sugarysweet95

Hi I just noticed the excellent prices on the candle source's web site and they seem to ship abroad, so i was wanderin what their fragrances are like? Any ones to miss and any must haves? I don't like bakey / food ones at all though. Thanks

I had the same problem w paragraphs after the board came back up. I found if i altered the type of text box in the user control profile it worked. If you go the private messages and at the side theres a link to edit options. Towards the bottom is the type of text box u can use. If you select the basic editor it should give you your paragraphs. It worked for me anyway! LOL

Is this just with soy candles? Or do their oils need cure time in paraffin as well? I'm thinking of placing an order, I don't like bakery / buttery ones (not even a lil bit) but what other ones would you recommend? Thanks

Hi Thanks for the suggestions, im testing a tea light in our lil bathroom now, better go check on it!! LOL!!! Thanks

Hi everyone. I hope someone can help. I've kinda asked this question before, but didn't quite get the answers i wanted, so am trying again and rephrasing it, hopefully making it clearer! Anyway basically i want to compare lots of my FOs and basically decide how much i like them and how strong they are. If their too weak, or i don't like them, i won't get them again and so won't bother testing them! Anyway after some suggestions from an earlier post, i decided to melt a small amount of wax, enough to make 1 votive and two tea lights. Thats about 100g of straight paraffin wax, so it's easy for me to work out the percentages etc with it. Anyway i'm not tryin any additives and usin 6% FO (6g). So basically my question (after all this wittering on!!!) is what sort of hot throw should i get from my votive and tea lights? I'm not too bothered about cold throw, but what constitutes a good hot throw and a bad hot throw with 1 votive and 2 tea lights? And would you burn the three together to get it combined, or do one at a time? My room is quite a small room, but would you expect the whole house to smell with those lil candles? Any input would be great as i really need to dwindle down the number of FOs i'm actually gonna properly use, and so if it's too weak (unless it is truly scrummy), it goes!!!! Thanks in advance

Though some of my best scents have been cheap!!! LOL! There's loads of great threads, particularly in the Fragrance discussion, about the best places to buy FO! I've tried daystar, candle science and snowtop and they have been great. Nature's garden are supposed to be great too, but i'm still waiting for my order with them (silly me chose the cheapest but longest shipping option!!!!!). Oh and a lot of supplies often mean if you buy more you get it for less. So if you buy 1oz it's say $3, but if you buy 4oz it's say $10, so thats technically $2.50 an ounce. Hope that helps

Hmmm, hopefully they can ship USPS surface mail!!! LOL Anyway I can email them and see, but am curious what people think of the scents first, if their worth trying out? Thanks

What are their oild like? If their good, may see if they ship to the UK and give em try, hmmm, not that i really need more FOs to test, but well..... LOL!!!

Thanks - a lot of posts make sense now!!!!! Lol!!!!

Erm, had a look, but can't find it, what does ISO stand for? I can't for the life of me figure it out!!!

Seem to be having the opposite problem, as my pillars burn fine at first, but then start smoking / flickering on later burns.

Hi, thanks for all your help btw cyber six, sos keep on asking qs, just want to make sure i'm completely sure whats happening!!! I think i get now what you're getting at. The candle didn't smoke when it was first lit (and neither did the rest - sorry, should have mentioned that) seems to be a problem that comes up half way thru the candle. The mould i'm testing now is about 1 1/2 inches at the top. But i'm very confused because it happens too with my other moulds, which are the same thickness all the way down. They burn fine at first, then after a few burns, start smoking, but leave a bit of a hollow - not too much of one, about 1/2 inch round. Anyway hope this makes it all clearer. Thanks again

Hmmm, but surely a smaller wick would cause even more tunneling? And yes, i always pre-wick my moulds. I've tried lx16, 18 and 20 on this mould and it's a good 5 inches in diameter in the middle, surely any will just tunnel? And do you know why it is smoking, but not giving a very good melt pool?

Wick down if it's tunneling? I thought i should wick up if it tunnels, and usually i would, but it's smoking The flame is quite high yes and it flickers and smokes, until i blow it out, re-trim the wick and then it's fine if i re-light it straight away!!!!! All very strange!!!!

