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    Green Leaf (again)

    in Vegetable Wax & Beeswax Candle Making

    Posted

    I've had good luck with the CBA1, but that is no longer available as you know. TIA

    Henry,

    I thought it was the CBA2 that was discontinued and the CBA1 was brought

    back on the market. The supplier I use carries the orginial CBA1. Actually I just called to see if that has changed but forgot she is closed on Saturdays.

    I'll have to check with her on Monday.:shocked2:

    Kathy

    GW 464 Test Results Thread

    in Vegetable Wax & Beeswax Candle Making

    Posted

    Hi Everyone,:wave:

    Last week I got 10# of the GW464 from Gateway. Chris called me today to see if I had a chance to test. After talkling to her and letting her know what the results were, I thought I better post my results because I need some help. Here is what I did..........

    I heated the wax to 180, added FO @ 170, stirred with wisk for a couple of

    minutes, stirred again right before pouring. Poured between 125 & 130.

    Covered with cardboard box to cool down and set up. Let cure for 3 days.

    I used three different jars.........(1) regular pint mason/FO 8% Coconut Lime

    from JBN. So far I've used CD18, got a really big shroom and not a full melt pool after 3hr burn. I was going to try the 20 but decided on trying ECO 14.

    About 2 hrs into burn had about 1/8 in melt pool with small shroom. After burning first time, tops set up with some craters but not that bad. I'm burning again right now and think I'm going to be able to wick down to a ECO 12.

    (2) WM pint mason/FO 8% Farmers Market/JBN. So far tried HTP1212 and its not doing the job. I didn't want to go up to the 1312, they scare me:eek:

    I thought I might try the 126, I believe somewhere I read that the 126 burned hotter.

    (3) 16oz Keepsake/FO 8% Apple & Clover/JBN. Tried WI-785 & WI-793.

    After 4hr. burn still had good amount of wax on sides of jar. Need to go

    up to 795 or try another type wick. Any suggestions? Maybe I can't single

    wick this jar.

    I really like how this wax sets up. Cold throw is really good with good hot throw. If anyone has any suggestions for wicking for any of these jars, I

    would greatly appreciate it. Wicking is my weakest point in all this testing,

    I get really discouraged :sad2: thinking I should just stick with the wickless and

    tarts. I did sneak in a wickless too and it smelled awesome.

    One other thing I wanted to mention, my candle tops are sweating. When I first burned them Saturday it was pretty warm in here, but today when I burned them again, tops were sweating again and it was much cooler in here today. Anyone else have this problem? Thanks for any advice.

    Kathy:)

    Question about Clamshells?

    in Vegetable Wax & Beeswax Candle Making

    Posted

    from a consumer side, I really don't like pure container wax for tarts. Having to scrape it out of my tart burner with a knife is a pain. With votive wax in there, you just pry it a bit and the whole thing just pops out. JMO

    I was wondering the same as Sab about using some kind of mold release for

    the clamshells or the mini muffin pans. I did a search for the muffin pans and

    I beleive someone did mention to use mold release but also a post about use

    of non stick muffin pans and tart just pops out. Wasn't sure about the clamshells. What I never thought about was what KFTS posted "from a consumer side". I have also just used my soy container wax leftovers in the

    foil muffin liners from BCN for my own personal use. So when I use my clamshells and or muffin pans, I'll be sure to use the votive/pillar blend for my tarts. Actually, I bought a sample of the Ecosoy blend months ago just for tarts and forgot all about it until now. Thanks!:)

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