MissGamble

Hey guys! Wanted to post my update as well. I finally burned my CS Frasier Fir today and it smells divine. I used 464 with a 10% fragrance load and let it cure for one week. It smelled great when mixing and then a bit more mild than I expected as far as the CT but then when lit the HT was excellent. It smells very fresh and pure. VERY pleased with how this performed and will be using it in my line. Worth noting I tried the CS Christmas tree (meh) and the CS Blue Spruce (great in bottle, weak CT, weak HT). Anywho, that's my experience. *happydance*

Noob here so plz be gentle. Super interested in in this scent bc I'm looking for a very true Pine scent. I've only tried CS oils so far....Blue Spruce and Pine Cones. I blended them @ 10% (max) oil in 464 soy @ 185 degrees and poured @ 135. The Blue Spruce smells great but isn't really giving me much hot throw (or cold throw). The Pine Cones has a great cold throw but I haven't burned it yet bc it's not the true pine tree smell I was looking for. I just want the room to smell like a Christmas tree. Idk how the fraiser fir will work for me although many of you seem to have high hopes for it, but it arrives tomorrow and I'll be blending Saturday so we shall see! If anyone has any other pure, strong pine tree smelling oils they could recommend id be very interested. Or if you have recommendations on how I've previously blended something incorrectly...all info welcome. Here is to Fraiser Fir working for all of us!

Thank you so much for the tips! Yeah I figured I would max out at the scent load because it would be stronger (seemed to make sense) but when I saw people talking about 4% and such I wondered if I was way over-doing it. The info about the 1 week cure time is helpful too. Thanks a ton!

Hi guys! I have some general questions for you guys as a newbie. Sorry if there are posts on these already (I'm sure there are) but I couldn't find anything during my initial search for answer. I just started making soy candles a few weeks ago. I'm making them to sell as part of the merchandising branch of a family business and need them to be professional (not smell totally synthetic or like like crap lol). Currently I am shopping exclusively at Candle Science and using their FO and their GB464 wax, pouring into the little tin containers. I am using the recommended wick size per container, per the type of soy wax I'm using (so I think I have that down okay) I'm using the following formula for basically each candle... 12% FO (max fo), a little bit of the dye chips for color, mixing FO @ 185 per recommendations from reviews on the website, and pouring around 150-160 per recommendations from reviews on the website. I have tried using glass thermometers but nothing other than digital has been able to work so far. Only the digital will record the heat fast enough so I know when it REACHES 185, not reads 185 but is really like 240!!! I should also note that I'm trying to create some custom scents by blending some EO in with the FO (i.e. Nag Champa with a little Tea Tree EO). So far I have had literally one candle that had a good hot and cold throw. That was with the CS Very Vanilla. I'm not sure if the EO is throwing it off or what, but I also poured a Driftwood CS FO candle that had no mixed in EO (100% driftwood FO) and that one had great cold throw but meh hot throw. I now know that it is not JUST the mixing of EO+FO that is where I'm going wrong.... On top of most candles not having a good HT (even though CT on most is great), I have some bizarre looking candle mid-burn. Once cooled, there is very little frosting (yay) and no sinkholes yet (more yay), but after I would burn a candle for a while to test HT and then blow it out, once cooled it looked very strange. The surface was kind of chunky (almost druzy like) and there were little cavities (sinkholes?) and almost like little creases pointing outwards from the wick. (I attached a picture to help!) Thanks for all the help!!!

Hey all! My name is Mallory and I'm brand new to the forum. I'm 28 from Phoenix AZ. I've JUST started making soy candles a few weeks ago. I purchased all supplies from CS and have made several "trial run" candles and clearly have a lot to learn. I'm making them for a business so I definitely want the results to be more professional. Getting married at the end of the year, no kids yet. I also work for my fiancée! Will be posting on threads soon!