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Hi Kasie, I was in the same boat about a month ago. Before I bailed on making candles, I tried a whole bunch of different things for the possible reasons why I wasn't getting hot throw... none of them worked. I decided to switch from a mostly soy blend to a mostly paraffin (6006) blend and things have gotten a lot better. I still need to figure some things out, but things are wroking out much better. Try a different wax if you can't get what you have to work.

Thank you everyone for your replies.

I do use a digital scale. I was just wondering if I base my 8% off of the 6.6 solid weight of wax, or the 9 oz. fluid. I am still a bit confuzzed... maybe not confuzzed as I understand what you all are saying, I just can't answer my question yet. So if you were to make a container candle and it's a 9 oz. jar (which is filled when 6.6 oz solid wax is liquified) and you wanted to add 8% FO, what weight of FO would you add?

A liquid oz is different than a solid oz, no? I understand weight is weight regardless; so I wasn't clear in my first post. I currently am using 6006. For my previous testers: 6.6 oz solid wax 0.6 oz FO which is a bit over 8% If I go based on liquid oz: 8.28 oz liquid wax 0.72 oz wax (8%) That's about 20% more FO than the 8% using solid weight of wax.

I think I may have stumbled upon the troubles I am having with hot throw. Do you calculate your FO percentage based on the solid weight or liquid weight of the wax? My 9 oz. containers are filled, when using 6.6 oz of wax when weighed as a solid. So I base my FO % based on 6.6 oz. Is this where I am coming up short on hot throw... too little FO? {ADD} I'd imagine this is where I am messing up as you add FO's when the wax is liquid. I'd just like verification of my thought (and yes, I only have one ).

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Howdy all, I gave a second and third test burn to the ones a made a few days ago (the testers I started this thread with). The RRD37 gave a bit better hot throw than after the first, but not great. The RRD34 is kickin!!!! Very nice throw. It seems to be shrooming more today on the 2cnd & 3rd burn. I didn't bother retesting the RRD40. A few days ago, someone posted a question about Just Scent and that got me fired up to pour more testers using JS's Very Berry Delight. Man I love this stuff OOB, it smells just like Tahitian Treat soda. I poured them wickless and will try the one persons suggestion in my 6006 question thread on the temp. forum. The one where they cut off the wick tab and then poke a hole in the candle, and put in a wick, heat up and test burn. If it doesn't work, just yank the wick and try another. Excellent suggestion to whoever mentioned it. So tomorrow, they should be cured enough for me to test those with the zincs.

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Hmmmm, Marie, did you notice my new moniker... an enigma, no longer a wax drip... yet you come in and slap me around... haa haa haa.... just playing I was under the impression that when using a box, the box was put over the candles upside down. So I suppose I need to get me a right side up box rather than the oven. Maybe the holes I had in each of the 3 first pours was due to the no airflow. Shoot, I was all psyched using my new heat wand I'm sure something else will need some Darius heat so it wasn't a wasted purchase . Haa haa haa Blaze, slinging it right back... I love it Lori, I wanted to pour higher; I read what you read in the temp forum. That was the reason for my question about keeping the temp up.