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Circle

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  1. I love square braid wick for my palm pillars and paraffin pillars. I use spools as I wick my moulds before pouring. Never had black smoke and wicks trim nicely. Not tried them in beeswax. I get mine from Candlewic.
  2. I prefer C3 as it is very flexible with pour temp at different times of the year and I always get lovely smooth tops. I like the C1 too but there is a big controversy over palm wax and I think that palm wax is an ingredient in C1. As Stella says, if no C3 around I would use C1.
  3. Essential oils on the lips are safe at 1%, BUT you need to do your research as to any contraindications of the particular essential oils you are using. ALSO, they have to be pure 100% essential oils, if they are messed with in the lab and adulterated, then they can be harmful or useless. I use spearmint and lavender pure essential oils in lip balm for my whole family. Very beneficial.
  4. Use pure essential oils of lavender, patchouli, geranium. If you don't have all, use lavender and add it to olive oil. 2 drops/teaspoon.
  5. The color is causing your frosting problem. I would suggest that you wait overnight and then heatgun in the morning, you should get a nice top first time. In saying that, though, I don't use your wax, but it is worth giving a go.
  6. I agree, keep the wick the same and test burn, then compare it with your first
  7. I always shake. By the time it is ready to pour, the bubbles will be gone
  8. Wet spots are part of candle life. We use C3 and sometimes we don't see wet spots for 2 weeks, perfect candles, and suddenly a slight change in temp and they will all get them. Used to get very upset but now we just accept them as a fact and people buy because they like the smell. Do an experiment and set up a stall where all your candles have wetspots and I guarantee you won't have one single customer ask you about it or even mention it, I am talking hundreds of people. The prat that asks you is some twit who is a shitty candle maker themself.
  9. Taylored concepts have really great ready mixed reed diffuser oils
  10. Don't make them myself yet, but would go 4oz due to a price issue with customers. It is what people are prepared to spend and less is normally the norm.
  11. Not knowing the size of them, I thought, tampon holder, straight away, not sure why I'm the only one?:tiptoe:
  12. Those candles are absolutely awful and I would be embarrassed if I were the shop owner. I know what it is like with the mentality of people preferring to buy cheap chinese candles and not seeing the value in a well made, quality candle. It seems these days a lot of products are losing their lure because of cheap chinese imports. At least though, there are still some who have good taste:) so go and see that shop owner and get your product on the shelves!
  13. Seems to be the right wick to me. burn to the bottom and see, but it looks like it is the perfect size
  14. Try wick down, IMO it could eliminate the sooting issue. You have hang up on one side, but need to burn still for many hours. The hang up should burn away even with a smaller wick.
  15. You could try a sample of "Spice" from Candlewic. It reminds me of an upscale scent but at the same time gives me a log cabin type of feel. Very nice
  16. A+ from me too. There are a few, however, that are quite weak but that is the same with ALL companies. Lovely service, great descriptions.
  17. Lovely candles. Try and apply your mould sealer to the wick after you demold to remove excess. Hey Stella "Cannabis supplies Toronto"?/:cheesy2:
  18. Try Candlewic WR2004 and WR2007 spool wicks, work well in 3" pillars
  19. Does the wax coating coming off the wick affect the burn? Just concerned that the wick looks thinner and won't burn the same.
  20. Each fragrance with tell you if it is bath and body safe
  21. Had a problem recently with my CD7 wicks. The wax coat was literally coming off before pouring and continued during pouring. I contacted the supplier who asked me " Is it coated with beeswax as this can be quite brittle" Not sure why they don't know what their own wicks that they supply are coated with:( Also, We ordered other CD's of different sizes and had no problem. Are CD wicks covered with beeswax? Do suppliers not know what wax their wicks are coated with? I am very disappointed as this supplier has been around for a long time.
  22. Was reading an article about a candle company bringing in a range of rice wax candles? Anyone know anything?
  23. Even in the non soapy C3 you can get bubbles. Wait till you heatgun the top of one and see all the bubbles coming up by the wick!! Even stirred slow and poured slow this wax often seems to have them.
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