Angelique

Since BCS sells cans for candlemaking, and has been for years, and people have been doing it for years, Im pretty sure you can. Look at the bottom of the page

http://www.bittercreeksouth.com/containers.htm

Im wondering what the texture would be like

I found one of Voluspa's candles on Amazon with the following description:

"Voluspa uses a paper core wick and a blend of food and cosmetic grade paraffin wax with a touch of gel wax for the ultimate in a clean burning

Voluspa candles are long lasting

Makes a great gift!

Hand-poured in the USA"

I know they primarily use a coconut wax formula now, and this is most likely an older line, but gel to paraffin? Thats a new one to me

Very nice!

just curious what you do with these?

Ive seen these, they are bowl fillers, scented decorations, big in the prim world. SO nice btw Pennie!

LOVE THEM! Those are so well done!

YES YES! Try Peaks! You wont be disappointed!

It takes me a full tank of gas to drive 4 hrs out to Quakertown, PA to Candles and Supplies. Thats $50-60 to fill the tank. The milege is 232 miles one way or 465 miles round trip. I do it a couple times a year. Just prepare myself for an 8 hr day trip. It saves me a lot in shipping when I do. I buy my wax and my M&P supplies there. I stop at Fillmore in Lancaster on the way back to pick up my glassware.

So check again-- may not be $100 to make that trip to Cajun.

Actually just checked. Milege round trip to C&S & FMC is 493 miles round trip. As I said I do it on 1 full tank of gas at $50-60.

I agree, its always worth it to drive and stock up when you can, I did it in Texas years ago when I shopped at Sissie's (now BCS) Now its Peaks, just load up that vehicle when you get there. Shipping costs suck and I cant stand to pay them.

I third the CB-A, no frosting from all the testing Ive done

Ps let me know how the burn goes

I will

I never had a mushrooming problem unless I used them with heavier fos when I had heavier fos like most bakery scents I used cds and they worked well

lilcountrymomma, do you prefer the zinc with 4627 over CD's? I am currently testing the CD 18's in the 16 oz pint mason jars and they are working wonderfully, even with the heavier oils, and even slightly better then the htp's. I noticed that not many are using cd's with the 4627 so i was wondering what your opinion is. I have been a 4786 user since the beginning but am hooked on 4627 fully now, and cd's were always my favorite wick, so I just started combining the two the other day and I am loving it so far, well so far, who knows as it burns down. (fingers crossed)

I started out stirring for two minutes.... would set the timer on my microwave. Then I got tired of stirring for so long so I stopped. Now I put the fragrance oil in and stir for probably 10 or 15 seconds. I will usually (but not always) stir again about half way through the cooling process before I pour. I haven't noticed any difference in the great throw from when I stirred for two full minutes and now stirring for 10-15 seconds.

Jo

Same here, I never saw the difference, i stir for about 10-15 seconds with a big whisk, never had an issue with oil settling etc, great hot throw and thats the way i did it for years, 10-15 seconds tops. Guess it matters on personal preference

We are well aware of what the ignore button does Angelique. I think you need to read what i said a few more times, I have confidence that you will figure it out. And next time you use the term, "actually", as if you are correcting someone, you may want to make sure you are correcting them and not responding by misunderstanding. Makes you look kind of, well, bless your heart..

Your a bored old guy, aint ya It appeared as if you thought he was simply deciding to ignore you, my apologies, carry on

The point of telling someone that they have been ignored is?? Are you trying to get in the last word like a child? Is it supposed to be a dig? Do you know what this means............ Erica, Bless you're heart! lol

Actually, ignore is a forum feature that means he can no longer see your posts.

I would only do drop ship with a very well established company that had a solid internet presence, mainly because you will be doing all of the work anyway, they would just be submitting a third party order.

I actually quit candles back in 04, and am restarting my business. I am doing something totally different now, so I am having my labels designed this time, and professionally printed, mainly because I have changed in style so much. I still love myownlabels though!

myownlabels.com used to be my go to for upscale labels. Look under food/craft on their site and you may find something that you love.

These are extremely gorgeous pillars, you are a true artisan, my hats off to you!

I am not sure why you would use container wax for tarts, when the throw in a firmer wax can easilly be acheived. It must be a pain to demold/pop out of clamshells, to each his own.

As a starting point in paraffin I would suggest IGI 4794, heavenly throw cold and hot.

I think anyone that carries French color dyes, such as Peaks Those are the most concentrated that Ive come across. They have great fragrances as well, especially the bakery types, but they have large FO minimums since they are a manufacturer. If you want to buy the primary dye colors in a large quantity directly from French Color, they are roughly 65$ per lb. with a one lb minimum per color. They will even send you samples directly, frenchcolor dot com They are great to work with also and have been around for a long time.

April H

Thank you again Candybee,for all of your suggestions, I greatly appreciate them! I will get a sample of that as well, I also just ordered 2 lbs of the glass glow palm wax to try, that you were talking about earlier. From the pictures, glass glow almost looks like the old mottling container paraffin wax, or am I way off base?

April H

Sliverofwax, those are good tips for working with CB, thank you! I did love that wax, and it was quite new when I was winding down my business, I was pretty much a 4786 user, although I love the no repour idea! I used to have a very large melter and sold it a long time ago, which I am REALLY kicking myself over now , time to save up again

Thank you Candybee for taking the time to give me all of that information, those are two waxes that I have never heard of and will definitely check out, I will buy a few samples to play around with. The idea of a super wax is intriguing!

Jason, I never added anything to the 4794 other then liquid dye and fragrance, and while it is a votive wax, it made an amazing pillar that filled a room with fragrance, I only had one formula which I don't mind sharing, I used to share it on TSR back in the day. 3 inch wide round mold with a cd 16 wick,(although experiment with the wick size depending on FO, etc) I kept them on the shorter side, never more then 6 inches tall, but it may work taller, I just never did. I believe I was using 1 oz of fo pp.back then and they are very "huggable" on top. I packaged them in a gift box with tissue paper because they were a bit scuff-able, if you've got some extra 4794 laying around, experiment and see if you like it, I think you will

Nice to see you again, Linda! I DO have a lot of catching up to do, so glad I found this place again!

April H

It's really going to depend 100% on your customer base. It's probably been 3 years since anyone has asked if my candles are soy or what kind of wax I use. They want scent. That's really all they care about. Thankfully, the soy craze didn't last long where I am and has been over for quite some time.

However, if you're in one of those unfortunate "green" areas where people make spectacles of themselves and their ridiculous carbon footprints, soy might be what they want. I'd give up candle making if I had to go back to soy. Try 4627 comfort blend for containers. You'll get your killer throw. I don't do pillars so can't help you there

I love hearing that people don't even ask you anymore, I am in Colorado now which is a pretty green state, but I am just going to stick with paraffin and see where it goes. I have used comfort blend, in fact I had originally bought it in Texas from Sissies before it was BCS, that stuff was like vaseline but burned like a dream. My only problem with it was that the tops of the candles were so soft, I worried about people finger poking

April H

Natures Garden has a big candle making manual if I remember correctly

April H