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About how much do you recommend I mix per pound? Thanks

Ok I see alot of people us Ky Parasoy for tarts and I use IGI6006 for my jars and I know this is a container wax only. So if you cant use 6006 for tarts then what IGI wax can you use to make tarts and will be have the same type of blend that 6006 has or parasoy? Thanks in advance.

25 lbs.

My wife works for a Vet and I used BCNs and it worked well. I use igi6006.

I have been there in person and everything looks sloppy so I can emagine how they are online.

Looking for a good accurate Gardenia. I tried CS and it was very good but not sure. I am trying Lonestars now to see how well it does. Peaks would not throw well for some reason. I am using IGI6006 and would like your opinion on which Gardenia is accurate.

Thanks

Al

When I went in person she said it was but to be honest I never tried GL.

I am using IGI6006 with 9oz hex jar. Ok I have tried burning about 5 types of Red Hot and can only burn two which are Blugrass and Just Scents. I do like these but am looking for a stronger one. BCN,Peaks, and other will not burn even without color. I have tried burning in CD12,CD14n and zink. I really like BCN but can not burn it I know somone on here burns it but they add soy to the wax and am wondering if that's why. Please help

Well Im not gonna lie I was expecting alot better from all the reviews I read as well but it did do ok. It didnt fill my whole house but it did great in my room.

I used it in igi6006 and it wasnt to strong but it did give me a good hot and cold throw after curing for 3 days.

Thanks everybody...

Looking for a good chocolate to use in igi6006. Im trying out Peaks Fudge and it smells pretty good just wondering if any of you have better suggestions? Thanks:cheesy2: Looking to use it as a mixer as well.

I will give it a try. I actually realized that I was using a low temp glue so I found a glue company thats sells strong high temp. glue sticks and a great glue gun that gets the job done after plugging in after 3 minutes but if it fails I will be giving these a try. I would like to thank all of you for all these posts oh yeah and I finally learned the hard way test, test, test!!! Thanks

Alrighty I guess I will have to try both of them although they both have the same description. Which one do you have better luck with?

I was looking at CS and saw that they are out of stock on Hansel and Gretels for smaller portions. As I was looking at Aroma Heavens website I noticed they have Welcome home with the same decription. Has anybody tried both if so are they the same? Thanks

:cheesy2:Thanks

I tried the one from peaks and it was great OOB and great cold throw but was disappointed in the hot throw. I have had alot of luck with most of there FO's but this one was kind of a weak smell. Anybody using 6006 have any recommendations. Worst case I will just use cinnamon vanilla instead of this FO. Anybody have both if so which one sells more? Thanks for all the help...

Carrie,

So do you use cd14 and all your FOs for the hex jars or only the ones that with heavy FO's. Thanks for help....

Having a problem with Home Sweet Home Fo from BCN. Im using igi6006 with zinc wicks 9oz hex jar and its giving me a small melt pool. They say I need to wick up but not sure where to start. She wants me to start with cd 14 or 10 or 12. Just wondering if any of you have any recommendations? using 51-32-18

Nope not at all everything is fine. Thanks

I use igi6006 and used Peaks and it was strong!

Lol I dont have it I bought a candle with this scent and I like the smell alot. I have been looking for it and thats why I posted. I will try BCN thank you jenn.

:)Thanks for the info.

Using igi6006 and tried the one from CS and it didnt have a very good hot throw. I was disappointed becasue alot of people in here are using it but it didnt do well for me. I am trying jS now and will see how that goes. I am looking for a good strong cinnamon red hot please let me know any suggestions. Thanks

I can relate to the planning for the future thing. Or just idle curiosity, for that matter.:smiley2:

Take into consideration that FOs have a shelf life, too. Most folks say 1 year. I'd hesitate to figure on keeping a large inventory for over 6 months, though.

If the manufacturer's minimum is 25 pounds, you're gonna need to make 800 1 pound candles in 6 months. Or 1600 8oz container candles in 6 months. That's figuring 1/2 oz per pound of wax. That's about 8%.

And that's just one fragrance. If you offer 10 fragrances, you're then talking about making 90 candles per day, 7 days a week, of the 8oz containers.

At this level, if you bought all your FOs at once, you'd be buying 250 pounds, figuring minimum orders of 10 scents. You won't be able to do that every time, as some scents would sell faster than others. But even if you could, you're still not going to get the same price as the candle supply companies do.

Plus you'd have to have a climate controlled area large enough to store the ten drums in. About 20 square feet. That's about the size of a car, give or take. If you're working out of your 2 car garage, that isn't gonna leave much room for the 10 wax melters you're gonna need to make all these candles, much less the 8,000 pounds of wax that you'd be going through.

Also, the wax and FO would need to be delivered by tractor trailor. They can't go into a residential area. In short, you're going to have to rent a commercial space to work in or get a truck to bring it in from the freight terminal. You'll need an 18 foot box van with a lift gate, probably cost you about $150 to rent one for a day. You'll also need a pallet jack. Those cost about $400 for the cheap ones.

If you rent a commercial space, figure about $1000 per month. Don't forget power, water and sewage costs, too. So you'd better be selling every one of those 16,000 candles.

I used to run a print shop where we used about 80 cases per week of Geogia Pacific copy paper. I called Georgia Pacific to try to buy direct. I was told that I would have to buy a railroad car load to even place an order. And even at that level, I was only gonna save about 10 cents per case. After figuring what it would cost to store it, I'd have gone waaaaayyy in the hole.

I was sitting there thinking I was all big time and shit... til I got off that phone call.

LMAO I love this place and I do appreciate the honesty. I ran another business before and bought flavors over the border and had a company dup them for me here because they where so strong and I enjoyed saving money. All I was really looking for was a recomendation of a company that was almost equal to the good quality Peaks provides. Chances of me ever getting that big are probably small but I always look ahead in everything I do. I love brutal honesty and I appreciate all the information you gave me but like I said just doing research. If you have any recommendations I would appreciate it. Thanks for you insight and your response. I will also contact some of these company I am buying from now and see what type of discounts they offer. I figured dup was the best way but they say they wont be an exact match.