Kay

You also need to make sure you clean the candle area you're putting the decal really well with alcohol. If not, the oils in the candle will deter the decal from sticking properly.

Ok, thanks....what if i dont use F.O...do I still have to wipe with alcohol? :undecided

Spray with 3 coates of clear coat before cutting out image, then after you put it on spray 3 coates over the entire candle and image.

Ok, Thanks..I sprayed 3 times before, but haven't sprayed after.

Ok, i have done many many searches on here, but water slide decals & palm pillars kept saying no match found, when I know i have read it on here somewhere...

Has anyone had problems with the water slide decals peeling off? I made my first one for my mom for mothers day, but i'm scared its going to peel off. Looks ok now, but will the roughness of the mailman mess it up? How "stay put" are they?

Kay

BEAUTIFUL JOB!! What I'd like to know is how did you get your tealight holder so centered. I tried one with a votive (glass) holder in it, and it embedded and was ok, but not perfectly centered. Whats the trick? This wax is definietelly fun to work with.

If you get a plug which has a little metal pin in it that you stick through the wick hole which in turn keeps it centered. Thats the trick..lol

I started making candles five years ago and I began making some profit about two years ago and I spent quite a bit of money high into the hundreds. My point is start slow and have fun at it. JMO

I've spent so much money, I dont know if I could ever make a profit..lol Proabably enough to buy more supplies..

I checked my local Office Depot and all they have are sheets called static cling (that is what came up when I did a search for waterslide decals). Do these work?? They didnt know if they would for candles. Where else can I buy these decals? Anywhere in Canada? THanks

http://www.waterslide-decals.com/candle_decals.html

try that!!!!!!!

Has anyone else had a problem with Candlescience new palm wax releasing from pillar molds? My regular palm just slips right out, but I can't get them out of the molds! I've got them in the frig now, if that doesn't work, I'll take the heat gun to them.

:undecided

I had no problem either & I didn't use anything. Now, I had problems with Nu Scents palm wax releasing, even with release powder. Make sure you received pillar wax & not container wax. That has happened to me before. Also i have learned that is you try & take it out of the mold when the mold is still warm to the touch..it slides out easier...try that. Be careful not to pull the wick out. I use plugs & glass tea light holder so i have to stand there & shake my candles out, but they usually slide right out after a few shakes.

I agree with you Donita, we are way too hard on ourselves. The general public is accustomed to that kind of burning candle!

You know its funny...I was at a friends house & she had bought a candle from Wal-Mart. It was burning so badly! Kinda like what I just saw on this post. My friend said she loves that candle & will be getting more. I told her I would be back & came back with one of my testers (hoping it was a good one) I started burning it came back acouple hours later to see it & she was amazed. She had no clue...I told her thats how a candle is SUPPOSE to burn. Now she wants me to make all her candles...FYI..I dont sell to the public yet, so kinda scared, but most of my candles that I make are forever candles anyways, but I do make my own tealights & votives for them. Kinda made my head swell alittle (someone actually loved my candles)

These have the glass tea light cup embedded. My next attempt will be to try them with votives.

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Thanks for looking!

Let me know how the votives turn out..i want to try them too.

Are those waterslide decals or embedded pics? I'm going to try some waterslide decals tomorrow....wish me luck

After preaching safety, I made the most basic mistake. I forgot to expect the unexpected. Got some palm wax in and decided to try my 1st Everlasting pillar. Sealed the wick hole (I thought :embarasse ), set the mold on a rack for even cooling and poured 210 degree wax into a heated mold.

Notice I didn't set the mold in my little cake pan just in case the wick hole wasn't sealed like I have every time before. Never had one leak before. 1st time I didn't use the pan I had a leaker. Now I have hot wax running out the mold, across the counter, down the front of the cupboards and onto the floor. Set down the pour pot, grabbed the cake pan, grabbed the hot mold, burned my fingers, and set it in the pan. Now I have a royally messed up kitchen and burned fingers.

Good thing I've been invited out to dinner tonight. I'm going to slink off :tiptoe: and face the mess later tonight.

Moral of this sad story: Always expect the unexpected!

