Mozzie

If you will let us know the diameter of the jar, it will help us to make more informed suggestions. HTH

Sure Stella, the diameter is 2". And I agree that CD12 and CD14 seem very large for such a small container but they do work for many palm / dye / fo's combos. I'm mainly interested in what other people use to wick their palm containers that aren't CD's (or CDN's). HTH. Mozz

gratefully accepted. I am making palm wax container candles using 2 oz bulb pots and my supplier recommended CD12 and CD14 as good wicks to use. While one or the other works quite well on some fo / dye combinations with others one size generates a flamer thrower while the other size (and not necessarily the smaller size) has the wick almost drowning. So I'm wondering what other people use in this type of container? TIA Mozzie

I need to make a peach coloured paraffin pillar and am having trouble getting the right combination of colours together. I have dye blocks of red, yellow, pale pink and hot pink and am looking for a recipe. I've been told that pink and yellow are all I need but haven't struck the correct formulae yet. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

Sabrina, They are all awesome. Especially love the pyramid, it looks so elegant. Your photography is great too, really professional. Now go and put your feet up, you deserve a huge rest. LOL. Mozzie

That's a beautiful candle, they'll love it.

Yvette, That is just gorgeous. Have fun with the overdipping. Mozz

Apologies in advance for asking the obvious, but ... well you know. Did you turn the power on at the wall? Was the plug in properly? If that was all normal, have you tried turning it to a higher setting? My "presto" has settings from 0 to 10 and I set it to 4 to get the wax melted and then turn it down to 2 to keep it warm.

I love them!

Sabrina, they look just gorgeous. G and M are going to adore them and the packaging looks fabulous too. Only 42 to go! LOL. Mozzie

Jo, WOW, WOW, WOW!!! They are sensational. You are just so talented - I love 'em all. Mozz

they r lovely could u plzzzzzzz temme how u made it??tell me how the marble effect is done???plz

The instructions are in the "Techniques & Ideas" section to the left of this page. Here's the link: http://www.candletech.com/marbled/

Very creative. I bet it'll look great as it burns. I'm not sure if you have them over in the UK but if you buy a bag of ice from the service station you'll have more than enough plus lots of great shapes (smash them with a hammer). Just stick the bag back in the freezer for future use.

Those obliques are simply gorgeous!

All right, it's been over 10 minutes since you said that you'd stick it in the freezer. Update please!!! Gravy carton - you do love living on the edge don't you? LOL.

Have you tried GENTLY banging it upside down on the table or floor? I find that this seems to break the 'seal' on some of my pillars and they then slide out easily. Otherwise go for broke and stick it in the freezer for 10 minutes, that very rarely fails me.

Donita, stunning as usual. Not only did you actually manage to make a black candle that really is black (and not dark purple) but your layers didn't bleed and your surface is smooth. How do you do it????? You're simply the best!

Your swirl has some beautiful colours in it although I agree that it would be better if they showed up a little more. Here are a few suggestions that you may find helpful: 1) Position your rings so that they are as close to the wall of the mould as you can manage without actually touching the wall, 2) (As Snow suggested) Zap with your heat gun for a longer time and on a higher setting, and 3) Use a really translucent wax for your overpour and don't add anything that may make it more opaque. 'Nuff said, nice first go.

Wow, I think that your "mistake" turned out to be a huge success. I love how the colours blended and will have to give it a go myself. Great job on both your swirl and your everlasting - you're a quick learner.

Sabrina, These look so good that you are just going to have to put them back on your website. G and M are going to love them. Congratulations. Mozzie

They are absolutely beautiful. Congratulations!

Not sure that I understand you here, but don't you simply need a wick that's slightly taller than the container you're using so that you can keep it centred while the wax cools and then trim to the appropriate height? For the sake of economy some wick lengths will be better than others as you may be able to get 2 or 3 of the height you need out of them with little wastage but that's about it as far as I can tell.

Thanks Mozz for forwarding. If anybody is looking for the directions, here in the archives. Just thought I would save you some time on emailing Mozz, that way you can get all those beautiful everlastings made.

http://www.candletech.com/archivedforum/YaBB.cgi.144.html

Hi Cheryl, I appreciate that. These candles are extremely popular going by the number of requests I've received for instructions. Thanks for sharing. Mozz

Thank you for the great and very easy instructions. I am going to try some today. Couple quick questions:

Do you use the punched out littler circles as well?

Can you use any type of wax for the circles? I have lots of 'little bits' of left over wax. IGI 1242, 1260, 4794 etc....and some container wax 4760 (i think)?

Can you use any wax (I am using 1242) for the overpour?

Thank you and great instructions!

Hi Jenn, Sorry to take so long to get back to you, I haven't looked at this post again til today. I use the wax left over (punched out inner circles and bits around the outside of the rings) for chunk candles. I tend to use the same wax for both the rings and the overpour but to keep the overpour as clear as possible I don't add vybar or stearine. If you have different waxes then simply experiment and see what happens, I don't think that there are any hard and fast rules about it. Although you may wish to pm celicagtca as she is the creator of this fabulous technique. I'm so glad you like them. Cheers, Mozzie

Lovely - great colour combinations.

They both look lovely to me. I like the shiny - rustic combination so sometimes our "mistakes" turn out better than we were going for originally. LOL.