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    Paraffin is £2 a kilo. Postage on 1 kilo is about £4. as soon as you hit 2kgs, the postage cost is £6 for any amount of wax from 2kgs to 25gs. Nat
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    going to try a CD20. The shrooms were tiny on those. but - the 18 did smoke a bit. Oh well - won't know if I don't try eh?
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    I found most Eco's far too large and mushroomy. I use RRD29.
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    Update: CD18 did nicely. Not quite to the edge on first or second burn but very good scent throw. but to be honest, I am using such nice oil, i'd get a nice scent throw if I used a bamboo skewer! So anyway. Next test was Hemp Super Large. Burns all the way to the edge on first burn, lovely scent throw, flame a little large but sorted with a quick trim of the wick. BUT. my god the shrooms are HUGE! I know it's not my wax/fo blend as RRD and CD didnt shroom at all.
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    just because an oil is knock-your-socks off strong out of the bottle - unfortunately that doesn't always mean that it'll throw well in wax. Crossing my fingers for you! I have found Candle Source oils to be very hit and miss. nat
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    why can't you just tell us all?
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    oh ok...but it wouldn't fit in the 2 inch moulds
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    Hi Lemon. I don't have a supplies website. I am a candle maker but buy in a lot of supplies, so offer them to other candlemakers in the UK. If you let me know what you want, I can see what I can do - but to be honest I would feel a little uncomfortable selling these items to you without having spoken to your mum first so she could listen to safety advice. Wax can cause serious injuries, and fragrance oil can damage your kitchen surfaces and plastics as well as the issues you could have with a candle you have made being unsafe. I would feel terrible if you injured yourself with supplies I had sold you. Natasha
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    ah ha! found you.
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    if you got the parma violet from Jo, then she bought that wholesale from me so I know for a fact that it's a strong, fabulous and top quality oil. You get this mottling when you pour too hot. Try pouring a candle much hotter than normal and see what you get.
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    talking of wax. someone emailed me for some paraffin but my inbox went haywire and I lost the email - I can't put email address to names on here so was hoping they'd email back - so if yer reading this and you asked me for some paraffin, get back to me - i fixed my email inbox now so I should get it. Nat
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    how much soy are you looking to order? I may be able to offer it to you at a better price and I also have discounted European shipping. Natasha
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    Unfortunately that's how wholesale works a lot of the time. All of my wholesale accounts have their stuff unlabelled for labelling themselves. I don't really care if my name is on it - I am certainly not going to turn down a £5,000 order just because they don't want my label on the packaging! Do you have insurance? If you don't have insurance you need to get it now if you want to wholesale to this guy. It won't be "out of your hands" once he gets your candles - any issues, faults or claims will come right back to you so you need to protect yourself.
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    i don't have any LX of appropriate size at the moment.
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    well done Chauntelle. Hope the wholesale thing works out for you - i get approached all the time at craft fairs about wholesaling - but not one of them ever ever got back to me.
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    CD 18 is doing a good job - didn't get quite to edge on first burn, but did on the second and scent throw is good. However, I put it in my bathroom, shut the door and left it on "power burn" for 5 hours - when I opened the door the room was misty, not quite smoke, but misty - and there was a big black soot streak up the tiles. Nice.
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    Update: CD16 way too small. even on 2nd burn there was still at least an inch all around. Now trying CD 18. Nat
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    yep sorry - standard paraffin. 70% cb125 and 30% standard paraffin container.
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    tried all the RRD range and still no joy. wax is un-dyed and no additives. Just 70% CB135 and 30% standard soy. Trying RRD55 again - still doesn't work no matter what oil. RRD 47 just doesn't cut it at all. Going to try hemps again as my CD wicks got mixed up and now I can't tell which roll is 12, 14 or 16. Doh! Nat
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    Giving up on Ecos - they suck for fragrance throw - the RRD did so much better. I don't really know eco wicks that well so think I'll leave them. I used CD wicks a lot a while back - but decided their scent throw wasn't that great but am going to give them a go in this tumbler. Then I'm going to go back to hemps and give them another go - even if i have to use the super large. So far, the eco got to the edge on second burn but scent throw was poor - the rrd got to the edge on 4th burn (just about) but scent throw was awesome.
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    if the bag was free then you've probably got a bag of scraps made up of container and pillar. That wax would probably only be good for tarts and melts.
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    I wouldn't try to wick it. the mouth is too small. if you use a wick large enough to cope with the width of the jar at it's widest, the heat at the top of the flame near the narrow opening will a) turn the mouth of the jar black with soot and possibly make the jar explode due to the excessive heat trapped inside. That's not a good container for candles. the left and middle ones are OK.
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