Mimmi

Ok I want to try this but I am a bit of a newbie to the B&B stuff. Since you say that you CPHPed this so does that mean there is lye in it?

yes, lye was an ingredient. lye is what turns the ingredients into soap. no lye, no soap. the lye does its job and leaves.

there are a few cases when the lye stays. not mixing your soap well enough, lye pockets, or using too much lye in your recipe, for examples.

http://www.candletech.com/techniquesideas.htm

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that is probably a straight paraffin. i prefer additives, so it will hold fo and to avoid the seeping.

this is a good start.

http://www.candletech.com/basicinstructions.htm

votives make a great start.

isn't that the one that used to go by cape coral candle supplies and they cut their oils. sold out and now back in business. i would do alot of checking before i ordered from them.

no, florida soy solutions never went by the name of cape coral.

florida soy solutions and cape coral have no ties at all.

missy owned missys candles. missy divorced and her husband dan got the business. he moved to florida and named his supply business cape coral, which is now out of business.

corrected my spelling mess.

i would add lavender for sure, and something manly like cool water, obsession.

glass or plastic containers work very good. to keep the scent in tact, i only use plastics embossed with pp5 or hdpe2.

try white liquid candle dye. i have not tried it yet but its on my list.

jbn is very good.

this link will take you to all of the forum doors.

http://www.candletech.com/forums/index.php

imo, no its not the nature of double wicking. no matter if you have 1 or 2 wicks in your container, it should burn all the way down.

if it does not burn all the way down, then you need to try different wicks until you achieve the burn you want.

Well then I need one! Mine must be a serious knock off. LOL

try sharpening your knife or cutter.

Anyone ever ordered any oils from them? Are they any good? Do they throw well? Just came across them and could not, for the life of me, find any info on them, on this board.

i have. yes the oils i bought are very good. most of the oils are the enchanted lights brand.

the owner quit selling supplies and focused on her candle sales. not long after, she decided to sell supplies again. she ships super quick.

I like it at 10% too. There's a high oleic sunflower version that has a longer shelf life - it's a good substitute for part of your olive oil since it has a higher amount of oleic acid than the regular sunflower.

which one is at the grocery store? wesson has 10% vit e, is that considered high oleic?

what is the shelf life of regular sunflower?

bnl rosemary mint and eucalyptus spearmint are not close at all to me. i carry both.

it's been awhile:o

what temp was your wax when you added your fo?

what temp was your wax when you poured?

about how long do you stir?

where did the fo come from?

you added 1 oz fo per # of wax?

i pour 4625 too. i pour between 190 -195 and always have shiny pillars using my alum molds. i do not use a water bath, i let it cool at room temperature.

if you post your iso in the classifieds, more will see it.

carol m had allures toasted hazelnut for sale. i dont know if it smells the same as kh.

robbie, triple scents, bought alot of nicoles scents, maybe he has some. http://www.wvtriplescents.com/

terriwv bought alot from nicole too.

i used the daisy lids for a couple of years with no problem at all. it was a pain to remove the lid for my second pour. my wick was perfectly centered every time. i used a binder clip on top of the lid to hold the wick in place.

i love those. i bought one at a craft show about 8 years ago.

when using polysorbate with fos, some will cloud and some will stay clear, that is normal. some people package their sprays in colored or alum spray bottles so you cant see the cloudy mixture.

some only use fos that stay clear when mixed.

linen spray recipe

8 oz distilled water

3 oz witch hazel

preserative of choice, following the manuf recommendations

3% fo for linen spray**

when i tested my fos, most do pretty good, a few did not do well for me.

**when making a room spray, you decide how much fo to use by testing**

you have to shake before you spray each time.

i like the witch hazel, water and preserative recipe the best.

i use cyclo with some things but not a room or linen spray. i tried the polysorbate and didnt care for it. i have not tried the caprol.

how much fo are you using?

which process was used?

also check the inside bottom of the pot... i seem to remember a thread some time ago about this... seems some pots have a raised center and some are flat... the problem with the ones with a raised center was that the was the wax wasnt covering the raised portion and it was overheating and cracked...

i dont like the ones with the raised center either. it takes too much wax to keep the center submerged.

they do work really good with water and oil.