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Thanks for the advice. This may seem like a silly question. I melted the wax in my Presto pot and its hard to get an good temp reading from my thermometer since it was sitting so close to the bottom of the pot. I have a candle thermometer that I bought at a craft store and it just seem to work well with what I have set up. Any advice? Also, I use a pyrex cup as my pour pot and the wax started to cool rapidly in that when I went to add my scent and color. Should I heat that as well? Also what temp should I put the oven on to warm the jars? Thanks again for the helpful advice. Can't wait for candle number two.

Hello all, I'm new here, but I just made my first Palm container yesterday and it didn't turn out as expected. Wax was melted at 210 and I added scent and color and poured at 175. Cooled on a cookie rack. It only crystilized in one small portion of the candle. The rest of the candle looks smooth. Any ideas why this happened? Hopefully you can see the pics. http://aycu15.webshots.com/image/39214/2002330112005643726_rs.jpg http://aycu36.webshots.com/image/42195/2002335538864928399_rs.jpg

Thanks, I appreciate the advice. Like I said I tend to over think a lot and I think I just need to get in and get my hands dirty so to speak.

Hello everyone, I'm new to candle making so go easy on me. I have just ordered my first batch of GG palm from CS. I'm pretty excited to get started, but had a few questions. I tend to be one of those people that like to over think things and always seem to scare myself and and create more doubt in the process. After reading and searching many of these post I have found some wonderful information that I think will really help me get started. So here is a pre thank you for the already great advice I've seen. Is there a way to calculate how much wieghted wax you need to use for a container? in other words is there a ratio to wighted wax vs what the actual volume melted in the container will be (I hope that makes sense)? Does it also depend on the type of wax as well? I have been searching the forum for anyone that might have a "testing" spreadsheet or log sheet that they use that they really like. with so many variables to account for I would love to be as detailed as possible in writing down everything I do through out the process and make sure I am not leaving anything out. Thanks again for all helpful advice already. Bruce