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  1. I would add a few more blueberries, and then put some crumblies over the top. The crumbles make all the difference to me It's very easy to make crumbles, and some suppliers sell them also. DanaE
  2. I use CD6's in my OK6228 votives, and LX 12's in my 4045H votives. I love my low smoke zincs in my pillars, but not so much in the votives. I do find that a 36-24-24 works good in 4794 votive wax though. DanaE
  3. I agree. I use OK6228 and it makes wonderful grubbies. I tried it with another wax one time, a votive wax I believe, and it looked rather.....strange. Any pillar wax would work though. DanaE
  4. Some people change from soy because it doesn't always throw every scent. Soy can be picky and there's a lot of testing to be done to find scents that'll throw in each soy wax. As for the 'bunch of numbers' - that's the wax's name. It's called 4045H, just like there's J223, and J50, and OK6228, etc. etc.. Most waxes are designated with numbers, not names. DanaE
  5. I've never had a scent that didn't throw in the 4045H, so I'd say you won't have a problem. If it'll throw in soy, it'll throw in the 4045H. DanaE
  6. Normally I use a mix of J50 and OK6228. Right now I'm trying to finish off about 12 lbs of Comfort Blend, so I'm using it instead. It has an AWESOME scent throw. I'm seriously happy with this blend. Of course, once I run out I'll go back to my J50. DanaE
  7. I've used many cases of the 4045H and can't imagine using anything else. I use 3 tablespoons of stearic per lb of wax, plus a small amount of vybar 343 and it holds about 1 oz of FO pp of wax. You can look in the gallery under my user name to see the various mottled and rustic pillars I've made with this wax. It mottles beautifully everytime. For wicks I use low smoke 19s, but I think Fern said she uses an LX28 and a 62Z works too. (oh, and a 1/0 square braid), so there's a few different wicks to try out. DanaE
  8. I've mixed many of the waxes together, mostly for fun. I add soy wax to my pillar wax occasionally to give it a creamier, more opaque look. I mix various waxes together just to see what happens. I can see a chandler doing this, if they worked hard enough to find some formula that burned better, longer and had a stronger scent throw, but I just can't imagine the amount of time it'd take to do all that testing. I use about 10 ounces of soy flakes (container) to 3 lbs 6 oz of pillar wax when I was a creamier pillar. It has the good side effect of eliminating fingernailing. I also mix pillar wax and a parasoy blend to use for the icing on my cinnamon buns. It's a cool thing to do when you get bored and have about 25 different waxes in your basement (like I do!). I can't resist buying 10 lbs of every darn wax on the market and then mixing them together. I don't sell those, of course, but they're fun to make and burn for myself. DanaE
  9. Okay, one question here. Two people in this thread have mentioned that they buy OK6228 from Candlewic. I used to buy it from them but then it disappeared. Is it still on their website somewhere and I'm an idiot? I only use 6228 and 4045H, and recently had to start buying the OK6228 from another supplier because I couldn't find it on Candlewic's site. As for service? I buy a ton of my stuff from them. I ordered 9 molds, wick pins and stearic a few days back. Got a shipping confirmation on Monday and got the package on Tuesday. I've occasionally had little things go wrong, but I've had little things go wrong from virtually every supplier, and if you buy from them long enough, eventually they're accidentally going to leave something out, or something is going to get damaged. After 6 years of candlemaking, virtually every supplier I buy from has made an 'oops', but if they fix it immediately I don't even think about it anymore. Just my .02 DanaE
  10. The cinnamon bun and icing look great! I agree that the pecans could be a little lighter, but you can use this one to test burn your wicks, and then use lighter pecans on the ones you sell. (I can never decide how dark to make my pecans- they come out a different color every time!) DanaE
  11. I just received an order for 15 of the 3x3, and 5 of the 3x6's. I have to say that's a first for me, as everyone always bought the 3x6, and this is my first order of the 3x3's. DanaE
  12. If I was going to make candles whose purpose was to pour on someone, I'd pick a very low meltpoint soy wax. At least that wax melts around 90-100 degrees, versus the 145 mp you were using. I can't see that I'd ever make a product like that, but I'm just saying if..... DanaE
  13. Cut 'N Carve candles are a true art, and I don't think you'll master it by Christmas. Bruce makes gorgeous cut 'n carve (or curl) candles and you'll see some of them in the gallery. It does involve dipping the candle in various colored waxes, and you have to have the correct wax to do it. I'd suggest you go with some basic pillars or basic containers, test them with a few different sized wicks to see what burns best and just do that. Or even better, make votives and tie something pretty around them. They don't need as much testing and you can usually hit upon the correct wick within 3 tries Tarts might even be a better idea. Make some tarts, include a tart warmer and some tea lights and you're ready to go. You'd still have to test a few waxes and a bunch of scents, but at least you wouldn't have the wicking problem to work with.... DanaE
  14. I can't imagine the need for cornstarch! Maybe someone used it and it worked, but I've found that whipping regular votive and pillar wax is a breeze and I don't need to add anything to it (just did it yesterday to make 4 pies and had no problems). DanaE
  15. I whack mine in the basement on cement walls. I actually enjoy doing that . I don't have to do it with OK6228 wax, but I do with most other waxes (the mottling waxes and 4794 especially). DanaE
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