I'm so sorry!!! This has happened to me before too. A couple times. You just get going to fast & forget. I have gotten to where i sit there & watch the mold for about 5 minutes to see if its gonna leak. I have learned though if you place a paper towel under & around the bottom of the mold if a leak starts, It soaks up some wax & cools sealing your leak. You waste alittle wax, but beats having to re pour your mold again...This is if you catch it in time..lol

Just get up & brush it off..lol

Very pretty! Thank you! Where do you purchase a

'plug' from?? :embarasse

Here's the link to purchase the plugs...

http://www.creativegemsmolds.com/store/index.php?cat_id=7&PHPSESSID=7e5488126e9b3af73adf06006e7cbc28

I can take pics of how I do it if needed..step by step ????

good gravy - there aren't this many hours in a day I'm still trying out the soy container and haven't gotten the proper burn on that yet....then I want to try pillars...now an everlasting candle which I have no clue how to make. Off to the tutorials.

Here are some I've made..easier then wicking. Purchase a plug insert & insert in the bottom of a metal mold (where wick would go) place a glass tea light over the plug & pour your wax. Its that wasy. Heat your molds as normal & pour between 190 & 200.

Those burn results is why I only make Palm Wax Pillars as an Everlasting. That wax is just to brittle and to hard to wick to get a decent burn.

AMEN!!!!!

Here is a pic of a few container candles I made with the palm wax. I have test burned the 9 oz hex (CSN14)~Coconut FO.

I warmed my containers in the oven and heated the wax to 190 added my fragrance and poured immediately. I cooled them on a cookie rack.

I think I will try the CSN 11 or 12 next because I think it burned too fast...but no soot! Awesome scent throw @ 7%.

I just saw that wax & was wondering how it looked. Thanks for showing! They look awesome!!

I keep telling the new candle makers that the reason I like CT is that people are always coming up with new ideas. Janet...remember when I told you thatI used a little glass candle holder in the bottom of my orbs to make an indentation for the tea light? ......Well....Kay sure came up with a great idea using the glass over the plug in the pillar. I don't think I would have ever thought of that one. I am writing that tip in my book. Thanks Kay for figuring that one out. That's the best tip I have read in a long time.....and BTW....your candles are very pretty.

Janet.....I found it hard to get the plug out too, and it was so small that I had to take a knife and make it a little larger.....but maybe a larger plug is in order. I like the idea of the wax not sticking to the glass.

Isn't it amazing how such a small thing could get me so excited.

Donita Louise

Thanks, I have gotten so many tips off here too, so sharing what i have figured out would only be fair....

http://www.candle4less.com/12-Clear-Glass-Tea-Light-Candle-Holders.pr.1671.htm

I found this site with a pretty ok price. I ordered mine from www.cudge.com, but for some reason their site isn't coming up. I paid $27.00 for a 72 count of tea light cups. Here its $35.00 for 72 count.

NEVER MIND! I was looking at the wrong site...its .net, not .com..Here it is..

http://www.cudge.net/tea_light_holders.html

Oh my gosh Kay why didn't I think of that? It looks like your metal molds are concave. I did make holers for the glassware but never could get it right for concave molds. That is an awesome idea!

Janet

I tried just using the plugs without the glass tea light...I had a hard time getting the plugs out of my concaved candle once they were done (without cracking my pillar) Plus I didn't like how small the hole was for the tea light, it was getting to hot for the palm....it was cracking my pillars around the tea light. Getting the tea lights out after you burn one, was very tricky! I just decided to place a glass tea light cup in on top of the plug & see what happens. Sure enough its the right size & the glass tea light is already in your candle when you take it out of the mold. Perfect...But if you make a larger plug (deeper) let me know. I would love to try like a votive size plug.

Those look great Kay! Someday mine will look as good as yours!! I have a question!! How do you get the candle out of the mold?? There's no wick to pull it out with & I'm having a hard time getting them out!!

I had this problem a couple weeks ago. (Candles wouldn't come out of the mold). Come to find out I got a bad batch of palm wax..I had added release powder & all & had to end up melting the wax almost completely in the oven to get them to come out. I add 2 tbsp of release powder now to about 2 lbs of palm & they "Usually" slide right out..but I have to turn the mold over when the molds are still warm to the touch. If I wait to long they don't come out. Its a timing thing....lol Every once in awhilke I have trouble, but I just stand in the middle of my kitchen shaking this mold like i'm making a mixed drink in a shaker...:laugh2:Looking really weird! I've almost dropped acouple.

I love your pillars...I just started trying my hand at pillars...is that a tealight in the middle and what is that that is inserted in the pillar for the tealight to sit in?

Sandy~WI

sorry i'm just now getting back to replying..busy gal here..moving in 2 months & there is alot of painting to be done...lol

Yes that is a tea light in the center. Its called everlasting or some (including me) may call it forever candles.

