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I make incense but have only used the blanks.  So you are saying you hand roll your incense?  That seems pretty labor intensive.

21 hours ago, pughaus said:

 

Ha! I'm not surprised woodenwick's answer to any wicking question is wood, wood or wood.  

 

Then again, if any coco wax supplier was able to provide useful coconut wicking info beyond the most general recommendations I wouldn't still be testing every friggin wick in various coconut waxes a year later.  
 

If I worked on a cocowax help line and someone asked me what the best wick for cocowax wax I'd just say " a small wick "  

 

 

Wow!  You have more patience than me!  I played with coconut wax a little last year.  I tried maybe 2 candles and gave up!  LOL!

Never mind I got it going again.  I got so frustrated I went and wiggled the black element thingy and it came back on!  Whew!  

Does anyone have any suggestions for getting hard wax out of a turkey fryer that decided to die on me?  It is about half full!!

I tried resetting it and check the breakers and still nothing!  UGH!  

Hmm.  I will try to change the bulb and see what happens.  Thank you!

13 hours ago, ShelleyF said:

I have a work around solution to the cups denting. Well I'm testing it out. Lol they burn perfectly in my 25 watt bulb burner and throw through the house. I wonder why yours didn't? I only sell in person and online. I don't have a store. The throw is phenomenal with the 4627. Customers are loving this. 

I'm not sure why the 25-watt bulb didn't work for me either.  Weird!  

I tried those foil cups from Kitchen Dance with 4627.  I also found they don't melt all the way in the 25-watt bulb warmers.  After about an hour there was still some unmelted wax in the cup and not much throw.  They work AWESOME on the plate warmers though.  But I would not feel right selling to someone only with the 25-watt bulb warmers.  I would have to warn them about it and then that limits sales too.

My only worry was when the customers are trying to open and sniff.  I sometimes had a hard time getting them open without denting in the sides of the cup.  Can you imagine at a craft show or in retail?  You would probably end up with a bunch of dented up cups that some people might want not to buy. The only workaround would be to have some sniffles and have some behind the counter to actually sell to the customers.  That's all I could think of but I am still thinking. 

Thanks for the reviews.  I have been tempted to try them and maybe now I will.

A few years ago I found some white dye somewhere but I did not care for the way it made the beads look.  It works perfectly not using any dye but then you can't use FOs that have a dark color to them.  

This is so weird!  I have a Cricut and for the life of me, I just could not get the hang of it.   It is an Explore One and I just put it on Ebay this morning!  And then I come here and see all the stuff TT does with her machine and I'm like....whaatt!  

I get palm wax from BCN.  I just ordered a couple weeks ago and it was the same price as usual.

Okay, now you got me curious!  How do you make bamboo incense?  I  have never heard of it.  If they are cleaner than the charcoal I am all for it.  

Are you talking about the regular sticks with the resin on?

I use charcoal sticks and soak for 24 hours and then lay them out to dry.  I lay them in those longer aluminum foil pans to soak.  The 16 oz FO bottles weren't high enough for the charcoal ones I buy so I had to look for something else to soak them in.   I have found that just about any FO works okay.  I never ran into any duds like in candles but like Sarah said there are some FOs that don't like to mix up too good with the DPG so I leave those alone.  Most of the FOs I use are from BC. 

Mayan Gold is pretty good too.  Daffodil is great but not a big seller for me.  Nutmeg and Ginger is wicked strong and smells like nutmeg and ginger to me.  Lavender, Sage and Rosemary is a good seller and also strong.  I like Amaretto Tiramisu but that is another one that people don't buy much.  Butterscotch Brulee is pretty yummy.   

I get mine from Webstaurant.  With shipping they cost 2 cents each for the cup (including the lid).

Wow!  That is weird.  Palm doesn't melt that easy to begin with and to just sit there and do that.  I never heard of such a thing.  Maybe someone is trying to mess with you?  I could see someone in my family doing that to me just to get me all in a tizzy!    Let's see if we can get Mom to freak out!  hehe

I used to use the larger portion cups (I think they were 1.5 once but not sure) but I have switched to the 1 ounce.  They do only hold 3/4 ounce but people seem to like that size better.  I got feedback that the larger ones were too big and they had to cut them in half.  With the new size they don't have to do that.

I charge $1.50 for one.  The more they buy the cheaper they get.  If the buy 10 or more they are $1 each. 

I sell a ton of those little buggers.

OMG!  I never even knew there was such a section.  When I read this I thought......what are they talking about?  So I looked and sure enough....there it is.  LOL!  

2 hours ago, runner14jc said:

Has anyone ever tried using a hot knife to cut it? Something I've been thinking about trying but didn't know if anyone else has tried it before? Something like this, https://www.amazon.com/Walnut-Hollow-Professional-Cutting-Stencils/dp/B003GXF4EK

I tried that once and it did not work too great for me.  Hammer and chisel work faster.

Aztec.

Of what you have on your list I have tried Home Sweet Home which is good and strong, Fresh Cut Grass which is very weak and did not really smell like grass to me and Georgia Peach, which is also very good.

I love their Lemon Pucker, Hot Maple Toddy, Lilac Bush, Mistletoe, WYW Sage & Citrus, Sleighbells, for candles and melts.

For incense I use their Jasmine, Dragon's Blood, China Rain, Nag Champa, and Opium. 

I liked them in the status jars but I just decided not to offer those jars.  But the worked pretty good

4 parts aroma beads to 1 part FO.  I go by weight.  So for example: 2 ounces beads with 1/2 ounce FO.  2 divided by 4 is 1/2.

Caribbean Teakwood is an awesome thrower for me but I have not ordered it in a while.  I still have some from over a year ago.  It could be weaker now. 

I use BCN's beads and use a 4:1 ratio.  2 ounces of beads and 1/2 ounce FO.  Or 1 ounce of beads to  1/4 ounce FO, etc.  I am not sure about the 3 cups thing.  I go by weight.  

Sometimes it takes a while for the FO to soak in.  Some of them might take a couple days to a week.