gabriellel66

Good for you! I think you've made definitely the right decision. They sound like a nightmare to live with. Having worked with people like that (though in a completely different area), I felt nothing but a huge sense of relief when I sent them a mail telling them I was walking. That alone told me I'd made the right decision.

I don't think you were unethical at all--you told them what was going on and told them you would return their raw materials. You didn't simply disappear and keep everything.

Good luck! (And to you, too, Dana--can't be easy when there's friendship involved.)

Which is generally what it has done for me. Others might pull away in one spot, this stuff might stay stuck in one spot.

It's also not all that resistant to frosting. Best I can say is that it always has a "creamy top". Woohoo.

I mentioned in a previous post that I made a very pretty looking pear-persimmon candle a few days ago with CBA. test-burned it last night, and I'm very happy with the result. It burned very cleanly, uniform melt pool, no soot, very good throw, and cooled down with minimal frosting. I can't remember if I tempered the wax, have to check my notes at home, but I think I heated to 167 (converting from celcius :-) ), added FO & liquid dye at 150, and did a quick pour at 110, then covered with a box.

So, that's 1 candle made from CBA that I'm happy with. Of course, I could do follow the same routine tomorrow and get a completely different result.

Special shout-out to Stella for that wick-twisting tip. That worked a treat!

Well, it's "designed" to pull away because they couldn't get it to stick. I'm sure they would have preferred that it does.

Ahh, so it's a feature Thanks!

From the manufacturer: Slower cooling will encourage container adhesion while quicker cooling will encourage container pull away. CB-Advanced Soy is designed to pull away from the glass and should be encouraged to do so. NGI has a new wax along the lines of CBA that's supposed to adhere better to the glass, but nobody has gotten their hands on it yet.

Newbie question time: why is it designed to pull away? For a cleaner-looking burn?

Second newbie question: I've been having fun going back and forth between CBA and GW415 for a month now, and getting what I think most people have found: smooth top/not a great HT, vs. not so smooth top/good HT throw. Of course, it varies scent to scent, along with all the other variables. Made a gorgeous looking pear-persimmon using CBA last night--great adhesion, and the CT is good, but I'll wait for the weekend to see what's really going on.

So, the question is: has anyone mixed CBA & GW415, what were the results, or is it something I should just not even try?

I'm only asking because I have quite a bit of the CBA that I want to use up, although I'm going to be putting in an order for more wax this week.

Which leads to my next question! We're quite limited in Australia, so my choices (for soy) are between GW464, GW444, and CB-135. I'm leaning more toward GW464, mainly because good HT is more important to me than a smooth top, and I'm managing to get a relatively smooth top by pouring slushy with the GW415.

TIA for any opinions. These forums have really helped me pick up my game.

Thank you very much, I'll put in an order.

And at a very sweet price--thank you!

There are no reviews on the site. Has anyone tried this?

Hi, does anyone know where I can find a dupe of Yankme's Fall Festival? I tried the one listed at Swan's, in the hopes it might be a dupe (even though it wasn't listed as such--had to give it a shot! :smiley2: ) but it's not.

TIA,

Gabrielle