Cats candles

Edit: This is my first post on these forums ever!

 

 

Hi, I have just started the craft and made about 25 or so pounds of GB 464. I do like what I am making, and I have been getting colors I like. I have been mainly sticking with the 2oz status, 12 oz status, and 21 oz status. 2 oz uses ECO 4 (although it's possibly a wee bit too large), and the other jars I've been using Eco 14 with good results. I have more frosting and wet spots than I like, but from what I've read, I need to embrace it or use solid color jars as I am always going to dye my candles, period.

 

I have been wanting to test out other high quality waxes but from what I can tell, C3 seems the only real alternative. I was going to check out CB 135 but all I have found on here is people saying they can't get good hot throw, and if so, no thanks. CB 135 only using American farmers was a selling point to me, but if people can't get a nice HT, then I'm buying a subpar product and passing it off to my customers.

 

I have seen advice to only use one type of wax, and that is great advice, but I do think I would like to try 2 and see which I like better after a 50lb case of each. I will eventually settle with one after reading a lot, hearing from seasoned chandlers, and after using up a lot of wax! I have a few questions.

 

1. Does the C3 work better in summer temperatures? I have read GB 464 as having issues shipping in warmer weather and may not be the best for an outside venue either. If the waxes are comparable, I could see this alone convincing me to stick with C3 if it's better in heat.

 

2. I am using ECO, do any of you prefer CD wicks? If so, why?

 

3. Are CD the same size as ECO, as in, is CD 4 equal to ECO 4?

 

4. Have any of you tried wood wicks in these? If so, yay or nay?

 

5. I have noticed sometimes people saying you need a two week cure. My first candle, red hot cinnamon from candle science has a CRAZY hot throw. Craaaaaazy, at 9% FO load and a little UV inhib, and I only let it cure a day. Have you tested a candle at 24 hours and got light HT, and then tested one that cured two weeks and its an extreme difference?

 

 

Hi,

Im quite new to testing c3 and I have not yet mastered wicking , I will give you my views (not sure they will be right)

I am not too keen on eco wicks, I have never managed to get them to work properly, I always find them too big or too small and sometimes they have curled right over into the melt pool,  I prefer cd wicks but again I ve not mastered them just yet in c3.

 

I dont think the same size eco wicks relate to same size cd,  the eco wicks burn very hot to me and I think an eco 4 is more like a cd 8 or 10 .

 

I have found the longer I leave my candles the stronger they smell but I have also read that you need to leave them for 2 weeks to give an accurate wick test , you need to allow the wax to fully harden before you test.

 

Hope this might be of some help to you.

 

Good morning ,

I found an old c3 candle that I had made that I half burned , it was made with 6% re apple butter caramel, I put in an premier 760 burned good for a couple of hours and then these little glowing balls start to appear , any ideas ? Many thanks

Thank you so much for all this wonderful information . I'm going to make up cd8,10, htp93 and 2 premiers maybe a 760 and 765, I'm going to use 6% fragrance , cure for 2 weeks and will report back with pics on the burns (if that's ok) .

Hi kandlekrazy,

Thank you for reply . Please can I ask why do you twist the htp wicks ? Also do you temper the c3 wax?

Many thanks

Hi old glory ,

Thanks for your reply .

I do have some premiers , unfortunately I don't think I can get all sizes of premiers as I am in the uk and the only place I can get them is flaming candle and I don't think they stock all sizes .

Would you have a starting point on what wick size to use in the 8oz ball jelly jar ? Many thanks

I have been testing from cd 6 and upwards . I think I need to start my testing off again , I will make up 3 jars with the cd8,10 and htp93 , will cure for 2 weeks and start testing again . I don't think I have tried the cd10 in this jar yet.

Do you temper the c3? I get lots of bubbles in the melt pool and have been reading about tempering , sorry one more question do your trim your wicks before each burn ? Many thanks for your time.

Hi,

Thanks so much for your reply .

The jar I am using is the 8oz ball quilted jelly jar , I think it is roughly 2 inches wide ?

I have been going with the c3 on and off for about a year now and no matter what I do I just can't get them to burn nice , scent throw is good but the burn doesn't look good . I burn from anything from 3 hours or a longer power burn , the burns start off good but the problems start at halfway point when I start getting a full melt pool , it seems that once I get a full melt pool that's when the mushrooming or these tiny little glowing balls appear all over the wick. I do use 6% of less with some oils .

Thank you

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone can offer some advise please .

I have been using c3 wax and small jars that have a diameter of roughly 58mm wide , I have been using 6% fragrance and the scent throw is good the problem I have is the wicking . I have been using cd wicks and trying to wick so that I do not have to trim the wicks . I have purchased other candles where they get no mushrooming and the wick does not need to be trimmed so I have tried making that my goal. The burns start off good but once the candles hits halfway (normally get a fm at that point) the wicks start to mushroom or get these tiny balls all over them . I'm not sure what I am doing wrong ?

Many thanks