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I really like this scent a lot, at 9% in 6006 I got a very nice CT, but just a very average HT with HTP's. Got a slightly better HT in Joy Wax with CD wick after curing for 2 weeks.

Wick: medium booster wood wick Wax: ProBlend 400 (paraffin) Container: 8oz tin FO Load: 8% Cure: 1 week CT 6/10 HT 6/10 At 7% it wasn't one of the strongest I've tested recently, I'd probably go 9 or 10% next time, but it still had a slightly above average throw. Wasn't too crazy about it OOB but it turned out pretty nice in a candle.

Wick: medium booster wood wick Wax: ProBlend 400 (paraffin) Container: 8oz tin FO Load: 10% Cure: 1 week CT 8/10 HT 8/10 Definitely a nice version from NG, was a pretty solid performer too, nothing to write home about but it's still got some decent throw.

Wick: medium booster wood wick Wax: ProBlend 400 (paraffin) Container: 8oz tin FO Load: 10% Cure: 1 week CT 10/10 HT 10/10 I thought this scent smelled horrible, both OOB and in a candle. But..... DAMN....the HT was insane, literally from a 8oz tin I could smell it 3 rooms away.

Wick: medium booster wood wick Wax: ProBlend 400 (paraffin) Container: 8oz tin FO Load: 10% Cure: 1 week CT 8/10 HT 7/10 Wasn't too sure about this OOB, but once made into a candle it's quite nice! Not crazy strong but still worthy.

Wick: medium booster wood wick Wax: ProBlend 400 (paraffin) Container: 8oz tin FO Load: 10% Cure: 1 week CT 10/10 HT 10/10 This is one of those scents that throws like a mofo for me, and it's very nice too. Definitely recommend it.

Wick: Premier 760/765 Wax: IGI6006 Container: 8oz tin FO Load: 10% Cure: 2 week CT 8/10 HT 1/10 This is an amazing OOB scent, I love it, but it didn't throw worth a crap in 6006 for me.

Wick: medium booster wood wick Wax: ProBlend 400 (paraffin) Container: 8oz tin FO Load: 10% Cure: 1 week CT 8/10 HT 2/10 I really like the OOB smell of this, but HT was poor for me.

Wick: medium booster wood wick Wax: ProBlend 400 (paraffin) Container: 8oz tin FO Load: 10% Cure: 2 weeks CT 5/10 HT 2/10 Such a lovely scent, but it's so light it's not good for candles (at least wasn't for me anyway).

Wick: medium booster wood wick Wax: ProBlend 400 (paraffin) Container: 8oz tin FO Load: 10% Cure: 1 week CT 8/10 HT 8/10 Pretty decent performance, not super strong but still a nice presence in paraffin.

I had to leave the FB groups and stop watching certain people on YT, it really got me going for a bit with a certain wax thinking I was missing something, but after reading some pro's wisdom on here I realized I was on the right path all along. Best one I saw lately was 'put extra fragrance oil on the top of your candles so that people can smell them better before buying'. Sounds like a fire to me lol.

Sometimes it's better to not understand everything, as long as what you're doing is at a satisfactory level to yourself. I'm a perfectionist so nothing will ever be good enough that I do, I'm always trying harder for the sake of it. That's probably why I'm such a good husband

I will do exactly that and see how it goes Thanks!

I'm just gonna accept the fact that 6006 does not like me, but I will try another batch from a different vendor just to rule out the possibility of a couple bad slabs before I give up with it

