raginabr

We finally got the thunderstorms last night and some cool weather today. I guess the kids have become too accustomed to the heat because my son was complaining he was cold. Now that it has cooled down for a day or so I am thinking about pouring again. Just got too hot even with the ac to even want to do anything.

I purchased some rub on decals from Hobby Lobby a while back. I put them on the candle and burned it just to see what would happen. I did put these on a standard size taper candle so the decals were very close to the flame. I caught one of them on fire by doing this. It put itself out when it reach the solid candle but I would not recommend these if you are going to sell. I also purchased some rub on decal paper from a decal paper place on line. When I contacted them about the safety of the product they stated the candle would be safe to burn "but like any candle needs to be done so under supervision." I could never get the decals that I printed out on this paper to look good so I gave up on them. Now the waterslide decal paper, I put on a candle and tried to catch it on fire. What I found with these was that the decal would sink into the melt pool and would not catch on fire. But the thing with the waterslide paper was that it did not melt or dissolve so as I burned the candle longer and longer, I ended up with more and more in the melt pool. I never did manage to catch it on fire though. HTH with the safety of these decals.

Mountain Pine is another one that gives a good Pine scent. My husband requested a scent that would smell like Colorado and didn't think Spruce Christmas tree would be what he wanted.

I have looked locally for the waterslide decal paper and have not been able to find it. I ordered some from a place in Florida, I believe. I had great success in putting the decal on a purchased candle for my daughter but I have not been able to get the decals to work on my candles. I finally gave up and decided to figure out how to do hurricanes. HTH

I am going to try and remember how to determine a melting point but it has been a long time since I was in chemistry. If I remember my chemistry lab correctly, we took a range for when the substance melted. We noted when we first saw the substance turn to a liquid and then when all of the subtance was melted. Ideally, it should only be a few degrees between first observation of melting and total melting. HTH