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Hi! I'm Christine. My husband and I took a candle making class at the beginning of the year and were instantly hooked. Both of us are long time candle lovers. I own a small business selling vintage and handmade goods, so we've added candles to our lineup. It's been a wonderful process and as we grow our line, I found this forum when doing research on candle making. I'm glad I've found this place so early in our journey. I look forward to learning so much from you all.

Hello! Long-time lurker, first-time poster. My husband and I just started making candles earlier this year and have run into my first challenge with the wax, wick and containers we're currently using, while working on a new fragrance. We are using an 8oz. tin, GW 464, ECO 12 6" wick. FO Very Vanilla (CS) & Firewood (LSC). We melted 1 lb of wax and mixed in .5 oz of each FO to make 3 candles. While running a burn test the wax created a pool within 30 minutes of burning and ALL of the wax in the tin wax completely liquefied in under 2 hours. The wick mushroomed. After doing some research I'm leaning toward purchasing a small quantity of GW 444 and also going up a wick size to ECO 14. I'm reasoning that the two FO's I'm using are thicker and the wick is not able to keep up. Also, the wax is burning way too hot. I plan on doing 3 more tests using the following combinations; 8 oz. tin, .5 oz of each fragrance, 1 lb wax. 1) ECO 12 wick and GW444 2) ECO 14 wick and GW 464 3) ECO 14 wick and GW 444 For the seasoned candle makers out there, do these sound like reasonable testing steps? Do I need to consider backing off the FO's as well? I noticed on LSC's description of Firewood they do not provide the Max percentage usable for candles. Thanks! ~ Christine