Gypsyjen

Suggested conversion = 1T powdered milk per 2oz water In your case = 16.5T per 33oz or roughly 1C powdered milk

Might it be Lonestar?

Hijack alert!! I found this article earlier today. These folks won $5000 for creating edible soy candles. Purdue students put the 'happy' back into birthday candles WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Now you can have your cake and eat the candles, too, thanks to three Purdue University students who have created an edible birthday cake candle that uses hydrogenated soybean oil instead of petroleum-based paraffin. The peppermint-flavored candles don't drip and have a slightly shorter flame height. Christened "Flavor Favors" by their student inventors, the soy-based candles burn an average 25 seconds longer than commercial candles. The candles took first place in a universitywide undergraduate student competition sponsored by Purdue's Department of Agronomy and the Indiana Soybean Development Council. Inventors Amy Khal of Iowa City, Iowa , Rahul Nair of Jackson, Miss., and Adam Watkins of Goshen, Ind., all students in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, split a $5,000 prize. The composition of the candles is 83 percent hydrogenated soybean oil; 16 percent glycerol, a sweet emulsifier; about 1 percent coloring; and a bit of concentrated peppermint oil for flavoring. A combination of fully and partially hydrogenated soybean oil gives the blue, red and yellow candles form and texture; the glycerol makes the candles slightly softer and easier to chew. The peppermint oil could be replaced by other flavors as desired, Khal said. Watkins, who was the designated candle eater for the team, says he wants to continue work on replacing the cotton wick with something tastier. Watkins is maintaining a World Wide Web page for the project at http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~watkins/info.html

Do y'all think these candles might be made out of hydrogenated soybean oil, as opposed to soy wax?

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You're probably right, I should, but I still feel kinda sorry for the li'l guys . Reminds me of the time my mom cooked a live crab and left me traumatized!

Has anyone tried to dip Beanie Babies? Maybe they'll become popular again and I can get rid of the 200 or so I have boxed up, which I initially bought as an "investment"...LOL santa roll

I use bean pot jars. www.jarstore.com

Muriatic acid also removes blood, including DNA. I learned this from CourtTV, NOT personal experience! :tiptoe:

That looks like a sure-fire way to burn your house down...literally!!:tiptoe:

This is what I used before I got my wick tabs. Just be sure to use enough and you shouldn't have any problems with your wick coming loose. I used about the size of a small pea per wick.

LOL, you're right. I did find a phone number for them: 770-667-2258

This is what it said on their contact page: DOWNTIME!!! We have experienced a large outage of phone service and we have been short of help during our move. In addition to phone service, our email has been out. We are working to correct this, and are overwhelmed at the moment. Your order is on it's way! Thank you for your patience as we get back up and running!

I order my oils from Columbus Foods. Even with shipping those big containers, they are still cheaper than buying oils in small amounts elsewhere.

That would surely be a tragedy as well.

Red Devil is lye - sodium hydroxide - which is used to make soap. It causes a chemical reaction with oils to turn them into soap.

Oooh, there's a whole discussion surrounding whether Mia Bella's candles are really soy!! Check the threads... Most have concluded that it is actually a palm/veggie blend. I'm not sure if this type of blend is supposed to make more soot than a soy candle, however. IMO, any scented candle will produce some level of soot, due to the addition of FO.

If you'd like to order beeswax in bulk, I highly recommend Columbus Foods (www.soaperschoice.com). You can buy white or yellow beeswax pastilles (pellets) at $3.25 - $3.59 per pound in a 25 pound box. They have always shipped my soapmaking oils very quickly to me.

Wow, how exciting!!:highfive: I would think that customers at a winery would be interested in wine fragrances - chardonnay, cabernet, etc. Have fun and good luck!

FO's are always measured in ounces by weight, not fluid ounces, because some oils are heavier than others. Oops Carrie, you must have posted while I was typing!

Here's the results thread:http://www.candletech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9521

FYI, Millcreek has now listed GW444 on their website. They call it "Golden Soy Blend 444". It's $47 per 50lb.

This is me in the morning, LOL

I'm a loser smoker too...and so's my DH...I do get some wet spots, so will definitely have to try this!!

Thanks for the tips, y'all!! Guess I'll wait 'til I have my heat gun to try THAT again, otherwise - - this will be me!! LOL!!