thanks! Larry

Thank you for your replies and sharing your experiences . I appreciate it! Glass would be probably best choice for heat retention. I believe Grex has glass jars - but only as side gravity option siphon attachments - so does not work. I was even trying to wrap the cup with the aluminum foil and put a rubber band around to keep the foil in place.. lol. need to keep experimenting on this ). I also keep the cups (I have few) warm as well, so it works for the first "go around" So.. will stick to a routine of reheat a go but without time consuming rechecking temperature in the cup every time (as this is what I have been doing, worrying not to get CB too cold).

Hello everyone. I am new to the forum, tried to search for the topic, so sorry if the similar top has had a place. I am started using Grex Tritium with 0.7mm nozzle with CAT 4610AC at around 50-60 PSI using 50cc metal cup. The CB that I put in is around 30,5-31,5 degree C. What I have found is that the CB temperature inside the cup and the brush drops very rapidly (I can measure the temperature close to the needle with the thermometer) . I understand this is due to the cold compressed air and likely due to the metal cup itself. However its become really cumbersome as I have to heat up the brush almost after every mold and if I don't, at the second mold the CB can easily be at 26C. The surrounding temperature is around 20C With my old brush I had glass jars that held temperature pretty well. Just wondering if anyone experiencing the same issue and maybe there are some suggestions how to get around this. This will be greatly appreciated. Thank you!