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Originally Posted by 19Alworth71
OK Guys,
Rookie question,what happens when you boil a base?If it makes it faster how does it make it faster?Why is not legal to use a boiled bases?I think I read somewhere that not everyone knows how to boil a base.Can you tell by the appearence of the base it has been boiled?Does boiling disfigure the base?
Thanks Ive been curious about this for a while.
Erick
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I have boiled bases for my solitaire league teams. But I am in NO way an authority on boiled bases. I'll just give you results based on my experience.
Most of the methods I've seen involved baby oil and water... I know there's several different things people have done with the bases after they were boiled.. One thing to make the process easier for myself was this.. I left the 12 miggle rookie bases still on the sprue when I boiled them. And I boiled them in an electric skillet which gave me the extra room and better control of the temperature.
I've never boiled a base that became faster. It does add weight to the base, which may be why they are not legal in some leagues. I've seen boiling equated to "steroids" for bases.. lol And, it's pretty easy to pick off which of my bases are boiled and which are not. I wouldn't call them disfigured, they will still clip right onto a figure.. Boiling made them stronger..
Now you've made me wonder myself how the boiled bases would stack up to my bases I use in competition. (Which I just started doing in March) I've spent hours tweaking bases, but never put them up against my solitaire boiled bases.. I'll have to see how they stack up.
Hopefully someone with more knowledge in the art of boiling will find this thread and give you some more info.. Good Luck, take care.