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  1. geekrunner
    I have tested it in S1 (i know its discontinued) and it did not throw as well as I wanted at first, but after about four weeks cure time a 3" 8 oz jar could throw well in kitchen and living room. It wasn't the strongest scent, but you could still smell it. I only used 6% load (1 oz per lb) also, so perhaps 9-10% with four week cure should strengthen it up a bit. I just ordered 16 oz bottle of it from Peaks and will test some in Mill Creek's soy I'm testing, as well as in my Christmas present project in the S1.
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    I just bought 10 lbs each of their soy (container and pillar/votive) wax to test. It was pretty reasonable to ship, 25 lb package was only $10.00 UPS ground. Haven't tested it yet, since I just received it thu last week. I'll test this wax for my possible spring sales, and am using up a bunch of S1 I have already tested, and will use for Christmas gifts. Hope someone else has tried it. You might want to try a search in the Archived site for that. I definitely want it to work, it is only 37.50 per 50 lb box! Good luck!
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    I like your stuff man. We guys need to stick together!
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    Excellent job. It must be tough to get the stallion to stay put
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    I can understand remelting the green one, but the blue one is a keeper
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    Your candles are very nice, and your English is very good too! Welcome
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    Nice looking meltdown candles! Mine just look horrible and smell worse, so I use them for firestarters.
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    Nice stuff!
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    But this the year for the Colts! Now I have to make one with a blue horseshoe!
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    Those are the sweeeeetest pillars I've ever seen. I hope mine come out only half as nice as those!
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    Great first effort, you will be a pro in no time!
  12. geekrunner
    Very nice stuff there. Good luck at your show! Go get 'em killer!
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    I like the idea of the bleach bottle, but probably for an outdoor luminary. You did a great job on the embed though! Keep it up and you'll be as good as Donita!
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    Very nice precise layers on the dragonfly candle! Very handsome.
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    Very cute puppy. Nice 'cane too!
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    I have tried them too but have used scrap wax and clear paraffin to test technique. Yours are pretty cool!
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    You definitely have a talent for 'canes, and are beautiful to boot! You definitely need to use at least a 4" mold, and preferably a 5". I have a 4" with an insert and as long as I use tea lights with plastic cups centered exactly in middle, it works fine. I want to get a nice tall 5" to work with next.
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    Oh BTW your candle is very nice!
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    I'm going out on a limb and guess Monkey Farts.
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    That is pretty cool, looks just like stew! Where's my spoon?
  21. geekrunner
    Hey Melody, I have one and enjoy it very much. You definitely cannot go by the dial, however what I do is hang my thermometer in the wax, and let it level out to the temp it happens to be at. If it were 180, I would turn up the knob just a little till the light kicked on the thermostat, then wait for a few more minutes to level off, then check the temp again. When I reached the temp I wanted, I took a white marker and made a reference mark on the dial and thermostat so I could set it back to the right mark after shutting it off.
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    I too have purchased from candlechem when I first started ab 6 months ago. Have not tried his FO but I may have to. I actually bought my first FO's from Gemlite and was pretty happy with three out of six. Their French Vanilla was VERY strong! I haven't tried all my FO samples from Peak's yet, but three out of four I tried I like alot.
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    That reminds me, I need to get a fire extinguisher. Glad nothing got really messed up.
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    Congrats! Like a college professor told me once, "At the very edge of frustration is where learning occurs."
  25. geekrunner
    Yes we enjoy each other's expertise. Welcome and don't forget>>> better candles through power tools!
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