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Container wax is a personal preference. After doing lots of research and testing and buying lots of equipment and samples, you will find the brand and supplier you like best. It takes time and money. Try searching on this site a bit more and you may find some suggestions.

I use 4630 and typically use 1oz (by weight) of FO per Lb. I have had the best luck with WSP's fragrances in this wax and they offer lots of helpful tips and advice both on their site and customer service with this wax. A few scents that I have found to do very well in this wax are: WSP cinnabun, and hot apple pie, just to get you started...No Vybar needed. You can experiment with more or less FO to get the results you want. Good luck!

Very cute!!! Nice job! I made a few recently but haven't poured anything in them yet. I put one of those silly little battery operated tea lights in them just for fun and the jars look soooo cool with the light inside. I put homespun on mine too and haven't caught myself on fire yet, darn! Maybe if I just tie it a little closer to the open flame I can get a good torch going My warning labels say "be sure to put lots of debris onto the candle surface, leave burning and unattended for a minimum of 23 hours and always use your homespun as a fire-starter". Why don't I have more burn-victim complaints? Sorry, couldn't help myself. I'm feeling like a snot today... Everyone tries to help in their own way.

Thanks Comfortscents, I had tried the oven once before and ruined one of my gingerbread boy molds . Maybe they stayed in just a sminch too long. I am having the best luck with freezing, but still working on residual goop left behind....Wondering if anyone tried googone on theirs?

I have seen something that I think is just like these but they were heart shapes not flowers. To me, they were like the density of thin foam or cardboard, but they dissolve. Do you remember those candies that looked like foam flying saucers with candy beads in the middle? They looked like thin egg-carton foam but would dissolve and tasted like a communion wafer. Sorry if this is too vague and absolutely bizzarre....They were like that. I have been trying to find a recipe for these soaps for a long time. I assume the recipe would be much like those candy things but with a soap base added too. Possibly a starch combination. Ok , it's late and I probably sound like a lunatic....HTH

Cute! Cute! Cute!

Thanks for the reply, but these are candy-style embed trays and would most likely melt in boiling water. Still trying to get these suckers clean

If you mean you use those solid fragrance chips like you get at a craft store? Then YES, there is a huge difference. I used some of those fragrance chips about a decade ago when I made my first candles, and they gave off about as much fragrance as a frozen rock. Do some searching here in the older threads and you can get some helpful information about beginner candlemaking. HTH

Ok, I totally misunderstood your post. You wanted the color cream, not creamy appearance :embarasse Sorry... A combo of ivory and a touch of brown will make cream. I use a color chip called butterscotch combined with ivory and this gives a nice cream color. Depending on the type of cream you want, you may want to add a smidge of a pink or coral. Ok, chalk that one up to my mental moment of the day

The creamy appearance has a lot to do with the type of wax you have. If you use a really translucent wax it may be more difficult to get a creamy looking candle. Try experimenting with your colors. Try some liquid colors too, if you haven't already. Adding small ammounts of ivory and/or brown can add a little extra depth to your color.

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Very cute! Nice job! Just throwing my 2cents in...I sell my novelty shaped tarts at about $1.00 per oz.. Unless you're skimping a bit on the FO for these, I think you're undercharging. I guess with selling on E-bay you really need to be competitive with pricing, but I think the specialty shapes take a bit more time and effort and are worthy of a higher price. santa cool

Hello embed makers:wave: ! Just wondering if anyone has a preffered release method to use with plastic embed molds? I saw someone post recently that I believe used these kinds of molds and their finished product was pristine. Also, I have some that are older with a bit of build up. Trying to figure out if I can clean these up without damaging them or should I just pitch them out? Any suggestions are appreciated. Just a note of caution, don't try the heat gun on your plastic molds unless you like more of a Picasso look to your embedssanta emba Thanks!

You can do it any way you wish, although it would be potentially hazardous.. However, since you asked the opinion of experienced candlemakers the only response you could expect here is to purchase yourself some candlemaking wicks. They are relatively easy and inexpensive to find. Almost any local craft store carries at least some generic brand of wicks. Drilling a hole into a coin and dipping a string into wax is more work and expense than is necessary. Even if it is for your own use, consider the potential fire hazard you are creating for yourself. Good luck!

I use cello bags like some others here. They are the easiest solution. Just be sure to repackage every so often, after traveling for a few shows they can look a bit worn, and customers like them fresh and crisp. Cheapest I have found are at the local dollar stores in the party supply area (30 for $1.00)

Your snowballs are cute. I hand-make similar tarts but I also add a bit of white candle glitter to make them sparkley (just thought I'd throw that idea out at ya). Great job!

What the seller did was deceitful, but most likely you can not dispute it either. Personally, I would consider them damaged at the very least. If the smoke prevents you from useing the molds as intended, then she sold you a defective product. One of those "buyer beware" things. Hope you can work up a concotion to get the stench out. Sounds like there are some super ideas here. I would test them out a few more times and see if the odor lessens with each batch. Don't give up the battle Thanks for sharing too, now I know to ask EVERY TIME if it is a non-smoking home.

It depends on what properties are most important to you. I use 4630A, but not a whole lot of others do, so it can be difficult finding many suggestions when you use the "search" feature. When searching for help, also look under 1946, this was the old number for this wax. HTH

Beautiful!

Very cute! I also do my Blueberry Muffin the same way. It's hard to do the perfect blue color, the blueberry FO changes everything a wacky blue/green shade IMO. That's why I do the candle in tan with the blueberrys on top.

The ones at Pinecones and Podz.com are nice, it's a shame they're all sold out...

Dip a cotton swab in the FO's you would like to combine. Then, place all of those swabs into a glass jar overnight. Come back later and give them a sniff. This should give you a better idea of how the combination will smell. Mix it up! I have a really funky one that I mixed a while back. I can't even remember what FOs I combined. I was asking a friend the other night what I should call it, she said "call it wet paint, it stinks!" Thankgoodness for honesty!LOL! It does really stink, makes my eyes water. I will be throwing it out, unless some painters want to do a fundraiser:laugh2:

I have the fuel smell with almost anything citrus or mint. I don't rely on just my nose anymore, so I call on a few friends to sniff out for me too. Maybe give your Peppermint to a friend to get another opinion? Those are 2 tough scents. You could always do them wickless...

Beautiful! Do use a special kind of paint or regular acrylics?

I have toyed around with the pinecones a few times. Thanks for all of your helpful suggestions! About 2 years ago I went to an outdoor show where this guy was selling just wax dipped pine cones and handing out flyers that said he had a patent on them LOL! He was really obnoxious about sticking his pinecones in peoples faces too, I was going to buy one but he carried like a carnival barker and I just wanted to shove a pinecone up his nose!