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  1. Oops, well spotted. Yes I meant 185. That's a good point about the walls of the pitcher - probably the base too. I can probably regulate the amount of cooling with the water bath temperature but I was just concerned if there were any technical issues with the possibility of 'shocking' the mix (for want of a better expression). I'll give it a go and see how I get on. David
  2. Hi I'm looking for your thoughts and advice. I add fragrance to my wax at 185 and pour at 140. Although the fragrance oil is cooler it only causes the wax temp to drop around 6 degrees which means it can take some time to lose heat depending on the amount I'm pouring. I'm thinking of adding the fragrance at 85, cooling my pouring pitcher in cool water whilst stirring continuously until the temperature drops to around 145, taking the pitcher out of the water, allowing it to continue to cool on its own and then pouring Before I start testing can anyone see any technical reasons as to any problems this might cause (fragrance binding to wax etc) I'm hoping that by doing it this way I can speed up the process so I'm not hanging around waiting and additionally prevent too much fragrance oil being lost whilst waiting for the wax to cool to my required pouring temp Thanks David
  3. Thanks for the info Becky. More great advice to keep me busy but I do relish the idea of experimenting David
  4. Hi Todd That's brilliant. Thank you very much for the info, it's appreciated. I have most of the other ingredients but I'll order some palm oil to add to the tests. David
  5. Hi Hope you can help. I'm looking to have a go at blending my own container wax using an unblended paraffin (probably Sasol 3456) Whilst I would never expect anyone to give away any formulas or recipes that they've worked hard to perfect I wonder if you could give me a few pointers and any tips regarding ingredients to use in straight paraffin wax especially when it comes to containers. I've searched several threads and see ingredients such as Crisco, petrolatum, vybar, stearin, micro hard, micro soft, beeswax, coconut oil etc....the list goes on. What should I ideally be looking for and spending my time with and is there anything you think is a waste of time pursuing? Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance David
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