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Has any one tried these wicks? Have you tried them in 4627 comfort blend wax? They say they are for highly scented candles.Thank you.

are you using double boiler or on the direct heat? On direct heat the sent may be burning off .Just a thought.

your local flea market or farmers market is a great place to sell in the warm months,I sell a ton of tarts a week there.We have electric and use a fan to keep cool,you meet alot of people that are so nice and I pick up sales from visitors out of state orders.

Thanks,I am making a list to try them-I love a good bday cake and sugar cookie too !

great work!

Joannec,thank you!I did not order from fb before so I did not know.

I wanted to try this scent but who has the best one or are they all about the same? Does fb birthday cake havs a good ct ?Thank you for any help.

I made some and it took so long for the fragrance oils to absorb,that I never made any more.They smelled really good.

I know just how you feel!!!! I am close to it my self.

I get mine from gtbag-they ar great ,carries all sizes-fast service.

me too! I loaded up on scents I wanted to test.

I love the pumpkin corn bread,it is strong and a good seller but get the A grade-some think there is not a difference but yeah there is a big difference.In the whiskey river it is like day and night between the grades.

I checked out natures gardens natural goats milk soap base and i don't understand that if it is natural what are the second,third and fourth ingredients?are those natural?I guess I need to look those up!Thanks

Your are welcome and I agree.The bags makes the tarts look so nice,my customers always comment how they look.Have a great evening.

How soon after making your tarts/melts do you package them? I do made to order and would like to try ready to ship on my website but don't want to just leave them out in the open. I do use polypro bags.

Thanks,

Gloria

I also use polypro bags and have for many years.I put my tarts in as soon as they are cold.

thats the way I do them at farmers market.I place a box of snack bags and they pick out what they want and bag them their self,if they choose to.I use 1/2 gallon jars too which looks country style and you can get them 12 for $11.00 .I also use from the party shop food grade cellophane bags,they come in all sizes.I know they hold the scent I have a package here that is 2 years old and still smells wonderful.I either tie some curly ribbon on the top or on line I use a header with label.Just a thought for you.

Hi,I am doing enchanted lite(soy) for soy dots and like candles some scents takes really well some not so much.I did blackberry sage ,it took a month to soak up the scent to dry stage.one ounce of the end product scented my high ceiling home for 1 day super strong -1 day medium scent-1 day soft scented.I did test different % till I got what I was looking for.

I have used them but in person at one of the soap gatherings and they were very helpful and I liked their products.

I agree ,and you have to listen to who ever visits your booth,they know whats hot and whats not.

Very creative-Looks great.

4627 you don't need to add nothing to it-it has a great scent throw with out any additives

I made candles 7 years ago and did pretty well selling to friends and family. I am recently divorced and have a lot of free time on my hands and need extra income so I was thinking of starting up again but going from hobby to business.

While I have ZERO desire to do full blown candles again (the though of dealing with wicks makes my skin crawl lol). I do however LOVE the idea of a business in which I only sale "melts" or "tarts". I'm thinking of doing a bakery/candy shop theme and just doing bakery/candy scents. I'm thinking "Scented Brittle Melt", "Candy Melt Bars (clam shells)" and "Cups" (a play on reese's peanut butter cups) ie. Blue Berry Muffin Cups, German Chocolate Cake Cups etc. and wax melters aka "candy jars" of course. Everything will be packaged in Candy or Bakery type packaging.

Anyways now to my questions. Is it possible to build a business on melts alone? I would be doing mostly craft shows and online sales and maybe a few "Tasting" parties a few times a year. Anyone out there save a solid business on melt alone?

Thoughts.

I mainly sell candle tarts in a large variety of styles.I do fairly well.Not enough to support my self and nothing else .Tart parties are favorite of mine-although it is not me that starts them,friends ccall up and say we are having you a tart party and the sales are great.I sell at the farmers market and do well there,on line is another story.Some have great luck on line,it takes time to build a good customer base.Good luck,it is so much fun and expensive.

I just started candle making about 2 months ago. I bought the IGI 4627 and really like the cold and hot throw. but every time I burn my test candles the wax melt pool turns an ugly brown color. I use eco wicks,one dye chip and 10%-12% fragrance oil per pound. Am I doing something wrong? or is there a way to reduce or eliminate this problem. Any advice would be much appreciated.

I am not expert but in my testing the wick is too hot burning and the wax turns colors.I am sure some one with more knowledge will answer.I do use 4627 and find zink 51 works great and I like rrd wicks.But again testing is the only way,try and wick down and test.

I got a letter yesterday about the change over.The new owners are Eric and Janet Sparrow,the new site is www.americansoywax.com

You can go ahead and log in to get your pricing set up properly.They will be offering the Millennium wax,container as well as a variety of fragrances,wicks,jars and other items.

Thank you,I appreciate it very much.I will test.