Kshaler

Started making test candles on the scents yesterday I am going to give them a few days to cure I will say that out of the bottle the WSP scents smell more like wine than the others but as expected they all smell alittle different in wax. I have about 10 more test scents to pour  but I cant test them all at once (LOL I have Testers waiting to help ) I will keep you all posted . right now I am working with 464 Soy something about wine candles just screams put it in soy.

Thank You

Kimberly

T/hey use crofters choice which in my opinion are not the strongest but If I dont like them I will try the other next time Thank you Night Light ! I will keep you all posted

Well I went with WSP just because they have way more and they are 2 oz bottles keep you all posted !

Thank you Sarah S and Laura C let you all know what I get

Thank You Trappeur I will look into Flamming as well !

Wow This is from WSP they have good reviews 

Thank You glasllyn I will check that out ! i ordered the black cherry Merlot from CS and the Chardonnay will let you all know how it goes , Will be choosing one of the other distributors and picking some I will say that natures garden has the biggest selection I have seen so far at least 10 different wine scents I am not familliar with their oils and how they preform maybe I will glance at the review section see if they are in there ! 

Thank You Sarah S I will check them out I know I bought something from them before

CandleRush  I was looking at that one they have a Chardonnay as well my friend bought the oil but has not put it in wax yet she said it smells great out of the bottle !  Thank You!

Thank You Soshiegirl I will keep that in mind

Hello Everyone its been awhile ! I am looking for a supplier who does a variety of wine scents all my usual suppliers have one or two but I would like to not have to get them for a million different places  My Usual's are

Candle science, Bulk Apothacary, Aztec,  I have ordered from many others but to many to list any suggestions would be appreciated (I have hooked up with a wine tasting group and we want candles   most likley going to put them in 464 golden soy ! PS. if this is in the wrong topic let me know the site has changed a bit sense I have been on !

Thank You

Kimberly

Thank You 

Hello 

Its been a long time but I am dabbling again Last night I poured 4630 paraffin candles in cinnamon apple and I used new color chips that were not as colorful as my old ones so I got light red instead of the dark red I was used to If I do a re pour will it effect the scent throw and if so can I just add a tad more fragrance  I poured it a 12%

Thank You for any thoughts

Kim

28 minutes ago, Trappeur said:

Kshaler......am I reading this correct that you are using essential oils?  and not fragrance oils?  If so, may I ask you why?  I know nothing about essential oils except what I have read here in this forum saying that using essential oils are:  1.  Very very expensive   2.  They burn up the scent very quickly  3.  Problems with finding the correct wick.

 

I see you are using 464 which I use.  Those 2 fragrance (essential oils) lavender and lemon grass I find are very easy to apply and blend in 464 no problem....I've done it before.  They are beautiful oils (using fragrance oils).  I know you could do a candle using a fragrance oil and not essential oils to produce a luscious candle. 

 

Now I don't use lx wicks....so can't give a suggestion for you in that 22oz jar as I use cd's.  In that style apothecary jar in using an 8oz jar I can get by with a cd 20 depending on the fragrance oil I use.  Sometimes it struggles.  What finally works best for me using 464 in that jar is 2 cd 5's and works beautiful.  You have a shoulder on that jar so if you use 2 wicks just make sure you put those wicks a little closer together.  If that was my jar I would be testing 2 cd 5's and 2 cd 4's side by side to test or go with a cd 20 or maybe a cd 18.

 

There are tons here of this forum who use 464 and you can get I'm sure all different suggestions so I would go with what others may make for a suggestion and at least try....

 

From looking at  your picture my first thought was you poured too fast at too low a temperature, but then you are using essential oils too.

Sometimes my candles will get that look if I do that, but as the candle cools all that cottage cheese tops will harden.  Now looking at the sides of the jar, sometimes if that happens to me, I wait till it is done cooling and those splotches always disappear...that is my thought.....We all have opinions and from my experience, that is what happens to me.

 

Keep us informed!  We all learn from one another and each others mistakes.  I know I do.  But at least you have some starting points.  Know what I mean?

