How to go to 4.0

[Electric Coach]

I love these discussions about bases boiling and weighted teams. I have read all of the comments in this thread. As a result, I want to add my approach to this issue of base boiling.

Similar to Kotixblack, I use a combination of mineral oil and baby oil. Although other types of bases can be boiled, the only base that I boil is the Miggle frosty bases. The plastic of that type of base is soft, but not so soft that it will melt or shrink when it comes in contact with boiling water. I use the size of pot that cooks a box of Goya rice. I don’t remember the quart size. I boil no more than 50 bases at a time. Using the pot that I am talking about, I mix 3 cups of water to 1 ½ cup of baby and mineral oil mix. That’s a total of 4 ½ cups of liquid. Boil the bases for 5 minutes. After boiling, wash and rinse them in warm soapy water. Lay them out for about a week to dry. Once they are dry, tweak to optimize the performance of them.

I only use baby and mineral oil. There may be someone out there who may use motor oil. I don’t know anything about that. If it works, I would say that is too much and unnecessary. Show some class. Keep this thing in its proper perspectives.

If you know how to cook, you know how to boil. The key to base boiling is watch them as they boil. Do not start boiling and walk away; calling yourself multitasking. Do this in a clean kitchen. The only pot that is on the stove is the base boiling pot.

Maurice

The Electric Coach