deehovey

The description says "hand made wood lids", so looks like someone is making them.

Made some revisions per suggestions here: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhcfdppr_94hkdht

You are very welcome to use it and modify it any way you would like. Let me know if you need an e-mail of the original Word file. Google documents still has a few kinks to work out.

I've just started making container candles and have really only poured a few times. I still testing jars and wax and wicks and I'm becoming inundated with paper!! I found a candle test sheet on the internet but the way it is set up is basically one sheet per candle. So, if I make up a 1 pound of batch of wax, and pour it into 4-6 different jars with different wicks then I have 4-6 pages of notes. It's a little cumbersome and time consuming and I find myself not filling it out completely. So, I've come up with a new form that has the info on the batch at the top and then a place for notes and info on each different container/wick combo that I pour from that batch. Am I missing anything? Anything you would change? This is intended to be printed as a two sided sheet, so most batches would be one page. If needed additional copies of page two could be added. http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhcfdppr_8g4tz8t Thanks!

I actually got those ideas from a home-made wine bottling website. They of course don't have to deal with heat, but I thought it might be a good starting point. I didn't take offense, and some of those suggestions do sound kinda funny, but I think they might be a very simple solution to your problem. I understand the idea of having something in your head that you want to try, and even though people tell you there are easier ways to do it you still want to try the idea in you head. I like the idea of kind of a rough edged paper sack label, so I see where you are coming from and don't know that you could get that look with pre-cut labels. You might be able to hand tear craft label sheets and get the rough look you are going for, if you do decide that pasting on your own is not the way to go.

What's funny? They were serious suggestions. Not all at the same time, but serious nonetheless.

Some things you might try: Milk glue sticks flour and water (paper mache paste) diluted wallpaper paste

They do have the flat rate on orders under $25 if you don't have surplus on it. If it is over $25 then they have extremely high shipping. If you are only buying FO's or molds, or some other things that they have sister sites for then you can qualify for some of their free shipping deals, but if you try to use them as a one stop shop the shipping will eat you alive. It is outragous. I know they would get so much more business if they could get a handle on their shipping charges. I hear the same thing about WSP at all the forums.

I'm going to mess with it some more this weekend. I'll get aggresive with the heat gun and see how that does. I just don't want to screw with the integrity of the glass so I don't think that is going to be the right option. I'm going to try some strippers and paint removers. I'd love to buy the rest of these jars if I can find an easy way to remove the stripes. Actually, I kinda like the stripes, so I'm going to also try some glossy paint to cover the wording. I've used some acrylics that I had on hand, but it has a matte finish and the stripe is glossy. Sharpie works pretty good, but you can still see the impression where it says American Candle. They look really good from a distance, but if anyone looks at them up close they will be able to see it. I'm not going to give up on them yet, though. Here are my first candles!! Left to right: Fresh Orange Slices, Sparkling Green Tea Garden, Lucious Cheesecake, Fudge Browne, Forbidden Pomegranate, and Fuzzy Navel

Hmmm..........I don't have anything resembling a 40Z in my pack that is long enough. Looks like a 44-20-18Z is the smallest I have in that pack that is long enough. I guess I'll start there.

Thanks! I'll try that.

Oh sorry, It's J50 wax and the jar is about 3 3/4" wide, with a bit narrower (3 inch) neck.

I've wicked up as far as I can (62-52-18) with a zinc wick in these 16 oz apothecary jars and I'm still not getting a complete melt pool. If I were to double wick this jar where should I start testing? Or should I give up on the zinc and just say I need to use a CD or HTP with this jar. I'm getting alot of soot with the CD. I haven't finished testing the HTP on this jar. I'm just trying each of the three types of wicks I have with each jar. Is there a better method to this madness? Thanks! Deedra

Already got the heat gun. It doesn't look like it's going to work on the wording but I haven't gotten real aggressive with it yet. Ima skeered I'm gonna burn the house down.

Opps........ I can't wick down the CD. It was a CD-4. I'm trying the next smaller zinc, but I'm happy with the HTP too. Do I need to test other wicks too? I bought a sample set of each of the lines Bittercreek South carries.