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That particular candle, I used only 1 drop of brown.

Again, thank you for all of your help. The particular oil I used this time was a cinnabon fragrance from Fragrance Oil Heaven. It was nice smelling with good throw, but not what I would describe as a very overwhelming or heavy oil. I stir in my fo immediately after taking off heat with a long platic spoon and stir for 2 minutes... then I add my liquid dye and stir another 2-3 minutes. I also stir every five min or so until almost slushy and ready to pour. I found this temp best to get a smooth top. I currectly use the 8 oz square mason and have sucessfully wicked it and have no problems, so this is just the next step and to be honest I thought I was ordering the 10 oz Apoths when I received the 16's. I have made another candle and wicked it with 2 cd 10's and space the wicks just slightly farther apart in hopes they will not pull too much O2 from each other. I will keep everyone informed on my success after a test burn. Thanks for all of your help and suggestions!

Well the only problem is I wanted to save on shipping so I have ordered 2 dozen and I would hate for them to be a waste! I am going to try today to wick with CD10's and see how that goes. I have not tried HTP's yet, but I heard they were basically the same as the CD's with the exception of them being produced here rather than germany. Is this not true?

I add my fragrance oil as soon as I pull the wax off the heat at approximated 175 w/ a plastic spoon. Do you think it might be better to melt and mix f/o at a higher temp? Thank you all for your great suggetions so far!

I use EL Millenium and have to use CD16's... The 14 left a hang up in the jars.

OK, I am a newbie, so please bear with me. I have been trying to wick my 16oz apothecary jar. The CD 22 was too small so I went to double wicking with 2 CD12's. The entire first half of the candle burned beautifully, great scent throw, full melt pool in about 1.5 hrs (seemed a little fast), good size flame, but half way through the candle the flames got weaker and weaker until they finally fizzled out. Do you know what would be causing this? I'm not sure where to go from here as far as wicking. I am using EL Millenium blend Soy and 1 oz of FO. I only used 4 drops of color. The weak flames tell me wick up? but with a full mp in under two hours on a 4" diameter candle, I'm thinking it would be too much? One possibility is that because I remelted this candle to rewick and then repoured, is it possible that the fo settled and is clogging the wick?? Any suggestions would be appreciated... thanks!

Well, I apologize if I jumped right in, but I posted that when I had just found the forum and guess I got a little excited. I have been spending the last several days combing these forums for any advise and there is so much and so many different opinions, that I guess you are right in that I will just have to figure is out on my own... and as I have seen about a million times before on these boards... TETS, TEST, TEST.

I understand that I am new and I have a lot to learn, and that's why I'm asking questions. I don't think it's very nice to pick fun. I respect all of you for your experience and knowledge and that's why I asked for your help, but it seems like you don't really want to help out the novices. I have read several posts where some people have been very impatient with us newbies. I do apologize if I offended anyone by asking my questions.

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I would like to try my luck at tart making to include in my primitives store that I will be opening. I have read all the information on the site ( or at least as much as possible) and I would like to know if there is a set of instructions for making and pouring wax tarts, cause I haven't seen anything directly explaining that process. Also I thought of also doing container candles with rustic lids... Does anyone know where I can find those? And one last question, does anyone know the recipe for making scented room sprays?? Please help!!! Oh... one more thing... Which suppliers have the best waxes and fragrances?? Angela