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UM.. just curious. You have over 100 posts on this forum and never made a candle????

Ask them if they will swap out the wax in the pillar starter kit for soy pillar wax.

GREAT Idea! Peak's Gardenia is my contribution so far

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You will not regret it. I'm still testing, so haven't sold a single candle yet, but friends still ask for it even in the summer, but I would definitely call it a fall/winter scent.

Peak's Vanilla Hazelnut. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

I experimented with this with the Candlewic Container Palm and found I could go up to about 7.5% Soy without losing crystalization. I also got really inconsistent results though, cause I was using a melting pot. Might be a heck of a lot better now that I'm using a Presto. But another problem I had was leaking of the soy out of the Palm, just like as if you put too much FO in. I have yet to experiment with Glass Glow, but am anxious to do so when they get it back in stock. For the very reasons you discuss above (hang up and lack of glass adhesion in a straight sided glass). If you get to testing this before I do, I would LOVE to know your results.

I have actually mixed the two together. Key Lime is ok, it's just too sweet for me, would actually like a more pungent Lime. But it throws well.

My absolutely favorite scent. :drool:

I've mixed Linen with Lemon... very nice. I had trouble getting the right balance of the two though.

If there's no open flame you don't have to worry about the flash point. It won't spontaneously combust on you. Please please please someone correct me if I'm wrong on this.

It won't evaporate much if you've removed the wax from the heat source. Trust me, it makes a difference. Example... testing Peaks' Vanilla Hazelnut... 9 candles, 3 different waxes, 3 different wicks. Fired up all 9 to see how they would burn.. couldn't even smell them in the room. Made one... added fo right after removing from heat, poured cooler as usual... filled up whole room by itself.

One lesson I learned the hard way.... add the fragrance oil in as soon as you have removed the wax from the heat source, then stir until you pour, which is a much cooler temperature. You do this as the wax "takes" the fragrance oil better at a higher temp. Also, soy candles need to cure, and can take at least a week for that to happen. Scent will improve over that time.

I have gotten a nice melt pool with HTP 105s with this wax. It definitely needs a cure time, I'd wait a week at minimum.

Number of posts. It changes at 50, I believe.

I use HTP 105s and have had no problem getting a full melt pool, but heavier fragrances I could easily wick up a bit. And I didn't know where to get a heat gun either, lol. Try Lowe's or Home Depot in the paint section. (As a favor for me, choose Lowe's since I own stock )

So the air bubble is right under the surface? I would just use a heat gun after your candle has cooled. Will smooth out the top and fill in the air bubble. I found HTP wicks to work the best btw. I use tumblers that are 3" wide.

It would be helpful to know what kind of wax you are talking about.

So this raises a question I've been curious about... Are there formulas out there amongst the manufacturers of fragrance oils that they all use? I thought about that when I heard of a number of different companies with the Monkey Farts scent. It's not a name like "rose" or something definitive, representing a known fragrance. Makes me think they have a list and the fragrances only differ if they adjust the "formula" a bit or if they use different suppliers for the fragrance components.

If you need to make a really small adjustment, a microplaner does a great job. Every kitchen should have one of these anyways. Best zester ever, not to mention what it does to parmesan cheese!

oh, that's a lot, lol. Did you get this recently, or had it awhile, because I thought it was discontinued about a year ago?

My understanding is that Astorlite discontinued their Palm Wax. You might want to do a little research, I could be wrong here. If it's true, not sure how much testing you want to do. I've found that the HTP and CSN wicks work the best with Palm in general, although never tried Astorlite's. And you really have to wick up.

Peak's Gardenia is STRONG

Any potential for someone to cut themselves where you cut the top off? No offense, but I personally would not buy that kind of a candle.