For my HT tests I used a small bathroom, and a medium sized office, with the doors open and closed. I don't test in my candle making room because I can't smell anything at all when there's a billion candles and fragrance oils laying around lol. The only time I can smell something is when there's a large wooden wick involved, and even then it doesn't run me out of the room. I've only ever had one candle do that with a regular wick, Pineapple Upside Down Cake from NG. God, that scent was nasty, but I could literally smell it the other side of the house after 24 hours of cure. I have tried so far :- 464, Problend-400, 4630, 6006, Joy Wax, cheap nasty stuff from Hobby Lobby, and palm wax. I've learned a lot about their burn characteristics, but still nothing makes me go OMG THIS IS AMAZING lol. And yes, I've had some pretty crap luck with scents but unfortunately I have to use very specific ones as it's part of my business, so I'm not like most people where they can just ditch a scent and move on if it doesn't perform well, I am stuck trying to get these to work. I'm not under any illusion that every scent can be made to throw well, it really sucks, but I have to try literally everything I can before giving up! Thanks for responding, I've read a lot of your posts over time I mainly use Candlescience, Flaming Candle, Indigo, and some Nature's Garden thrown in. Mostly the scents are of plants and greenery, oceany type stuff, and random weird stuff like novelty. My latest ones that I have tested from Flaming Candle were really week HT but lovely CT, Cactus Blossom, Green Clover Aloe, and Bamboo Type. The Sea Salt & Orchid from Candlescience I really enjoy too, but again I haven't had much luck with a good HT. I have almost complete sets on hand of Eco, CD, HTP, Premier, LX, and some Zinc left. Cure time I usually test after a couple days but some I've left for a couple weeks or a month with not much difference. For the 8oz Jelly Jar I've tried a range of smaller HTP's, Premier, Eco, and selection of wooden wicks. Wood performs good but no matter how small I use it still smokes after just a couple of hours. I will give the Problend 600 a shot, I've noticed Flaming Candle don't have any of the main IGI waxes in stock I'm wondering if they've got some beef going on or they're just taking a while to restock. I need to try some of their tart wax too. And yeah, after I sat and tested literally everything I could think of that he does in his videos I couldn't help but wonder if there's something I'm missing because so many other people in the FB groups claim to be using the same stuff, so that really threw me lol. I should have just plucked up the courage to post here a long time ago and get some pointers, but I find that I would rather go through all the failing myself so that I can say I've 'been there done that' rather than say 'oh it didn't work for x person' and take that as gospel Thanks for replying Forrest, I've read a lot of your posts! I tried the whole 'lower temp' adding FO that the 'internet' and FB groups swear by but I had ZERO luck with that. My process is heat the wax to about 190 just to get it open nicely, add FO around 180-185, give it a good stir for a couple mins, then depending on the container is when I pour. I do it hot for the jars because I preheat those to avoid adhesion issues and let it all cool down slower together, in a tin I'll just wait till around 150 and it has a nice top with no sinkholes. I did read your 6006 tests, that was very interesting, however my results were different to yours as I used a decent load of FO and dye. Like for example the first couple of burns with the zinc's would go nice, but after that they would smoke and mushroom in the tins. I thought to myself, well, must just be too big, but wasn't the case, anything smaller than a 44 would never reach FMP. That's also interesting you say about the cure time, I'm not as well versed as you with 6006, but I was under the impression that because it's 70% paraffin it wouldn't 'need' longer than a couple days, yet alone a matter of weeks!. I have tried a couple I've left alone for a few weeks and it has made no difference to me. I'll probably give up on this wax if Wick's Unlimited's tests don't come back with something decent (I'm about to send them a package to get them to help me). I just read your review of his candle, and I totally believe your experience! It blows my mind that he apparently sells so many of them and is looked up to like some kind of candle guru. Sure, he does post a lot of videos, but after reading some of the veterans posts on here he is apparently just a magician. I was about to do a triple wick 4" candle so I will give that a shot with HTP73's and some SW vanilla and see how that goes! I've been meaning to try the CBL-125 for a while now just haven't gotten around to it, I'll probably do an order soon.

After testing as many wicks as I have, it's definitely magic of internet videos. I would be shocked to see a candle burn for more than a hour or 2 with how he wicks them. I just see so many people in the groups saying how they use the same setup as him I feel like I've lost my marbles and I'm missing something? It would be different if I could just wick the damn stuff nicely but the no HT thing is really baffling me.

I have made over 100 candles with IGI6006 testing literally every wick in 8oz tins and 8oz jelly jars, and none of them are consistent I just don't get it. Example, I watch Jeff Standley's video's on 6006 as he loves it so much and I just don't understand why my results are so different. I've made candles following his video to a 't' with the exact same scents and wicks and jars, and it's still crap, barely any hot throw. and I've got no idea how he uses a HTP104 in a 8oz jelly jar without it getting so hot, and on top of that I can't even get a 104 to burn longer than a couple hours without smoking. I've also tried the wooden wicks he uses, the medium lonestar wood wicks in that jar and again after a couple hours it's smoking and need s a trim already. Also the same results in the 8oz tins, he uses the large size and again it has a big flame that you can't control properly without literally babysitting it and trimming it perfectly before it burns good for another couple hours. I've also noticed he doesn't trim his wood to 1/8 of an inch so I don't know how people can burn his candles without trimming first as it would just be a huge smoking flame. I know that wick testing is not a quick and painless process, I've been doing it for months now, but I also don't understand why my 6006 doesn't have this 'beast' hot throw like I keep hearing about. I've tried heating it to different temperatures, adding the FO anywhere from 185 to 165, different FO load from 7% all the way to 12%, and it's still rubbish. And on top of that I've still not found a wick that doesn't mushroom in this wax, by the 2nd or 3rd burn it's inevitable. The Zinc's burned good til about the 3rd burn (still crap HT) but again mushroomed, the only way I got it to 'mostly' stop doing that was to drastically drop the FO load but then it has literally no HT. I've spent hundreds of dollars just testing this specific wax the past few months and I've gotten nowhere with it, if anyone has any pointers I'd really appreciate it. At the moment I've been quite enjoying a blend of Problend-400 and Soy but I'm getting a bit tired of complicating things by mixing waxes. TLDR:- Can't find a wick to work with 6006 properly and HT is practically non-existent.