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    Wickless candle safety!

    in Vegetable Wax & Beeswax Candle Making

    Posted

    Mike I am so glad you tested this and posted your findings! :D

    It doesn't matter whether the wickless candle is made from soy, palm, paraffin or earwax, the problem is using a GLASS container on direct heat.

    For all the unbelievers who swear they have used glass on warmers for the past 100 years without a single problem, consider...:

    If even PYREX warns not to use it over direct heat, perhaps it's more sensible not to use glass from ??? over direct heat...

    I managed to crack a Visions pot (a glass product from Corning designed to use as cookware on other than gas stoves) after using it with no problems for 15 years - and before anyone goes to conjuring ideas about cold & hot, it cracked on a day like any other day under the same circumstances it had been previously used for years. That's the way glass IS!! It doesn't take some extreme temperature or planetary alignment for a glass object to suddenly decide "today's the day." :shocked2:

    All it takes are for the invisible stresses inside the glass structure to increase or weaken it to a point that it cracks. This is usually invisible without viewing the glass object with a polarizing stressometer.

    All glass is NOT created equal!! Using a glass container that has not been manufactured according to ASTM standards for DIRECT HEAT APPLICATION is asking for trouble.

    If ya wanna spring for Pyrex or laboratory grade glass or the stuff from which they make glass cooktops, go for it, but it's best to use containers made of some other material for direct heat applications. This includes canning jars which are NOT manufactured for use over direct heat. :D

    Stella, Our Corning pots did the same thing! We have had them for about the same about of time!

    Now I am scared out of my wits!!!! I guess I will be using tins also! Gee something else to worry about on top of marital problems!

    $85 candles

    in Business Side of Things

    Posted

    I was flipping through a Lucky magazine when I ran across a page that had a picture of an $85 candle by D.L. & Co, and thought it was worth checking out. It's another example of knowing your market and what prices it can bear.

    http://www.barneys.com/b/browse/product.s?productId=301775&source=category&index=42&prodIndex=42&listSize=75&categoryId=486950

    EXCUSE ME????? (wiping drink off monitor screen) $85 for a 6.8 oz. candle?????

    and what the heck is maple wax?????? :rolleyes2 LOL

    More molds

    in Old Style Candle Gallery

    Posted

    I went to the Dollar Store Saturday and saw these leaf candles. I thought they might make great melts, so I figured I'd give it a try and make a quick silicone mold.

    Thinking of Fall, I colored the wax orange and used Apple Spice FO; do they smell awesome!

    Also, I attached pics of a teddy bear mold I made last week. It's a denim bear so I used blue as the color and painted his mouth and feet brown, as on the original. The basket I previously posted has since been poured and painted. What do you think? I'm not that great at painting, though!

    I enjoy making molds that will produce more unique candles.

    Thanks for LQQKING!:)

    Great job! but I swear that teddy bear has a duck beak! :D

    **Looking for the perfect candy cane oil**

    in Fragrance Discussion

    Posted

    If you have a good Peppermint & Strawberry you could blend your own.

    http://www.candletech.com/recipes/scents/

    http://www.candlecauldron.com/scentmixing.html

    I just blended my peppermint and strawberry and it smells just like a candy cane!

    I burned some of it in my burner at my shoppe this past weekend and my customers want me to make candles out of it!

    Even men said they were drawn in when they past my shoppe! Go figure!:laugh2:

    I love blending fragrances! some have bombed but the rest I got lucky!:D

    Glass glow and clamshells?

    in Vegetable Wax & Beeswax Candle Making

    Posted

    I saw this posted the other day so I threw a little tart I had made from my glass glow in my melter, lit it and it burned quite nicely for several hours. It was the strongest scent in the kitchen, and that is saying something because it wasn't really scented (no color, either)- I had made some chardonnay containers with GG and then had a bit left over, so I threw some votive wax (soy) into the mix, remelted and poured it into a votive mold and a tart mold. So I really didn't scent it other than the tiny bit that had been left over. As for the look, it looked very nice. But, I do have to say that I was using metal molds and not clamshells. Stella's right- you have to pour hot to get the desired look.

    I tried using an ice cube tray last night (plastic)on top of a cooling rack. I mixed the glass glow with votive wax again, half and half. Heated to 200, put in jade dye (dye block) and an ounce of balsam fir. Mixed, then poured. I was afraid that the plastic would melt, but it didn't. I had a bit extra, so I poured into votive molds.

    A few hours later, came back and those notorious air pockets showed up. They looked like someone had taken a square tool and punched a hole into the top.

    When I took the tarts out, the crystal pattern was there, but barely. The ones in the votive mold had very pretty patterns, though. I think the metal lets the wax cool slower.

    I wouldn't try to pour into a clamshell, though- it would probably melt. The plastic isn't as thick as an ice cube tray and they say to pour wax into clamshells at 150 or below and you have to pour palm wax much hotter, like Stella said on here, in order to get the desired look.

    I do have one question, though. How do you wick the votives? I tried using the same wicks I use for my soy votives and while it worked, it burned really super hot. I then tried an HTP 52. That burned way too cool and the flame was almost non-existent. Will it be possible to wick them, considering that they are half soy and half palm?

    I use ice cube trays for my melts and they have an awesome crystal pattern. Once in a while I get an air hole but my customers says it doesn't bother them. I sell out every week and now I feel like I am mass producing them. :D

    Every fragrance I have has an excellent hot scent throw in them and trust me I tested these babies extensively and so has my friends. Not once did they say they smoked! (I was a happy camper!)

    Glass glow and clamshells?

    in Vegetable Wax & Beeswax Candle Making

    Posted

    Has anyone tried using glass glow to make tarts? I'm going to make some today, but just curious if anyone else has tried it?

    Oh...do you still need to let tarts cure?

    #1 Glass Glow is a container wax and not a pillar/votive/tart wax. You won't be able to get them out of the clamshell do to the adhesion to the sides. With palm wax there are no wet spots. which I love by the way!

    Suppliers for Palm Wax, particularly Glass Glow, close to NY?

    in Vegetable Wax & Beeswax Candle Making

    Posted

    Hey Sharon- For future reference- do you know of a number I can call? I am not totally concerned with glass glow right now bc of the craft fair coming up, but the jars I have are so pretty with this wax!

    Idk tho- I was thinking about how it's only 2 dollars difference between shipping 55 lbs of glass glow to my location in Ny from NC and shipping 50 lbs of C3 to my location in Ny from NH... And if I used a supplier in CT, it's only like a dollar less (for C3). What is up with some suppliers charging an arm and a leg and others not?

    I can understand Peaks and Lonestar- they are pretty far away from NY. Maybe it's a question of who they choose to ship with. I know that Save On Scents uses USPS if you choose it and shipping is generally much less than other FO suppliers.

    Just a few thoughts.

    G'Night! :)

    these companies are going by what UPS, USPS, FedEx and DHL set for thier shipping charges. IT may not be the supplier companies! It does have a lot to do with zoning and where you live too! Actually it is cheaper to ship to a business than a residence. Call these postal services up and ask them! LOL I did and talked for hours to them!

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