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    GL FO's

    snow replied to snow's topic in Fragrance Discussion

    I use the 70/30 and I'd love to try the fireplace, I see BC also has fireplace. Does anyone know if they are similar? I need something from BC and hate to order from the two places. But, on the other hand, I can find more to order from GL, OH NO!!!
  2. snow
    I was having that problem with J50 also. Coming away from the jar and all kinds of air and wet spots, horrible looking candles, but great scent throw. I finally got so fed up I switched to GL 70/30. I put the two together and get a better looking candle with great throw. Wonder what happened!
  3. snow
    I always put a dash of cinnamon on my hot choc. mugs topped with whipped wax, no problem here!
  4. snow
    Thanks guys! I did it in red. But me I thought of snow, white. But I love the snow. But the red won out!
  5. snow
    What color do you all think of for Christmas Memories? I can't decide! HELP ME.....Please....TIA
  6. snow
    bumping this for some wick suggestions. I am using the Eco's, but I think I could be getting a better hot throw.
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    Does anyone have any opinions of these oils? They are a bit higher priced, but are they worth it? TIA
  8. snow
    I just started making these for Xmas and everyone just loves them! My questions is to those of you who make a lot of these, whats a good amount to mix up at one time to cure. Like if you make 4oz of beads, how much FO do you add? And is 4oz a good amount to start with? They are just to cute and I love making them. TIA
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    Tia, I want to try some CD wicks, I was thinking 6-10 (size) would that about cover it? I use 4oz, 8oz & 16oz jars. What size are you using? I use a straight sided salsa jar. Thanks for helping! Dee
  10. snow
    I looked at that rose piller on e-bay several times, but they said it was kinda hard to get out of the mold, did you find that to be true? I haven't worked with molds all that much. But I love that mold! Great job!
  11. snow
    Ry...what wicks do you use with this wax? Just curious, I am presently using ECO's but I've tried Zinc and CD's also. Whats your fav?
  12. snow
    Mothers Day and Easter was good, I made some easter eggs in nice pastel colors and for Mothers day I did some candle gift baskets. HAH
  13. snow
    I need a good pine, Xmas tree scent. Is BCN's good? They sent me a sample of Nutty Taffy Apple and I love it, so I was going to order some, but I need Pine and I had MSC b4. Anyone know?
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    Yes, I have a case from this batch and I did notice a difference. I had a few wet spots, which I had none with the other batch. But not bad....I was using J50 and the wet spots were horrible for me. And I do get a tiny bit of a sink hole by the wick and noticed a little bit of shrinkage also. I tried the sticky stuff and didn't see much of a difference. I e mailed them and they told me to add 1oz pp of wax of my J50 to it. So I have 2 candles cooling right now that I tried the J50 with. I only used sticky stuff once, so I am going to give it another try. HTH But I did like the first batch better.
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    Tell me if this is right....3# wax and 3% mico would be 48oz of wax, 1.44oz of mico. subtract 1.44 from 48 = 46.56 wax and 1.44 mico. Is this correct? Maybe? Maybe the light is coming on
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    Thanks all, but I'm not so concerned about the FO, I pretty much have that down. Heres an example of what I'm trying to figure. Making canes....add 3%mico to 1# of wax. Comes out to be .5oz mico (1/2oz) Right so far? So if I use 3# of wax do I add 1 1/2 oz of mico? And still use 3#'s wax? Or subtract the 1 1/2 mico from the 3#, or is it 1 1/2oz at all? Thats what I'm trying to learn. Hope I'm explaining this right. But that light just hasn't come on in my head yet. Old age, maybe!
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    I always use 1oz or more in my candles, but what I'm not getting is...if a recipe calls for just say 2% of a certain additive in 1# of wax. So you would take 16 x .02= .32 but how much is that? Is that grams? The answer is what I'm not understanding, I guess.
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    Doesnt' someone know the answer to this question? I'm sure a lot of us would like to know or maybe I'm the only math idiot here, could be! I know I was doing it wrong, but don't know how to do it right! HELP
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    I dont have that but I sure would like to have it also! I posted a question here how to do the math and no one answered yet. The %'s confuse me and I'd like to know how to figure it out. So if you know maybe you could help me? TIA
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    I think its a good idea, and if you make halloween ornies too. I'm going to check the stores.
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    I was reading all the advice to newbies, and I still consider myself a newbie. Still learning something everyday. So what is a simple way to figure out percentage? I am not good with math and probably not alone, so when a formula says add 1% to your wax, what is the formula? And is 1% fo to 1#wax 5%? I think a lot of newbies need to understand this, but I can't explain it, I'm sure many of you can tho. So please help us out! TIA
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    What type of wax are you using? Wet spots are a real pain in the butt...I switched waxes and tested all over again just to minimize them . I was using J50 and switched to GL 70/30. But I have only been making candles for 2 yrs and am no pro..by far! I'm learning everyday and going insane everyday! So welcome to the world of insanity and have fun!
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    Violet, I pm'd you and thanks...Dee
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    Is there an additive that makes wax more white? Like doing pine cones...I'd like the wax to be whiter and I don't have any white dye. TIA
  25. snow
    I don't know about the fo, but I used J50 for a year and just recently switched to GL70/30, because the wet spots in the J50 was just awful no matter what I did. But I always used 1oz pp and the scent throw was awesome. I liked that about that wax and it burned good but they were ugly candles, lol....I tried everything too.
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