michaelzee

On 2/16/2018 at 5:59 PM, Venetti said:

•I’ve recently been testing wicks as much as I possible can (when I have the time.)

I’ve noticed that my flames flicker almost 100% of the time. I figured it was the wick, so I’d move onto another wick to test. 

I did more research and came upon something I had read years ago. I really never saw this as a problem for myself and always blamed the wick/wax/FO. 

 

“Any water in the wax will cause the flame to flicker uncontrollably.”

 

I wasn’t getting water in my wax, and I was always so SO very careful to make sure of that.  I was melting some wax the other day and noticed how much my pot steams from the hot plate and exactly where that steam was going. Straight up and onto the handle of my stirrer, onto my pouring pitcher rim and thermometer handle, and dripping right down into my melted wax. (Common sense should’ve told me this, but it was the last thing on my mind.)

 

So I've recently learned about presto pots. 

They look and sound like the answer to many of my issues. (Not to mention they’re $25.)

 

Here are my questions about

            the presto pots :

 

 

••Do you own the presto pot or the presto pot with a spigot?

••if you do have the spigot, is it a necessity?

••Did you purchase the pot and build the spigot in yourself or buy the presto pot with the spigot already on it?

••If you don’t own a presto pot, what do you use that effectively works wonders while making your candles?

 

thanks everyone for all of your input. 

Always Greatly appreciated!

I do own a Presto Pot.

I do have a spigot and I do find it to be a necessity.

I purchased the pot online with the spigot already installed.

On 11/1/2017 at 9:41 AM, Barbara AL said:

I like The Flaming Candle’s Problend 600 great Parasoy 

I've been using Problend 600 for about 2 years now and really like it. I used to be a 6006 user, but thought there was something better out there - and there was.

I'm constantly testing wicks, but can't seem to find the "perfect match" for an 8 oz. Candle Science mason jar. Any suggestions? Currently using a CD-12.