Cotton Candy There is no way I would do this without a dome... There is no way I would do this without a shower cap and long sleeves. Using hard candy gives a stronger flavor and different texture than floss sugar. Both Life Savers and Jolly Ranchers have a tarter taste. I do not like it, my husband does. Less cast off will occur with hard candies. It takes about 5 candies for 1 to 1 1/2 cones. If you are spinning inside your home, and are not using a dome, you will develop a haze in the air. It takes about 90 minutes for that haze to dissipate and most likely your smoke alarm will blare at you. A mesh stabilizer helps reduce this haze. 'Olde Midway' has one that fits this machine for about $20. Each scoop contains about 1 1/2 tablespoons of floss, half of it will spin out and stick to the sides of the drum. Should the spun candy touch that residue on the drum, quite often that cast off hard sugar will stick to the fluff. The mesh stabilizer diminishes that a little. At the end of spinning, I use a spatula to scrap down all the unspun sugar on the drum and process it again, I usually get a couple more cones out of it. To also lessen the cast-off sugar, I let the machine heat up for about 10 minutes on full heat then turn it off. I put the sugar in and let it sit for about a minute to melt and then start the machine up again. It takes only seconds for the candy to fluff up and be ready to capture. If spinning the sugar to put in a bag, using a wooden stick like a long kabob stick makes it easier to remove the candy for bagging. Thorough cleaning is necessary, as soon after spinning as possible. As the machine cools down, the holes on the spinner clog very easily, as someone here also posted, use baking soda and water. A denture brush works well, it has two sets of bristles at two angles. Rinse with hot water slowly poured into the spinner head.
Michael Mitchell 
