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Post by ephramz on Sept 21, 2010 5:58:07 GMT -5
Ben & itsallaroundyou,
you could try lowering the humidity in your room by pumping up the air conditioning or using a dehumidifier. Ben, your stated 49% humidity is awfully close to 50% humidity where you can often start seeing problems in tempering. I had no problem tempering in the winter in NY in ambient air temp and humidity, until about May when the humidity shot up so that my beans would often seize going through the champion and any attempts at tempering failed until I cranked up the AC in my kitchen.
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Post by itsallaroundyou on Sept 21, 2010 11:46:01 GMT -5
ephramz, thanks for the tip. i have since gotten my tempering problem solved (i think humidity was to blame partially, but was partially my inexperience with tempering profiles). here's a pic of my bars now Attachments:
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Post by ephramz on Sept 22, 2010 16:08:34 GMT -5
Those look great! Congrats! Can you post what other issues you think fixed the tempering for other people having problems?
Where'd you get the molds made?
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Post by itsallaroundyou on Sept 22, 2010 19:05:32 GMT -5
thanks ephramz. i think all the variables i tried are mentioned in this thread. i'm using a tempering machine now, so that has helped stir constantly. i found that the molds themselves (as brad has mentioned before) make worlds of difference in final gloss. also, is you are cooling your molds with forced air, i find that a strong air current leaves the backs hazier than if they are off to the side of the same current. i bought the molds from tomric in NY (i wish i could afford to get custom ones -mike
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