CandleLytes

I use IGI1343 and start the wax out like normal, add vybar and stearic and scent, then decide which color I want. I only use liquid dye as I don't think anything else will work, then let the wax cool, constantly stirring once it starts to get a film. I continue to stir until it looks like runny mashed potatos and add two or three drops of dye, Stir slightly, ( I zig zag across the wax a few times) just enough to get the marble look and then pour. The next step is very important in getting those air bubbles out... I heat the side of the mold with my heat gun and take a second to tap the mold on the counter a couple times, then heat once more then tap again just like before. Be careful when your adding your dye not to get it too close to the sides of the mold because then it just seems to create "blotches" of color instead of marbled color no matter how you stir it.

That's pretty! OK I haven't tried these types of pillars yet. How do you get the variations of colors in there? Is it poured as a rustic, layers or what? Could it be done it IGI's 1343, 1250 or 1239?

Yes this is the one I was talking about. Thanks. it's growing on me.

Thanks. I'm a picky eater and scented food would only make it worse!!!! LOL

I have been using this one wick with my mason jar for quite some time, and the wick always flickered, got a huge shroom after only about 2 hours, but it consumed all the wax and threw out scent really well. For a change and an experiment I decided to wick down one size just to see what would happen. This is after about 9 months or so of using this other wick, lots of customers and so on. But so far so good on the size down. It flickers a little, but I always, ALWAYS, seem to get flicker with mason jars. (Does anyone else?) It doesn't smoke but neither did the other. It's about an hour and 45 minutes in to the burn and almost to the edge. This opening is about 2 inches or so (standard mason jar). My point is even chandlers who consider themselves a "novelist" candle maker have issues and have to rethink their formulas sometimes. It's just part of the craft. But in order to succeed you need to be open for changes, and trying new things for no other reason than "just because" or because you're curious. To all newbies, don't close yourself off. I made that mistake once... and got so frustrated I almost quit all together. Glad I didn't. HTH.

I have been getting the same. I am using Swan's Accu10 and and 4786. Great color retention and both CT and HT. Them damn air pockets! I usually do a repour. I might try melting them down in the oven, but doesn't the scent of the candle stay in there? That's always been my worry, is that all my food would taste like candles!

Thanks guys! I was hoping someone would post comments like that!

Do you think it is a MUST that you match the color of your candle to the scent? I just made a strawberry banana candle that was a marble candle gone bad. But the pillar is a little more orange than I would like, but really don't feel like melting it down a third time. Someone will buy it, I hope.

I scent both. Chunks I scent at 5%. not sure why I invented that amount, but it seems to work.

I love Marbles. This candle was a christmas gift for an aunt. She loved it.

I like this one. It turned out really pretty. It's scented with BC's Ocean Mist. The only bad thing is I will have to melt it down and turn it into a rustic or tarts because the wick came loose and slipped in to the candle! What a shame! This was one of my better marbles too! Oh well. I can make another one today!

Poeple seem to love this scent but I can't stand it! I have a woman who wants 15 Brownie camdles. Maybe it's just me but it reminds me of generic chapstick scented chocolate. And then she asks me if I do soaps and lotions in the same scent. I told her I haven't gotten to those tasks yet.

I try to remember to pull my hair back when making food, but sometimes even when I do a strand will occasionally slither out and into my DB's food, but it never occured to me until that happened that the same should be done for making candles.

Do you tie back or put your hair up when making candles. Just curious. I never used to until someone actually pointed out a hair in my tart(s). How emabarressing, right? It was, believe me! :embarasse

Oh yea, then I use a wick bar to hold the wick in place, moving it quicky after I pour so I don't interfere with the set up process.

Sometimes I use EZ wick setter but for me I have found that it is easier for me to eyeball it. I use a nickel under my jar (I only use clear jars) and move the jar aroound til the nickel is pretty much centered, then pop in the wick. I use nickels because they are very close to the diameter of the wick tabs.

Thanks. I like it a lot too, and so did the lady! It smelled awesome, both CT and HT (made one for myself) .

Forgot to add that I tinted the overpour slightly with hunter green. My customer loved it!

I actually used .70 bayberry FO, and .30 Peppermint FO.

Did this for a friend for a breast cancer awareness event. It's scent chocolate brownie.

I have sold 24 of these in the last 3 days! This is great. (ps - I love having a camera again!)

Here's a better view...

Oops. Forgot the pic! :embarasse

One of the best I have sonde so far. And it has an awesome HT & CT. In fact the last few days I have been feeling under the weather (my sinuses are stuff) and burnng this seemed to ease the pressure!

Here it is!