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Did you also know the government allows so many parts per million of bug parts in our processed grain? And that enemas are made of wax too, but you don't see me eating any of those. :tiptoe::embarasse...

I've been thinking about one of these, but I have currently been using three stockpots of different sizes right on the stovetop... on warm :rolleyes2...! or low, depending on how quickly I use the wax, not letting it ever get over 165 degrees... But I have been thinking like using one as a pre-melter, just like a coffee maker. I think it would hold up pretty well right on top of the microwave, LOL! J.

A discount program is certainly worth looking into, and I will consider it well. Thanks for your info! J.

The composition is clay mixed with diatomaceous earth. You can find diatomaceous earth at your local pool supply store, but I bet you can find it somewhere else a tad cheaper. This stuff is used in pool filtration systems. Being a tiny, two-celled critter that leaves a hollow, crunchy shell behind means lots of room to hold fragrance. But what about the plastic round thingies that some will put in see-thru mesh sachets? What is that made of?

how big or small is the cute mason jar? I've never seen 'em. 3-3.75", yep, a 51-32-18Z should do the trick. 4" or larger should be around the 60-44-18Z, but depending on the neck's diameter will determine soot deposits, JMO J.

That's a point I like to make to my customers, that soy wax if consumer safe, in all respects, even some soy waxes are registered kosher......weird. I tell them that means you can eat one without sinning, but in about 3 minutes you might FEEL like you did...sorry for the bad joke. Anyway, a chandler in a nearby town will do refills at a deeply discounted rate, and these folks I guess have spread the word about it, and I get asked at shows if I do that also, and I tell them that a focused flame source can unevenly stress the container, especially being frosted. Therefore, refilling and relighting may cause the jar to burst, and I want to have a free conscience about it.

for what it's worth, I used to make confetti candles back in my paraffin days, and what I did was use small round molds to make the confetti, but I made it with a votive wax, therefore a higher temp wax, and I made them unscented. Once I had a large amount of these confetti balls, I would have a 2-inch piece of thin-walled pipe to place in the center of the 14-ounce apothecary jars I used. I would then fill the outside of the pipe with the confetti, and then pour an over-scented white wax over them. This wax would have a lower melting point than the confetti wax, if I remember correctly, there was about a 50 degree difference between the two waxes. Once this cooled, I would then remove the piece of pipe and pour the heavily scented low-temperature wax in the open center and add the wick, and then top off if desired the entire candle, but most of the time, I let a few of the confetti balls poke up above the wax level. REASONS WHY I WOULD DO THIS: 1. It seemed to me the fragrance would make the confetti more soluble, and therefore cause the color to bleed into the white wax. 2. I heavily scented the white wax to compensate for the unscented confetti, as when they melted, they would blend into the wax pool and dilute the fragrance, giving you the normal percentage of fragrance load in the wax pool. I hope this was of some help to you. Jeff

Boy do I know what you mean... This is something I have struggled with for some time, in that I have looked for a well established supplier. Looks like a few I can check into here already. I tend to just bite the bullet and order from CS. I enjoy their consistency, and sometime the price tag for quality is lofty. OKCandleSupply.com's website seems rather vague, and this just doesn't encourage me to shop there. Naturally it's late, and I can't call. Oklahoma Fragrance Supply requires a minimum of 25# purchases per FO, and their sister store Flickers is in Indiana. I love doing business with Connie at Scentury as well, she has always been such a help to me with the small biz dilemmas I run into. You might let her know of your plight, and she may be able to help you beyond the norm. I would also like to thank you folks for your input, so I can try out some of these OK suppliers, and continue the perennial experimentation...