I purchased a plug from....creative gem molds http://www.creativegemsmolds.com/store/view_product.php?product=T-L3S6AW7

I place the plug in bottom of my metal mold, place a Glass tea light holder on top of that. Pour my wax & wait. The plug keeps it from leaking out of the wick hole most of the time. Sometimes I get little leak, but nothing major. Sometimes i use a hot glue gun & just put a dab of glue over the hole from the outside. That usually works. When the candle comes out just take out the plug & your glass tea light is embedded into your candle ready for a tea light to be inserted. I got this trick off of here...acouple ppl have told me about this invention.

Good luck.

i'm on a roll!!!!!!!!!!!! I have popped out 5 in 2 days...i think they are turning out pretty good. Tell me what you think.

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I am researching making my first container candles. I would like to use soy wax instead of paraffin. I was thinking of ordering thru Candlescience and perhaps trying their Ecosoya CB 135 . My concern is (sorry, I don't know why this stuff is underlined and I can't get it off :embarasse) that the candlescience website says:

'Some people find that the appearance of a soy candle is the most important characteristic. These folks are willing to give up just a bit on fragrance throw to get the best looking candles with the least frosting'

A a very beginner, I don't want to 'give up' fragrance throw and to get frosting on my candles would be very frustrating just starting out. Can soy be used with good throw and no frosting or should I choose another wax? I'm in PA, so I'd like someone fairly close. Also what are 'wet spots'? I don't want those either

Hi & welcome to Soy..lol..i am just starting with the ecosoya 135 too. I think the ecosoya adv. is the one that says if you want to give up alittle F.O. to have a better looking candle (no frosting) go with adv. My Ecosoya 135 frosted on me yesterday, but smelled great! i have learned just by doing acouple candles dye & dyeless yesterday, I think i like the dyeles better..so dont have to worry about ftosting. I like the smell of a candle more then the look. I think the ivory color anyways. Ecosoya Adv does resist frosting, but you do loose your Scent throw..So I hear! I have not tried it yet.

HTH..& Good luck!

I am in the process of testing this wax also and got some great wick recomaditions from jakalex so hopefully she will chime in also, she adviced me to try the LX 26 or 28 and also the RRD 50 or RRD 55. My jar is 4+ inches also and I am trying the RRD 50 and so far the melt pool is doing good. After a couple of hours the wick got a mushroom but I can learn to live with that since I have tested other waxes and was not able to single wick it

Bestof luck to you

Thank you..i'm getting a bunch of LX series wicks to tst out..I'm not having good luck with HTP's......

I have just started testing containers. Here is what i am using..

wax - Ecosoya 135

wick - HTP 1212 (suggested by CandleScience)

container - 11oz tureen 4 inch diameter across top

dye - none

Scent - mom's apple pie (.5oz)

Now here is my problem....

It is mushrooming & flickering alot, large flame

Great MP

Is the wick to large..Candlescience also suggested Lx series also..i believe the LX 26

Can anyone help me?

Hi Chauntelle, it was a tornado. It ripped through Enterprise, Alabama which is in the southern part of the US. The worst is that it hit a High School and several students were killed.

8 students were killed. mainly 11th graders...a couple 12th graders.

Here's what happened...We had been getting warnings all day..i think about 3 starting at 10:30am. At 11 am it came across the tv saying schools were going to release at 1pm because there was a break in the weather from the radar. At about 12:45 the storms went from moving from 40 MPH to about 70 MPH. They decided to keep the kids in school til that last part came through. No one knew this as far as family. So everyone was waiting on their kids at bus stops & driving to the schools, etc. (like me). Some kids at the high school were driving home too. Or attempting to drive home. At 1:15 the winds went from 30 MPH to 100 MPH & the freight train came barling through. Fox news had a student on that survived the storm at the high school. He said they were being rushed into the halls which is where they do their drills. Windows in the classrooms were crashing & the ceiling was caving in...all of a sudden the walls around them came crashing down & on top of them. The 8 students that died were in Hallway 3 which sustained most of the damage. Some students were in their cars & were flipped around, but survived. 2 other ppl in Alabama were killed due to the storm as well. I think Fox news said 9 more in GA died from the storm. It was said to be An F-3 tornado.

I'm glad we didn't buy the first house we looked at here when we moved here..its no where to be found now. We got real lucky!

Thanks for all your prayers.Enterprise really needs it now.