Where do you let it drip "dry" and cool? Somehow hanging above the pot of wax? I was in the kitchen, fished the chain out, and held it over a plate while I moved it over to the kitchen sink. Set the chain down in the dry side of the sink for a bit to let it cool. Of course that made a mess in the sink and on the plate, which I had to clean up with hot water to melt away the dirty wax.