CMG

Meant to post sooner but been away. Thanks everyone for the suggestions. Has certainly given me some ideas so I guess its time now to get down and play mad scientist and do some experiments. will let you all know how i get on if your interested. CMG

Hi E. Haven’t got into the votives yet, I have made a few embedded pillars alright. First few times I used a metal insert but that didn’t work out to good . I use the same method as yourself except I use a wick pin which I find great to centre the core candle. The higher MP wax I was using was a hurricane wax I had got from the states as part of a kit. That’s when I found out how much shipping wax to Ireland costs. It is really nice wax but just too expensive in the long run. So that’s what started me thinking of how would one go about raising the MP of straight paraffin wax and how you would work out the MP as you went along. (I think I may have being an alchemist in a previous life. ) So you wouldn’t have to go and buy special waxes, for some strange reason I like the idea of creating my own blends. Also I’m curious about the effect heating wax to different temps has on the wax. You know when you see a project in a book its says to heat to a certain temp? of course dear Lady

wow. thanks everyone at least now i know i'm not crazy for thinking about blending. Some intersting ideas there about working out metling points i must try. I do use stearic and straight parrafin wax and really like how the candles look compared to pre mixed stearic and parrafin you can get here. My main idea at the moment is seeing if i can create different blends with different melting points that can be used together like in an embed candle where the centre melts and not the outside, like hurricane candles. Hence the questions. Eugenia and candlemomma what types of candles do you make with your blends, at the moment i'm mainly doing pillars and novelty ones. Henryk thanks for the websites. they look good and useful. The only problem with the UK is the exchange rate. What i save on shipping i lose on the exchange rate. Thanks SatinDucky for looking out for me. also i'm an Irish Man.

Thanks SatinDucky.. Yep they are, they have been puzzling me for a while. but they do make for a grand entrance from lurker to poster Hopefully someone might have an idea CMG

Hi all. I've been lurking for a while and have pick up tons of useful information. Alan sorry to see the problems you have been having. Hope you managed to get all the stuff back. its a great message board. I have been making candles on and off for a number of years now. Lately i have started to get more pro about it and in time hopefully even sell my candles.(so far they have been given away as presents) Anyway i have been reading with envy all the different types of waxes people are using here . In Ireland i'm finding it hard to find a place that sells different types of waxes. Parrafin wax i can get no problem. So what i was wondering is it possible to mix up your own wax using parrafin wax and different additives. If so any suggestions as to how? Also is there a way of working out the melting point of a wax when you don't have any written details on it. Hope this doesn't sound to crazy CMG