Marilyn

Is this the first time you've used CO? Sorry, I see you said it was. I got something similar when I used it. Maybe try less. I haven't had a chance to do more testing with it yet.

"Cook" is not a commonly used phrase so I'm not sure what you mean by that. Usually wax is melted in a melt pot and then poured into a pouring pot after it reaches the temp you desire, say 175*. Then you add your fo to the pour pot at the temp you want, say 170*, and gently stir the fo in, gently so you don't add air bubbles. Add dye if using, and pour at desired temp. For 464 I've found pouring @ 120 does good. If you get a discoloring occurance, it probably is what we call frosting. And frosting is something that is an ongoing battle, altho commonly accepted as a "soy thing". Hope that helps.

There is another company that sells them in smaller amounts. Can't think of which one just now! Maybe someone else will know, before I try and look it up.

I've been away for a long time. I've got to try this! And couldn't you take a small amount of the CO out in a little jar and keep out of the refrig for the next day?

In my experience, if you store them in a place that's too cool (maybe below 60) you get frosting. If you store them too warm (maybe above 78?) they get soft. So somewhere in between!

I am very happy with Southernscensations for wax, oils and service. I shall have to take a peak at T & B.

The melt pool and wick size depends on the diameter of your jar. You didn't mention that so I will just say that the rule of thumb is the number of inches of the diameter of your jar equals the number of hours it should take your melt pool to get to @3/8" thick. So if your diameter is 1 1/2" it should take your melt pool 1 1/2 hours (give or take!! I give and take!) to reach that depth. So if it is not doing the job in several burn times you will need to go up (or down) in wick size. A flame that is too small probably won't give you the scent throw you want. I also use 1oz FO per 1#wax. Soy wicks tend to need to be a bit longer, I personally trim mine between 1/4 to 1/2"

I would like to know, too!! Hurry back! (hope you had a good trip!)

There are soy pillar waxes. And I add a bit of stearic to mine to harden a bit. But it is true you are quite limited as to what you can do with soy for pillars.

I may be too sleepy to be understanding this, but it sounds like Mike is doing just like everyone else is, only using a can. And I think it may be better to put your wax in first before adding the dye and FO.

Mnhorsemom, how can you use plastic? I tried that and the wax melts it!

When I was using EZsoy they told me they did not recommend using liquid dye with that wax.

Thank you! I went ahead and ordered some. I use them a lot and was out. Shipping wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.

Are Peaks cotton cored wicks exclusive to their company? No one else carries them??

http://www.candleandsoapstuff.com/Suppliers_by_State.html

This gives a list of suppliers by state. HTH

They've got them in now!

As far as I've heard, there are no books on making soy candles. You may have to get all your info from various soy wax supply candle boards, other than this one which is terrific.

Yipppeeeee!

I love BCN fo's. I use 1 oz per pound and get great scent, esp when I was using EZsoy. I got good scent when I let it cure for 3-4 days but the scent was really good when cured for a week and more, if I had them sitting around.

Soysolutions at greatcandle.com is in Michigan near the border of Ohio. They have great wax and great fragrances and other supplies.

My understanding is that 464 is 100% soy. The additive in it is soy based.

I don't see why you couldn't sell it, informing that it was 2 years old.

I like the idea of calling them "little frosties" !!!! :highfive:

Or "Twinkles" !!

Definitely not a dumb question. I have read that some on this board have had it happen that some candles did need to wick up after a long period of time. Not all, but some.

I think that must be a form of tempering (know I spelled this wrong!) that has been discussed here, I think. I like the way you are doing it. I may experiment with this, thanks for sharing!