Crazy Fox

On 12/9/2019 at 12:51 PM, CandlesGalore said:

I also use C3 in my candles and just recently I found that prewaxed wicks make a huge difference

Thank you a lot. I did wickectomy with prewaxed eco12 and its really a big difference🤯.

I admire your knowledge, thanks for sharing the information.

16 hours ago, TallTayl said:

I guess FO retailers make their money on FO volume sold, so if their customers need to use 12% and up to get throw

This is terrible, but in this cycle some earn big money. And to be honest, I also began to increase % fo🙄 and this fact I do not like, so I continue to experiment.

I live in Europe and after a short investigation I could not find 415 or midwest. I'll see if there are options for another naked soy. But there are several options for rapeseed wax. Do you have experience adding rapeseed in c3 or c1? Is it as soft as coconut?

16 hours ago, TallTayl said:

Likewise the removal of phthalates due to consumer misunderstanding has thrown a wrench in things. 

You want to say that FO with phthalates work better?

13 hours ago, TallTayl said:

I would do a wickectomy on the C3 from eco10 to eco12 and see if your performance is better. 
 

if you really want to use coconut, drop that to maybe 5 or 10% tops. coconut oil (and coconut waxes) destabilize soy. That easily explains the big melt pool.

 

one thing that made soy waxes like C3 perform better in my tins was diluting it with a “naked” soy like 415 or midwest soy. Sometimes the pre-blends like c1, C3, 444, etc. have too much additive.

Thanks so much for the advice🙏. I will continue my experiment. Can you tell, please, where you find information on  additives in waxes. I want to learn about c3, 464 and kerax

 congratulations now you are very skilled person💪. I hope you will sell everything next time 😉. Now I feel like you. I can not choose the size of the wick for 2 oz tins (diameter 6,2 mm). Before that, I did a lot of tests for glass jars and I found good option. I was sure that I could use the same size in tins🙄But it was my biggest mistake 😫.

So I have (cured time 2 months):

1. c3 100%, wedo eco 10 wick. It is veeery small, after 2h burning melt pool was less 48 mm. 

2. c3 80%+coconut 20%, wedo eco 12. It is veeery big. After 1h burning, tins was melted and the smell of burnt, not FO.

I know that I should try pure C3, but I don't have time now😭. What do you think about eco 12 in this tins with c3 (without coco)? Can it be so big different with 20% coconut? If someone have experience with TCR wick with c3 in tins?

And eco 12 was not pre-waxed. Is it some differences with waxed wicks?

Hi!

Sorry, I'm not sure I chose the right topic for this question, but do you have suppliers from Europe on your list? I saw  "suppliers from India" and I hope to find the same for Europe. 

Is there any discussion on the forum about FO from european suppliers
or experience ordering from USA to Europe?