Debbie73

Holly, you are very welcome! Also, when I told you I use paper towels in my 200 degree oven, it is an electric oven. I don't know how it would work if you have a gas oven, it may not make any difference, because the paper towel is not coming in direct contact with the flame. Maybe someone will chime in here with their ideas. I would not want to tell you something that could be potentially dangerous!

I posted some time ago about the tart molds that I had were not coming out to 1oz, no matter how full it was. Someone was kind enough to tell me they got theirs from Candle Source. So I ordered some and finally had a chance to make some with these new molds, and they are the 1 once molds. I randomly weighed the tarts after I made them, and they weighed anywhere from 1oz. to 1.12 oz. I just want to thank the person who told me about these, if you happen to read this post. When you look at the molds together, you can see the one from Candle Source is a little bit bigger at the bottom half of the mold. I am a happy camper!

Holly, I hope that I can help you with a few things. I have used the wilton molds to make tarts. Each of the tarts weighed .74 to .78 ounces and you are able to buy them in a variety of shapes and sizes, which makes it nice for special occasions. I have recently started using the metal tart molds and have found out that some are not the full one ounce. I have ordered some from Candle Source and have not had a chance to use them yet, but comparing them to what I have, they are larger at the bottom of the tart, so hopefully, they will be the full ounce I am looking for. I use the smaller aluminum pitchers, I think they hold two lbs. I like using these for making tarts because it is easier to control the pouring. I fill it about 1/2 full, once again it is easier to control your pouring with less wax in the pitcher. I do spill some, but it is a whole lot less with it half full. I have a cookie sheet that I line with extra heavy foil, I then line it with paper towels. I put my wilton molds and my metal tart molds on them in a 200 degree oven to heat them up. If I need to melt any wax off of them, I just flip them over on the paper towels, then change the paper towels as needed. I have never had any problems with using paper towels in my oven, on low heat. I know this is long, but I hope it will help!

Those are very pretty, love the colors!

You do a wonderful job just eyeing it. I may give it a whirl and see what I get!

I love those, they are so cute. Now I am going to ask a dim witted question, how do you get the same amount of each color on every one of them? I would love to try them, but just not sure how to go about doing 2 to 3 colors. Yours do look cute!

Those are very pretty!

Stace, those are beautiful!

Beautiful candle!

That is a gorgeous candle! You do beautiful work!

Very nice!

I have never been over here before, so thought I would stop by. Glad I did, your scarf is beautiful. I love the colors that you put together!

That is a very pretty display, I'll bet it smells wonderful! Don't you just love fall time?

OK, I re-read my original post and duh, forgot to mention that this is sticking in the tart warmer bowl after it has cooled. I never had this problem before, they would come out very easy. I did put it in the freezer and even then had to get a knife and pry it out. I know customers are not going to like this, because I did not like having to do it!

No, it is definitely feather palm, I know the pattern it makes. I have made tarts out of glass glow that did not stick this bad, that's what is weird about this. Surely, I am not the only one that has this problem. Hopefully some palm wax users will pop in here.

Every since I started making palm wax tarts, I have not had any problem with them sticking. I just opened a new 55lb bag of feather palm from Candle Science and everyone of my tarts and melts are sticking like glue. Has anyone else had this happen, where they were not having a problem sticking, but now are, with a new batch of wax? What other problems can arise with a possible bad batch of palm wax? I also know I can pop them in the freezer, I'm just afraid some will not like having to do this. Plus, I got spoiled with them just sliding right out! Thanks, Deb

I believe it is Frontier Candle Packaging. Not just Frontier Packaging, as I originally posted, sorry! I think you will like these little boxes, they have one for 4 tarts and one for 6 tarts. I am working on different ways of dressing them up for the holidays. I have made some pillars this year and saw that they carried a pillar box. It would allow me to put it in the cart, but when you go to check your cart, it tells you they no longer carry them. I was very disappointed, because the boxes are top quality. Hope this helps! Good Luck! Debbie

When I first started making tarts, I thought the organza bags would be a great way to display them, then this way people could smell them thru the bags. I then placed the different scents in wicker baskets to display them. Having them out in the open, yes the scents all together can become overwhelming and yes some of the colors can smear the bags. I have a glass cabinet with doors on it and decided to display them in this way. As time has gone on, the scent is fading, so because of this, I have decided to change my packaging. I ordered the plastic tart boxes from frontier packaging. I really do like this packaging much better, it has taken care of all of the above problems! You talked about using the poly bags and placing them in the organza bags, I think that would work and I don't think you would even have to close the poly bag. Most of the scent will be contained in the poly bag and leaving it open inside of the organza bag should be enough for people to smell it, without the scents becoming overwhelming.

Yes, but I only made a few of them, just experimenting to see if it was something I wanted to sell along with my candles. I found them to be kind of a pain, so I have put them away for now. I may try later when I have more time to mess with them.

I bought some a few months back and I believe it was from Salt Works. They have several sizes. HTH

Those are very pretty!

Hi Carol, I don't know if you were talking to me or not, but I pour my wax (Palm) at 200 degrees. I used to heat the jars in the oven, at 180 degrees, that caused problems even more with the stickers coming loose. I no longer heat them in the oven, now I use the heat gun. Seams like no matter which way I went, those little stinkers would find a way to come loose and drive me insane, but that's ok, I didn't have far to go anyway!

I have been testing fall and Christmas scents all summer, and out of 12 jars, I have had 5 jars with wick stickers come loose. I use the ones from Candlemaker's, too. Now I use the wick stickers for testing only and the GE Silicone for what I sale.

I am not sure where to post this, but I am looking for wholesale wick trimmers. Does anyone know where I can get them reasonably priced? Thanks much!

Richard, tell Tracy those are simply Beautiful! I will be on the next flight out to Sydney for candle home training. I have been working on palm wax container and pillar chunk candles. Those are nothing compared to what you are doing, but I understand what you mean about time consuming and the average consumer I don't think can appreciate what you put into your work. Once again, beautiful candles. Isn't palm wax fun? :yay: Debbie