I have the same problem with a pyramid, this one now is a 3d pentagon type shape, but i've also had the same problem with my ordinary square and round moulds too! I don't have this problem with my smaller diameter candles, just the larger diameter ones!!! I just don't understan why it's smoking, the melt pool is not very good, so one would think i would need to wick up, and there's no draught (my votives also burning r fine) and no FO!!!!! Seems very strange to me, oh and there's no bits of debris in the candle either!!!!!!!

Hi everyone. I've searched the archives but can't really find an answer to my specific question, so i'm hoping you can help. Basically i've been having trouble wicking a few odd shaped candles. I use straight paraffin and LX wicks to make pillars. What's been happening is in my tester candles (with no FO and very little dye - so it can't be that) they seem to start smoking whenever i light them. If i then blow the candle out, after aout half an hour, and trim the wick again and re-light them straight away, they're fine!!! I of course trim the wick (to 1/4 inch) before i burn them and it's happening with both the smaller wicks and the larger ones, so i can't even try wicking up/down as i'm not getting a full melt pool anyway!!! So does anyone have any idea on why the candle's are smoking? Thanks

Hmmm, my wicks are being very strange. When i first set the wick alight, this shaped candle smokes a lot, so after a while (when it's still smoking) i blow the candle out, trim the wick and re-light it straight away. Then it burns fine til the next time i use it!!!! It's very strange because i of course trim the wick each time before i re-light it. Maybe all this cold weather is throwing it out? Or does anyone understand what the problem may be?

Ok thanks. Also wandering if you burn one of the candles at once? Or say burn several at a time? What sort of cold/ hot throw do you look for? Also do you let your candles cure for a bit before you burn them? Sorry for all the questions, just want to decide how i should test the FOs and then get on and test them!!!!

Hi everyone, hope you can help me out. I've gone a bit crazy lately and bought loads of new FOs!!! Anyway i basically want to test the FOs and see how i like them and how strong they are and whether to buy in larger quantities, rather than wcking etc for selling. I want to try to test how much i like them quickly, so i can start testing etc for selling and buy more of a few!!! So was wandering how you all test out new fragrances in paraffin candles - i thought about making a couple of votives but not sure if i should expect a strong throw from a single votive! Also do you start in general with the 1oz / pound of FO? Thanks

Thanks, i'll give the flat braid a try. I've avoided using it as different places seem to have different names for the sizing so i wouldn't have the consistency i'd have with lx. Oh well Thanks

Lol, yeah i have that problem too, so that's why i've not yet risked trying the pens on the candles!!!

I've ordered from pourette and found them great! I live in the UK and so customer service has to be good for me to get through to them about shipping etc. Pourette quoted me a great shipping price for surface mail and the items i got from them (moulds and dye mainly) were great! Not to mention i got it in about 2 weeks, so i think they didn't send it surface after all! What are their fragrances like though? Any recommendations for when i next need some dye?? Would def recommend tho!!!!1

Never tried them (they're in my cupboard waiting to be used!), but i know you can get pens that write on candles. That might be even easier and you put what ever you want on! Not sure where you can get them in the US but you can get some in the UK at http://www.fullmoons-cauldron.co.uk/candledecorating.htm Hope that helps

Hi, i hope someone can help me! I've been testing some more complex shaped pillars, like a very fat based pyramid and a 3D type pentagon shape. I've tried to use the size wick for the centre bit of the pillar. Anyway i've tried a range of LX wicks above and below the stated wick, but i've not had very good results. I've had smoking wicks but a small melt pool causing a hollow. I've also had bad mushrooming on some of them too. I use LX wicks for my other pillars and found them to be very good for those. Anyway i was just wandering if people find that flatbraid wick is better than LX? Or is flat braid not as good as LX wick? Is there any other wicks i could try? Anyway what sort of wick do people use in pillars, it's just straight paraffin i'm using. Thanks in advance.

But surely a wick like lx should be ok. They're a series of wicks by one company!!They're all supposed to be made in the same place (or at least to the same system) so i wouldn't think they would vary at all!!! I can understand different sorts of wicks, that meet a certain size but different companies produce them, but not for the wedo LXs!!!