This was my first attempt at dipping the cheese. I melted the wax in a pie plate over a pan of boiling water and then moved it to my counter top to do the actual dipping. Keeping the wax over the hot water, I dipped the top twice, dipped the bottom twice and then rotated the cheese on its side, dipping into the wax as I went along. This technique was alot faster, easier and better looking than my attempts to wax a cheese using a bristle brush.