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do I need to add Vybar or Stearic Acid to IGI-4794 Votive Blend Wax? This is one part I am not sure about or understand what vybar or acid is used for..

thanks

any one have any pictures of your kettle with the spouts on?

do any of you buy Mia Bella candles and sell them?

so I shouldn't use it in the double boiler method either? Should I use a double boiler to melt wax at all or what do you recommend to melt wax with?

sorry about all the questions.

Either one will do. Seriously, just buy one and get started. The rest will come. You will find out in a hurry if this is for you. I started with the Cajun one also. If you are so indecisive about a starter kit and saving $5.00, you are in serious trouble. If you end up liking this craft, you will have to invest a ton of money in testing that you will not get back any time soon. That is just the way it is.

no I just not sure of which kit is better...

this is an image from peak using that "melting pot" that comes with the kit...

it says melting pot??

• 10 Lb slab of IGI-4794 Votive Blend Wax.

*****•1 Seamless Melting Pot (capacity: 4 Lbs.)*****

• 8 standard 15-hour metal votive molds

• 1 Glass Thermometer

• 100 Pre-tabbed Wicks: 2.5" 36-24-24 Zinc Core for votives

• 2 oz French Vanilla Fragrance Oil

• 2 oz Lilac Fragrance Oil

• 2 oz Mango Papaya Fragrance Oil

• 2 oz Clean Cotton Fragrance Oil

• 2 oz Strawberry Kiwi Fragrance Oil

• 2 Ivory Dye Chips (for French Vanilla)

• 2 Lavender Dye Chips (for Lilac)

• 2 Rust Dye Chips (for Mango Papaya)

• 2 Yellow (for Clean Cotton)

• 2 Ruby Red Dye Chips (for Strawberry Kiwi)

• Wax Melting Instructions

• Votive Making Instructions

well if I get a kit from Peak shipping is $15... If I get a kit from cajun the shipping is $10 but it comes with half the stuff as Peak. wouldn't the melting pot and Glass Thermometer and the extra 5 lbs of wax be worth the extra $5.00 or no??

I have been looking into the kits. Cajun has a good kit, but peaks kit comes with alot of stuff, alot more than the basic kit from cajun. These are the two sites I have been looking at (cajun and peaks)...I don't understand the wax types at peaks. I know most kits come with paraffin wax which I have read that most people do not like. Do you have to do anything different if you mix the waxes? (melting procedure etc)..who has the best fragrances? (if that is a secret I will understand)..

thanks again.

hello

I am really interested in making candles and possibly soap..Let me talk candles for now though. I will probably start with votives..

1) do any of you make and then sell them?

2) Is soy wax the best?

3) I found another place that I may buy wax from because they say their wax does not need to be mixed with the acid stuff or anything else. You just melt, dye add fragrance..does the wax from peak need to be mixed with anything?

4) what is the best way to melt wax?

sorry if these questions have been asked...thanks for any and all replies..

hope to talk to you all more soon..