Kinda. if you have the patience for a lighter, but a candle will work good, what works even better is an iorn. Use the iorn to heat the plate up:idea: and I don't even bump K, thats sad I know these things. My friends pulled this off down seaside. Put a iorn upside down on a waste paper basket with a plate on it and heated the iron up.. I didn't actually witness it but I know my boy lukey did. Its amazing what K-heads will do..