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I LOVE this show...not just cause of the cash-o-la but because it is a really fun one...they usually put me near the beer/wine booths...lol!

And you wonder why she ends up with 6 beer caps in her pocket...:whistle:

Good luck, hope you do well!

Thanks for your reply. That helps me a lot!

Thanks Top! I figured it would be easier to convert to gms rather than try to figure it out close to a fractional oz.

The scales I have will weigh in either gms or oz. I'm not sure if different scales weigh the oz differently (i.e. 1.25 oz or 1 1/4 oz) but mine weigh in fractions. If you have a number of say, 0.83 oz of FO (again this is just an example) how would you measure this, change to fraction or would you just convert this to gms and go by the gms number? Hope someone can understand my mumble jumble and help me out. TIA

Ok I punched the numbers into the lye calculator on the sage and it come up with this:

For the size of fat batch that you are using, we recommend that you use approximately 8 to 12 fluid ounces of liquid.

Is this the amount of water I should use? And what number should I use, the high one or low one? And what difference does it make using high versus low number?

And for the lye these are the numbers that come up:

0 4.75

1 4.70

2 4.65

3 4.61

4 4.56

5 4.51

6 4.46

7 4.42

8 4.37

9 4.32

10 4.27

How do I know which one to use?:embarasse

Thanks for bearing with me.

Thanks Carebear. I will check it out.

I am going to try this recipe this weekend. Do I just follow the instructions to the left for CP soap? Any tips or anything I need to know?

TIA

I had some swingin eggnog FO from Peaks and didn't find the hot throw very strong (in 4786 wax) and someone had said maybe it wasn't mixed enough. How long do you stir the FO for? I always heat the wax to the pouring temp, add FO, stir for a little bit (30 secs - 45 secs) and then pour. Should I heat to pouring temp, add FO, stir for a certain amt of time and pour or should I heat to a higher temp, add FO and stir until it reaches pouring temp? I'm just worried about burning off the FO. TIA

Is this a very strong hot throwing scent? Right now I have one test burning in 4786 and it isn't very strong. Didn't know if it was the FO or maybe my wick/wax combo. I am double wicking with 36-24 zincs in a 10 apothecary jar.

TIA

actually testing 4630 right now (in 8 oz JJ) with HTP and they seem ok. Haven't tried zincs yet.

I'm making my wish and I wish that basket was mine. Love it!

On the weekend I poured some 4630 to test it out. I didn't have to do a repour as tops were smooth. The only problem was one container (an 8 oz jj) had a small slit on top which turned out to be what I am thinking is a sink hole (according to the search that I did and found this which was posted by Candleman) It was a small hole about the size of a dime right below the surface (and slit) which I found out after I lit it. Does it sound like a sink hole and if so what do I do to prevent it next time? Hope this rambling makes sense.

Posted by Candleman

"There is some confusion going on here about Sink Holes & Air Pockets.

Sink Hole - That is what you get at the top of the candle (bottom if it's a piller) and you can see it around the wick or wick pin. This you just top off with wax.

Air Pockets - These are pockets of air, or large air bubbles, formed inside the candle, usually around the wick or wick pin, and you can not see them. These you poke relief holes around the wick area and re-pour with wax. You can usually feel when you hit one.

Air pockets happen when a candle cools to fast, not all waxes will have them or as severe. To avoid them cool the candle slowly. There are many ways to do this, place jar candles in a warm oven for a few hours then turn off oven and let candle finish cooling in the oven. Place jar candles back into their boxes they came in. Wrap towels around them. Place into an ice chest or place a foam chest over the candles, and the list go on.

In the summer (in a pouring area without temp. control) I find the pouring room warm enough and don't get air pockets.

IMO - I always (even in the summer) poke to check for air pockets because I can't see them and want to insure I sell a quality product.

HTH Candle Man

My first "drink" candle. The brown isn't quite as dark as what it looks in the pic. (Sorry for the quality of the pic but someone changed the settings on my camera and I can't get it back to norm ). Thanks for looking.

yep, clear as mud! Thanks for your replies. I usually add 1 oz pp and wondered what my actual % was.

How do you figure this out? :embarasse Do you take the amt of wax and multiply that by % to get how much you add pp?

ie. 16 oz of wax x 6% = 0.96 oz pp

Kind of off topic but have a wonderful time here in Canada!

I haven't hosted anything like this but I would think coffee/tea, hot apple cider, and punch would be good along with cheese/crackers and veggie tray. I would only serve wine if it was an "intimate" so to speak open house, (close friends and family). I don't think you are being cheap, like you said they should be there for the product, not food. I think what you have planned sounds good unless your DH/DS want to splurge and pay out of their pocket for the wine.

I just got some samples yesterday and I have a bottle of Banana Nut Bread sitting here and my god I could eat it. Yummy!

I second the Amish Harvest.

Thanks for your input AngelaVA! :highfive:

What is the difference between IGI 4627 and IGI 4630? :embarasse Is this basically the same wax only one is slab form and the other is sold in a bag?

I have used purple and light pink dye chips with the Sweet Pea but this is in IGI 1286 wax. I should've clarified that it doesn't turn my wax gray but it turns the wax like a white or off white colour (almost like the dye has burned off the wax).

I would like to know too. This happens to me with Sweet Pea.

I poured a sample of Peak's Pink Sugar today and while I was pouring it I noticed there was a clump of something that looked crystal-like. Anyone ever had this. My sample is over a year old so would that maybe be the problem?

Does anyone notice a big difference with the hot throw between single and double wicked containers?

I am using a 10 oz apoth with double wicks 36-24-Z (just testing 1286 wax right now) and going by the burn time calculator on here I will get approx. 20 hrs burn time. Needless to say I want longer burn time then that so I am going to try single wicking (didn't have much luck before when I tried but will try again). I am also waiting to get some 4786 to test for burn time with double wick and also going to try single wicking with it too. (I am also going to manually time how long it burns to see if there is much difference).

Just when you think you have something going good...... ! (I had good scent throw, clean burn)

http://www.fragranceoilfinder.com/catalog/index.php

Here is the link blazerina is talking about (thanks to BIGCAT who originally posted it)