Katcameback

Hiyas! I I have been a member for awhile I think, but kinda forgot I was until I got an email today saying to stop in and say hi, so HI!! *waves frantically* I have been making parrafin scented candles for about 10 years, and started making soap last fall, so that is my new passion! This is the Lavender soap i made a few days ago

No Problem. I have never tried it, but am thinking about getting a small one. Hopefully one day I'll have my own shop so I can do all this great stuff. Right now I only get a few orders, nothing worth melting more than 1 pound of wax at a time for, lol.

What about a heat lamp?

Thank you for the info. I am finding this mystery to be very intriguing. Hmmmm....wonder if the puzzle will ever be solved?

Thanks for that link!

I just wanted to add this. I did poke relief holes about every half hour. The first pour was at about 175* and trhen each pour after was about 5 degrees hotter. I poked 3 relief holes around each wick hole. I'm wondering too if it is from cooling too fast. All i did to cool it was let it sit on the counter. Maybe next time I will try putting a box over it.

I am using 4625 Complete Pillar wax. I have made quite a few pillars, and never seen this before, but this was my first 3 wick. I have seen a couple of times in my votives, where I mix the wax usually 75% 4625 and 25% 4786. I will do a search for fingernailing, thank you. I din't know what to call it, lol. I showed it to my cousin last week when she came over, and she loved it, so she bought off me, lol. I told her to make sure she lets me know how it burns.

I made my first 3 wick, and it turned out gorgeous! But....about a week after it sitting on the counter, it started to develop these stange white areas throughout. I have noticed that some of my votives do the same, only sometimes. What causes this and how do I prevent it?

I have been using an old counter top deep fryer and a metal pouring pot. I just keep water in the deep fryer and turn it on to the temp i want my wax to be, then let the pouring pot with wax sit on top. I bought my hubby a turkey fryer for Xmas, and he has already informed me that I'm not allowed to touch it for my candles, lol.

*looks down at feet* ermm...I think I have been guilty of that a time or two myself *blush*

$24 ?!?!? Wow! I also notice it says NOT to burn for more than 2 -3 hours...wonder why that would be. I would guess that if the rose petals aren't too close to the wick, they wouldn't burn because the wax would melt and they would be wet....I'm only guessing though.

Lmao! Welll...if you are referring to my hubby, then the answer is yes. But otherwise, I think the original Bigfoot is from B.C./Washington. Trust me, with the amount of snow we have gotten this year, you would get tired of it very quickly. The snow is literally as high as my back fence. I haven't seen this much snow since I was a kid. And we are expecgted to get another dumping tonight.

Oh! I thought maybe there was wick I was missing out on that we didn't have to trim!! lol.

I had bought both of those trays a couple of years ago, and never used them for anything. I think I bought them at the grocery store. Do you think I can find them again?? No way!! And I live in the middle NoWhere, Saskatchewan, so I don't even have a Linens N Things cry: Not that my hubby minds, lol.

Don't you trim the wick? I thought that was just a standard thing to do with Pillars.

Ok thanks. You know...I thought of that after I posted this, lol "1 inch per width" DUH! But, I never realized about the secod burn, so thank you. I'm glad I asked.

I actually have some I call Mini melts. I use a silicone ice cube tray where they are heart shaped or shaped like flowers. They are about 1 inch in diameter.

Hwat is the optimum time for a 3 inch pillar to reach the proper meltpool for pariffin? I'm wondering if I should be using a larger wick, but I don't want it to be melting over the sides either.

maybe they smaller versions of tarts?

Ok thanks!

I had someone ask me the other day if I can make candles shaped like 6 or 8 sidd dice? THey want these for a wedding. Has anyone seen such a thing? I am not sure why someone would want that, but whatever, lol.

Thank you very much for the tips! I would definitely love to make a few for family and friends. The one supplier I get my candle supplies from sometimes puts in a bar of soap with my order. The first time it was orange balencia...my husband scoffed it. The second time I was at my my mom's when I opened the box, and my 43 y/o brother was there, and I had gotten a bar of Lavendar soap...he took it! Lol. So I thought it would be nice just to give it a go and see what I can come up with. Yo mentione using cocoa for colouring.....I guess I would need to use something different than what I use for candles, because that contains wax, right? I do have some liquid dye that I had bought when I first started making candles, and set it aside, can that be used for soaps? I can't wait til payday so I can get some supplies! WHEEE!

Thank you for the links! So you think that Melt and Pour is best to start out with? I hear about using lye, and having to wear goggles and gloves, I also have a 2 year old, so is this maybe something I should hold off on until he's older? I make candles, and sometimes he gets into my finished candles, but I do keep him away from my area while I am in the process of making candles and setting them up.

Hey all. I am interested in learning how to make soap, and I will admit, I know NOTHING about it, lol. I am wondering if there are some good tutorials and what kind of products/supplies do I need? Is there a best kind of soap to start out with? Sorry for all the newbie questions, I am just interested in learning.

The second one I made turned out awesome! I heated the mold in the oven at about 180*F, and I poured the wax at about 180*F. This time I didn't use the wick pins, but I did have a bit of seepage of wax from where I had the wicks in the holes, I gues the clay I was using wasn't good enough, lol. So I just kept topping it up with the wax from the pour pot. I know, not a good idea, but it worked, lol.