 

Trappeur

Hi Yes Essential oils I do do candles with fragrance oil also but this has come about from people asking me to do it ! It was going very well till this happened ! when I use my regular oil that I got from BA Or BB they turn out awesome nice smooth tops and awesome scent ! I will be dumping these as I cant see fit to someone having it be a fire hazard because they diluted with some unknown carrier ! Again I thank all of you you guys are so helpful when I have had and Issue

5 minutes ago, TallTayl said:

If the oils are not blended into the wax it is a fire ball waiting to happen. Chalk it up to learning. At this point it is an inexpensive lesson at only $21. Think of the expense if it caused injury or property damage. 

 

when subbing ANY new oil do test on small candles first. They are definitely not all equal. 

I will and going to order from my regular supplier they will just have to wait !

Again Thank you guys so much !

3 hours ago, bfroberts said:

When I first started making candles, I thought I'd make a rosewood EO soy candle.  Admittedly I didn't measure and just dumped what I thought was a good amount of EO into the wax.  Also admittedly, I didn't know about the differences in quality of EO's.  The oil didn't mix well with my wax and the end result looked kinda curdled, a bit like your candle.  I wasn't concerned with the appearance...thought it looked nicely rustic...LOL.  I lit it, and within seconds the whole top of the candle was on fire.  Volatile stuff.  Pretty sure I singed some hair with that one. 

I'm not saying that's what you've got going on, but if you light it, you might want to take precautions, just in case.

Ya I was wondering about that I actually burned one of the smaller ones today that did not look so bad but I watched it very carefully it smell awsome but I watched a bunch of bubbles rise that I suspect it had oil in I wont be selling those !

Thank You so much !

4 hours ago, Trappeur said:

I would be really concerned with the amount of wicks you have in that candle.  They look pretty big in size and in my opinion you definitely shouldn't be using 3 wicks...maybe 2....maybe.   What size are they and what is the diameter of that candle?   Have you done 1 wick?   I do a lot of huge containers and I don't use 3 wicks till the container is 6" and up.

 

Trappeur

That is a 22oz candle I started doing3 winks in my 16 oz and up because if I dont they did not burn properly there is probably some sort of gage for that but seems to work for me i use LX18 in my soy candles and the zink equivalent in parrifin it works for me wha t would you suggest in a 22oz soy candle I would be willing to give it a try only been doing this for about a year and a half so I am still a newbie sort of

10 hours ago, TallTayl said:

oil

Yea I think you might have it there ! There was one on the lemongrass side that was an oil from a co one of the aroma therapists here was promoting and they are small bet it was that was it  darn it what a waste

Wow if i press my finger on top of it i comes back oily 

31 minutes ago, GoldieMN said:

Just wave a heat gun or hair dryer across the top until the top wax melts.  It will fill in and smooth out as it cools.  If you see holes developing as you heat the top of the wax, then you should poke a skewer or something similar in those holes as there are cavities inside the candle.  I'm talking from experience.   Hopefully, you have a little wax left that you can melt and then pour over the top to fill in the cavities as well as the holes that are left from the skewer.

Goldie  

I did that this is after  the heat gun part !

YES I ran out of oil had to run to the local natural food store but  did not expect this I also used a small scale that is more precise and it seemed like all the bottles were short could it be the scale and I way over did the oils ? What if I remelt and repour ? Poking the craters does not sound like a product I can sell

G464 and essential oils at 7% lavender and lemongrass

I made these candles before but not this big can I fix it ! Looks like mashed potatoes 21 dol in e-oil in theese candles please help me

Also Lebermuth I can't afford that much to try something and Bulk a has specialty scents you don't find on  Lebermuth maybe B A mixes them and sells them I don't know but I need my dupes hope this helps !

I use Bulk A allot and for the most part I love them had one issue where the wicks lifted when I would pour the wax and one time the the midnight vanilla leaked alittle during shipping ! For the most part their oils are awesome ! I use them because their shipping is less than CS or Aztec which are my other favs I bought my last 50lb 4630 with no issues with in almost used it all already ! I know MARY  the one you get when you ask tech questions by name on email you cant ask the chat they know nothing they will tell you everything is 3 % use in skin NOT ! Cucumber melon is .6 but you have to ask mary

Just my o2 and I am still an newbie we are about a year into our adventure now  

I will order some PB thank you all for your suggestions !  @Moonstar @Chariste  you guys Rock