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  1. Thank you for sending those links, really helpful! I'll dig into "commercial co venturer" more. thank you again!
  2. thank you for taking your time and sharing your input and experience!
  3. Thank you for this! i'll definitely look into the non-profit/fundraising regulations in CA, didn't even know about this. Thank you.
  4. Hi all,I have searched the forum and couldn't find any resources/postings regarding this topic.So if you guys can share your opinions, point of views or any advice, that would be greatly appreciated.At the end of the month, my friend and I will be launching our beeswax candle business. A portion of our sales will be consistently donated to a local non profit organization that offers access to quality medical & mental health services in our community. Our candles will hopefully help shine a light & bring knowledge on these programs for the under resourced communities.With that being said, we were recently approached by local shop to do a collaboration. This shop will carry our candles (wholesale) but also want to collaborate on a custom candle of their own, with their logo up front, and our logo/company information in the back of the candle vessel. They will also pick out the vessel/jar of their choice, FO, custom labels. We will be in charge of making the candles, testing, etc. They will also honor the donation aspect of our business.They want an initial order of 60 units, they will no doubt have a budget for this project so that number might change. We will charge them (at cost) of the vessels, FO, & amount of wax that will be needed. Also will be charging them labor costs. That's about it. Are we missing anything else? We have our own costs; wholesale, retail for the our own beeswax only candle lineup already locked and figured out. But since this is a custom order with different vessels, ingredients that we don't use, I'm having a difficulty in figuring out how much to quote them? The cost of goods will be passed directly to them. Is labor the only thing we should charge, and not mark anything up?This ended up being lengthy, thank you so much for your time.
  5. struggling again with these beeswax pillars.Does anyone know what might be causing this? The air bubbles/texture issues on the sides of the pillar. Here's some background info:•aluminum pillar molds are cleaned, preheated at around 150 F/ 65 C and remain inside an oven until wax is ready to be poured.•100% natural/pure beeswax is poured into the aluminum molds at a temp of 155 F / 68 C, with an ambient room temperature of 65-70 F / 18-21 C.• after pouring, the pillars are placed back in the oven(still at 130F to 150) for half hour. Then the oven is turned off and allowed to slowly cool. Usually the candles are left in there over night.The oven step has definitely helped in the concave, sink hole in the base issue I mentioned on here. But now these [air bubbles?]/mini craters are showing up on the sides.any help or suggestion would be greatly appreciated. I can't think of any other variable that would cause this issue.
  6. Thank you for that advice! Do you ever get 2nd pour rings even if it's just quick fill? Noticed that when my friend and I have tried to do a 2nd pour to fill sink holes, there's a slight variation in color/tone of the wax at the bottom. Definitely a lighter shade compared to the 98% of the candle. Thanks again!
  7. Does anyone who has experience with beeswax and aluminum molds have any tips or suggestions with this problem?The bottom of the pillar forms a concave which seem to keep occurring even after prior steps to avoid it have been taken. I understand that wax contracts when it cools down, especially if it's a rapid cool down(from what I've observed). We were getting cracks, and sinkholes before but have managed to fix those issues.info/steps taken to try and remedy this problem so far: what else are we forgetting or haven't tried?•aluminum pillar molds are wrapped with aluminum foil, preheated at 200 F/ 93 C and remain inside an oven until wax is ready to be poured.•100% natural/pure beeswax is poured into the aluminum molds at a temp of 155 F / 68 C, with an ambient room temperature of 65-70 F / 18-21 C.•after pour, a cardbox box is placed over the molds to slow the cooling process even more.Any tips, suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all for your time!
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