Billie

They are really saying the same thing. Over 130 melt points such as pillars and votives-103. Melt points under 130 as in containers-260. Container soy should be under 130. Are you confusing melt point with heating temperature maybe? Not to make things more confusing but I don't add vybar to my soy, only when I work with paraffin. Others may know something different about adding vybar to soy. HTH

Maybe trace top of jar on cardboard, poke a hole in center for wick and lightly tape after pouring?

Would probably be easier to tape your skewers. LOL Don't know what I was thinking.

I found this on a search for getting a red. Since I'm pretty new this is the best I can do until someone with experience comes along. I'm finding nothing has a simple answer with candlemaking.

1. When it comes to red I think I have figured it out! I use J223 and if you want a bright bold red here's my recipe, for three pounds of wax I use 14 drops of red to 3 drops of orange...yup you read that right. The orange takes the pink out of the red and makes it a fire engine red. HTH

2.I don’t know what wax you're using, but a mix of red and brown works for me. I use scarlet color block and brown diamond chip. I usually go about half and half, but more scarlet will give you a brighter red, more brown darker.

3. Someone on here told me to try cinnamon red chips, I use 1 1/2 chips per #, if I want to get a darker red for my baked apple FO I put approximately 1/8 gram black with it. I love this because it is so simple and I can get a consistent color. I use soy/j223. HTH

4. I use liquid dyes and I add 1 drop of yellow for eachpound of wax. It helps get the pink out.

5.I use a red block from Candlewic, and a little burgundy color block. I use 50/50 soy/J223.

So beautiful and so talented. More pics please......

He majored in electrical engineering, computers and math. Sometimes he talks in binary. I don't know what he's talking about half the time, but we've gotten along great for 37 years now.

My husband loves math so this is what he added.

Percent is some portion of stuff divided by the total amount of stuff. In this case, if you think of percent as the smaller FO part divided by the total amount you have

1/(1+W)=.09 where

1. the one on top is the one oz of FO
   
2. the (1+W) on bottom is the total amount or the one oz of FO plus the amount of wax. We don't know the amount of wax yet so we call it W.
   
3. and the .09 is 9% as a decimal.

When you solve all this junk for W you get 10.11, which is the amount of wax. So as not to bore you to death, I won't explain the "solve all this junk" part. Just use the formula below which is the general case for any amounts and percents you want.

W = (FO - (FO * P) ) / P where

1. W is the oz's of wax you need
   
2. FO is the oz's of fragrance oil
   
3. and P is the percent as a decimal

In this case we would have

W = (1 - (1 * .09)) / .09

W = (1 - .09) / .09

W = .91 / .09

W = 10.1111...

For one more example if you had 2 oz's of FO and you wanted a 7% solution you would have

W = (FO - (FO * P) ) / P

W = (2 - (2 * .07) / .07

W = (2 - .14) / .07

W = 1.86 / .07

W = 26.57 oz's of wax.

"everyone has a crack,some have a hole down the middle"

LOL So sorry, I couldn't resist anymore. :D

You might get more responses in the classifieds.

Cybersix, I won't be any help but am having the same problem. Have heated mold and poured at 200, uncovered, covered with towel, nothing works. I get feathering at top and bottom edge but only lines for most of the candle. Using nuscents feathering palm. Palm stearic helped release the candle but no feathering design. :undecided

What a lovely surprise. Cute jars

I love the pillar but wanted to say what a great red.

I think these are the same but they do not have a pouring spout. You would have to dip it out. HTH

I bought my 28 quart masterbuilt for $89 at k-mart.

Love it. Works like every one says.

Those are beautiful.. Another Hoosier here, but just starting to play with candles. Nubie talent.... professional bills.

Thanks Bruce.

I was wanting to try the melts too. I'll be doing it in a big way now. Big nubie mistake.

Hi, I have a whole case of the 4045EP coming. Can I still get this to mottle and do rustics or am I out of luck? If not, what can I make with this wax?

Thanks, Billie

That is beautiful!! I too would like to know how you did the votive.

In the notes I have

1/2 oz pp=3%

1 oz pp=6%

1 1/2 oz pp=9%

Hope this is right. newbie here:wave:

Your work is always beautiful. Love your albums.

The digital thermometer that you can set the time on and have it beep can be found at WalMart for about fourteen dollars. It's called PYREX accessories. I use floral wire and wrap around the top of probe, leave enough length to form a "U" and wrap around a clothespin. I clip the clothespin to the pot or container and can bend the wire to easily adjust the probe to fit any depth container. Hope that made sense.

Newbie here, can't stop laughing. My kind of humor.

Sorry, but I cannot figure out how to see your slides either. I see several folks are getting the same "inaccessible" message.

Everytime I click on the link it takes me to Yahoo, same the file I want is inaccessible, and asked me to login. I even created a Yahoo account and logged in (I am stubborn that way), but I still got the same result.

Billie