yasmin809

I use 464. I buy awesome Apple Pie, Clean Cotton, and Cactus & Sea Salt from Aztec. All three have great cold and hot throws. Plus I think they have a special on one oz bottles.

Thank you, I think I'll check them out. I noticed they have a great variety of FO.

Hello Yasmin,

 

If you do a search here for :  favorite fragrance in whatever scent you looking for and put it in the search box, you will come up with tons and tons and tons of answers.  I'm not trying to skip your question but you will be amazed at what you will find.

 

You need to put in what brand soy you have also as that will narrow down your search.  If you don't mind me asking, are you just starting out in candles and learning as you came to right board to do that.

 

There is also a sticky at the top of the fragrance area of all great suppliers.

 

I use for my main suppliers Candle Science, then there is Aztec, Rustic Escentuals, Indiana candle supply, Tennessee Candle, Community Candle and many many more.

 

Trappeur

Yes thank you, I figured there was a way to find this info but I think I was typing it wrong. I been making candles exactly since a year ago, I finally found the right combination of wax, wick, and jar that works for me, I use (EL) soy wax. I am now testing different fragrances oils and want to come up with a line of candles to sell. 

Hello everyone, I'd like to order some 1oz samples, I'm looking for fragances that have a strong throw in soy wax. I'm looking for a good coconut, apple pie, clean cotton or clean type, and ocean type scents. I'd like to know what are your thoughts on where I can find these scents.

Thanks.

I have a couple of candle cocoon scents they all work great specially vanilla voodoo, melon-fig-apricot, brewed jasmine and strawberry. I find adding .5 to a pound works well for me. The only scent I'm having problems so far is raspberry cordial it's not as strong when burning like the others, maybe I need to add more scent.

Hello Yasmin,

 

Are you double wicking these jelly jars with 2 cd5's?

 

I was wondering what your findings were being that you are trying out a new wax (the EL).  Are you not happy with the cb advanced?

 

Trappeur

Hi,

No, I am not double wicking these jars I'm testing the same wick (cd5's) on two different jars. I do like the cb advanced but it can be picky with some FOs. I would like to mix the cb advanced and the (El) together but I haven't been able to do that yet.

I think yasmine you are talking apples to oranges.  For straight soy a full melt pool in an hour is not bad the problem would be in your melt pool was the 1/2 deep in hour that would be a problem. Soy and paraffin burn two different ways. Soy burn down and paraffin burns out. Soy you are looking at how deep your melt pool is not how wide.  

Yes, I think I got a little mixed up let me put my thoughts together... Ok, I been doing a lot of research and I came across this article that stated "for every inch in diameter that a candle measures, it should take about 1 hour to burn”.  basically, what Im understanding from this quote is that, the jelly jars   I was using for testing with a 2” diameter should reach a full melt pool by  2 hours of burning. Since, I was getting a full melt- pool within an hour, I felt that my candles weren’t burning properly; even though  I had good HT, little to no mushrooming, and jar was not excessively hot. I want to mark this test as a success, but Im second guessing myself, maybe someone with more knowledge can help me cleared up all this confusion.

I don't even know what to say. A melt pool that reaches the sides in an hour in a jar that is 5 inches tall will not be safe at the bottom.

What you choose to do with the advice you have been given is certainly your choice. Good luck to you.

I am new to candle making as well and I been testing for the past 4 months, I think I may finally found the right wick but, I get a full melt pool with in a hour. I am testing on jelly jars 8 And 12 oz with a 2-3/8 Inch diameter. For the test batch I use CD10, CD8, CD6 and CD5 and make 2 jars for each wick. So far, CD5 burn the best of all; jars not too hot, wick doesn't mushroom as much, and hot throw is good. I'm using Eco soya cb advanced with no dye or additives, but I am going to try testing with EL 100% soy Container wax. Any tips on what kinds of wicks might work better with ecosoya cb advanced or EL container wax? I love making candle and I really want this to work out, any suggestions are greatly appreciated thanks in advanced.