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A friend learning to make candles, not a close friend, gave me a candle as a gift. I havebeen burning it every few days and was near the bottome when the glas broke. I am assuming it as because the candle was to hot. The cent had been nice and she said the ax was paraffin when I asked her. I do not want to hurt her feeling and tell her yet that it broke untill I understand why. Any help would be appreciated. It was n 8 oz mason jar with 4630 she said. The same ax I am experimenting with but not in glass that is exactly hy i am not using glass. That and shipping

Can i add Beeswax to Paraffin, say 1/2 ND 1/2 AND what do you think the fo result will be?

Can I mix Beeswax and paraffin? Will beeswax help slow the burn and help the HT ?

What was the fragrane name?

Thosee sound really good. i will getsome for my melts as well.

What are your favorite christmas scents? Now that I am lerning to make 8 oz tin candles i want to send something to my family members in Ohio for Christmas, that is if I am able to make a good candle by then.

Very nice testing and pics !!!

I get a small amount of frost or sots on 494 but who cares... it's part of the adventure. No i don't thin more wax helps but only I use my .4 ozbrownie bite melt in the warmer and the scent is good . never had to add more wax just replace with same or different scent.

i use 494 as well and when I make melts to sell I firts test in my dining room ( aprox 12 x 14 size room) on a 25 watt melter. I make melts out of brownie bite molds from Michael's. Each melt is .4 oz. I burn one melt and depending on the scent, strong or light, it will last 6-8 hours before I need to replace so i believe that is a good long time for one melt. I do use 1 oz of fo for every 10 oz of wax so that is a lot I know but the customers love my melts and keep coming back for more. That's how I get the money to play with the candle making experiments and make part of my condo payment.

Does anyone make 8 oz tins with feather wax? Iso pretty. thought i would try it.y

is anyone selling on the Walmart Market ?

I just put out my same tin using the HTP 109 and it looks the same with Brown around the edge. Idid'nt think Amish harvest had vanilla.

I was burning an 8 oz tin with 4630 and Amish Harvest. Wick LX 18 and it was working very well on flame, MP and scent but after 4 hours I put out when I saw the brown around the edge. What is this? Rust??Brown around the edge 4630 8 oz tin

I don't know about all tart waxes. But I pour the 650 at about 160 not below. It does fine with no sludge. It will set up quickly if poured at a lower temp.

" Learning to prevent cavities was key to volume production". How do you do that on volume?

wood love suggestions on wicking an 8 oz tin with 4630 and 10% Amish Harvest Looking at CD 10 or 12.....ECO 8.....HTP 104... And Zinc 51Z Any opinions would be appreciated, Also no color

What is the benefit of blending some coconut wax with 464 and how will that effect your wick choice up or down?

I looked up Yankee candles and they say they use Essential oils and cotton wicks. I never tried those oils in my melts and I assume they are much more expensive.

I have never tried 4786. i like the 4630 because I can cut how much I need and don't have to break up a slab of anything. I have just tarted a couple weeks a go but this is a REALLY nice wax and EASY one to work with. i have LEAVES burning in 8 oz tins testing right now wick with LX 20 and HTP 83 to see if they are to big or not. My condo is really smelling grat so Both are working but will watch the MP and also to see how hot the tins gt when I touch the sides. So far both look really good If anyone out there can jump in a tell me how to decide which wick when they both look almost equal I would appreciate very much.

I am using 4630 and am loving it. Easy to cut, not as messy as 4627 and looks very good with one pour. I am so exited to say I made two yesterday in 8 oz tins using Amish Harvest and wicked one with HTP 73 and one with LX 20. They BOTH gave very good Hot and Cold throw. The determining factor of which wick to use was easy. The LX cured so bad atfer 3 hours and the HTP is almost perfect. I just finished the 3 hour burn and will start another 3 hour tomorrow morning. I like the idea of using soy but I just don't think I have the patience for how finicky it is and the wicking AND the cure time of about 2 weeks.

I have also watched most of your videos. I tried the method of adding fo at a low temp but it did not work well for me in 464. I believe we can all learn from both you and this craft forum. Can you do a video on just paraffin as well. I would be interested.

I changed wicks to Zinc 52 and the other is htp 83 still wax smell

thats exactly what I am smelling. How do i fix this with my tin and wick?

I am changing wicks on these two to Zinc 51-32 and HTP 83 jus to see if different. and yes I have the air conditioning running in my condo, about 103 here today.

What wick do you suggest? just the next one down? And why fo lower? I want so bad to learn this