Processing Candles??

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ekuadam
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Processing Candles??

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An officer put in a request to have some candles processed. I haven't seen them yet so I don't know what kind they are/what they look like. Has anyone processed candles with results? Can you actually process a candle?
josher89
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Re: Processing Candles??

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Since there are no responses here, have you heard anything offline?

I would try CA and a water-based dye stain.
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ekuadam
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Re: Processing Candles??

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I haven't heard anything, but CA and water based stain is what I was thinking too. We shall see what they look like when we get to that case.

Thanks for the response
Texas Pat
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Re: Processing Candles??

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When I was still processing evidence and received a substrate I was not familiar or comfortable with, I would go buy some similar items to process using different methods, then chose the method that seemed to work the best.
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josher89
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Re: Processing Candles??

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Texas Pat wrote: Fri Jul 02, 2021 3:21 am When I was still processing evidence and received a substrate I was not familiar or comfortable with, I would go buy some similar items to process using different methods, then chose the method that seemed to work the best.
Couldn't agree more. "Play first" before work.
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