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I don't know where you're located, but Melissa @ soycandle was pretty helpful with my wax sample.

Personally, I'd go for something a little more unique. The font looks similar to a candle in the 7-11 I frequent. I live in OK, too. PM me if you want to know what I mean. JMO, though. :smiley2:

Those are absolutely beautiful! They remind me of some pics of an astronaut's view of the earth's atmosphere (from spacecraft). How it, and the Earth are a lighter blue with white, then the darkness of space.

I think the original question was this.. Then, wove on... I'm going to take a stab at this b/c I like votives... I think you may have a difficult time finding the ideal glass votive container to use as a mold for a votive that would fit most votive containers. Hmmm... long sentence. IMO, you will most likely be better off buying the metal votive molds for a 2 oz. votive. That is, than using a glass votive container for a mold.IMO, here's why... Just digging around in my votive testing containers, I grab three straight sided ones. One is a footed Libbey, a Crisa, and one that mysteriously has showed up some time ago. All three have different diameter openings. Their diameters look the same at first glance. The Crisa is the only one of the three without a lip thingy (a lip would disallow a votive to pop out if used as a mold). But, it has a larger diameter opening than the other two. So, a votive made from that one won't fit in the other two votive glasses. On a side note, I think the terms, pins & tabs were used interchangeably here.

Congratulations on your first candle! Now all your candle spending money will be candle supply money, plus some. BTW, hemp wicks have been discussed a bit, and some of those threads can be brought up with the search function. 'hemp wicks' Happy burning! :smiley2:

Welcome! Here's some manufacturer's suggestions... http://www.ngiwax.com/UsingEcoSoya/CBTips.php Happy pouring!

It looks like a rather innocent cup of lemon meringue, with a wick on top.

Totally agree, too.

Your state's Department of Revenue should have the information regarding your business needs. A lot of info could be easily available on their website. Each state has their own specific requirements. Fees can even differ in counties of the same state. HTH some. :smiley2:

I totally agree with Geek about friends. There are work friends, and friends at work, but still gotta CYA. :smiley2: Since those same people are still going to want something... I had a sorta similar situation with people wanting candles. So, I whipped up a one page newsletter explaining why (a few summarized paragraphs) it takes time to make a quality candle, some terminology, and other stuff. It keeps them at bay for the most part these days. Hopefully. If I have a break-in with only candles missing, I'll know it wasn't enough. Sometimes I wonder about the psychology involved regarding people and candles. Eyes quickly light up! I'm rambling... my train stop is here...

A wick sample pack may help with correctly wicking. If the wicks come in small, med., and large, they could change or substitute the wick and still call it a large, or whatever. It will also give you a variety of wicks to see which one will burn best for the candle's combination of stuff.

I'd say slurp up some olive oil, take the money... what's a couple of missing H's anyway?

Unless I missed something, I don't think your wick issue will be resolved with only three sizes of wicks available. You may want to invest in some wick sample packs. Looks like Peak's carries some nice ones.

If the info I rec'd was correct, it is a parasoy.

I dig Purple Haze.... Oh, and your candles are very nice too!

I feel obligated to post b/c my name is involved. That is a very thoughtful gift, I esp. like the label's design. Very pretty.

You may have already seen this. http://www.candletech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23199&page=4 The addition of the states is helpful to see who to give my money to next.:smiley2:

I like votives. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds like a mini-container-poured-votive you have there (wick moving, etc.). IMO, I think it may be difficult for you to get advice b/c of the origin of the kit. If it's Yaley, I don't think they have a message board or some kind of extensive product support. If you use products from more well known/used suppliers, troubleshooting may be easier for you.

Hmmm.... it is a Presto. You may have just ended up with the Presto-iest Presto of the Prestos. :rolleyes2

You may want to try CSoylution's message board too. :smiley2:

To further elaborate a bit... soy wax tends to be closer to a 1:1 density ratio with water than paraffin. Paraffin has more volume than soy for the same given unit of weight. So if I took one pound of both types of waxes, and poured them into the same type of jar, the paraffin will fill more jar space than the soy.With wax volume entering the picture, Crowded may have only needed the 5.5 oz of wax to get a reasonable fill. Esp. if Crowded decided to whip the wax . Not that I think Crowded does that, but it would increase the fill volume of the jar. I hope this didn't further confuse the situation!

Just asked about the wax because soy waxes tend to be more dense than paraffins. Maybe if you were weighing some paraffin, but this isn't the case. Now the disclaimer: I haven't researched all of the popular waxes of both, so this isn't an absolute! There's probably an anomaly lurking out there. My scale enjoys a regular check-up. :smiley2:

BTW, what kind of wax?

I just used 6.7 oz b/c it was in a similar thread with the 8 oz. jj. In my last 8 oz. container (not a jj), I think I used 6.5 oz of wax. That didn't include tha' fo. This fig. was for demo purposes only. First thought that popped into my head for your scale... take it to the post office. Weigh same object on each scale. Someone here may drop in with a better idea.

To calc. for different fill levels... (all units will be in wt., not vol.) Take the total wax + fo of finished candle. (Don't include container.) Ex: 6.7 oz. Multiply that weight by the fo%. (Fo% is in decimal form.) Ex: 6.7 * 0.0625 = 0.4 oz. (wt. of fo) Then, take total weight (again) and subtract the fo oz. per candle. Ex: 6.7 - 0.4 = 6.3 oz. (wax wt. per candle) Since 16 oz are in 1 lb... 60 * 16 = 960 oz. Approx. # candles with 60 lbs... Ex: 960/6.3 = ~152