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Thank you @TallTayl! I trust your judgment. My gut told me I’ll be fine with 7 seconds apart but a small part of me was hesitant since I’m still fairly new to all of this so I wasn’t sure if 7 seconds was long enough to transition into a new lot of wax.

Adding onto this question, I buy from Flaming Candle (45lb boxes) and I don’t see a “lot number” either, just the date and time stamp. I order two boxes at a time and usually the date and time is almost identical, except off by 10-60 seconds… is it safe* to assume these two boxes (one time stamped at 11:20:15 and one stamped at 11:20:23, for example) are from the same batch? What are the chances that they’re different? if anyone has any advice on finding a batch or lot number for Flaming Candle boxes of Golden Brands GW 444 wax, please advise! thank you!

I never even considered that. Thanks for the heads up!

Thank you for letting me know. I’m new to this (a little less than 2 years) so the price change really shocked me. I guess I’ll stock* up now before they increase AGAIN after the holidays.

Wow! I’m right there with you. It would be too much to price them according to the cost to make + the time invested in creating them. Thanks for your feedback.

Yeah good call, but I never know when the wax is coming from the east coast or west. Seems like a gamble with CS. I guess my concern is, do you think these prices are permanent and will just keep climbing from here? Or do you think they’ll drop again after the holidays?

Bought GW 444 45 lb for $66 last December, then again this past May for $75….. today, it’s $90-98 for 45lbs everywhere I look?! (Not including shipping or taxes) Is this just because of the holidays? Or is this post-covid quarantine inflation? I can’t imagine charging an appropriate price for my candles to match this… it’s insane. Any suggestions? I’m in California. With shipping, I’m looking at $140-$160 for 45lbs…

Is this just a cosmetic issue or will it affect candle performance? I just noticed cracks at the bottom of my jar as well (444 wax). Debating on dipping the jar in a pot of boiling water, but not if the cracks won’t be dangerous/affect candle performance.

6% FO load with this wax. Scent throw is great, just been hard to find the perfect wick that will last (they throw nicely but drown/lean after ~1-2 hours). No pics unfortunately. I’m going to give it one more try. Which wick do you think is best for triple wicking a 4.7” jar?

Yes! They don’t grow any carbon head or anything, they trim themselves too small almost? I don’t have any CDN wicks. Is there anything comparable to that? I might just give up on this wax altogether.

I cured initially for 2 weeks, and about ~24 hours before each wick test.

Oh I must’ve mis-read the initial response! I never worry about flashpoint since I never have seeping or anything. But I do think my wick was way too big and burning off too much oil the first burn. The glass temp was way too hot!! Thanks for the info.

I believe that’s exactly what it was! Thanks so much I’ve been re-doing all of my formulas.

Totally! But that’s actually really helpful, thank you!!

I’m new here so not sure how to edit (or delete) my original post, but I found a recent thread stating that one should know within 30 minutes of lighting the candle if the hot throw is good enough 🙂