Gbhunter

Once a palm candle leaves the shell behind is it wise to re melt it and use it in a new candle? Or is it better to just throw it away?

Seriously no on makes palm pillars?

This is the shell left by a 42ply wick in this palm wax candle. Does that look right?

Is there a formula of some sort to figure out what the FO load would be if one adds say X amount of steric to a wax, or adds bee's wax to soy. What about mixing soy and palm? Has that been done?

Thanks. Do waxes vary greatly in desity?

Awsome!

Awsome! Im back after a while.

Ok. I was thinking a 3x6 pillar will have the same volume no mater what its made of but weight will be different.

Do you guys measure FO by volume or weight? I have been doing weight but i have a strange feeling im wrong here.

Lol its supposed to be steric not styrine. I add palm steric. I was diagnosed with advanced stage 4 Hodgkins Lymphoma. So that took me out of the running. Unfortunately for me the surgeries needed to identify it have left me disabled. But at least im alive.

I have missed being on here.

Cool. Thank you. It seems the Eco 6 will be the wick. Currently I do not have any FO. How does stirine help FO load? On a separate issue is there a way to slightly soften palm wax? Currently the only wicks that work for me is 42 ply (kind of thick shell) 45 ply (thin shell). Also could someone tell me how palm pillars are sopposed to burn? Are holes in the shells normal? Or is it a sign of a wick that is too large?

Well its been a bit of time since I have been here. Unfortunately I had to battle a life threatening illness. But im back. I do have some questions though. I have 8 oz jars that are about 2.25 in diameter. I use straight soy. I tried Eco 4 wick and it seem to not be big enough it tunnels. So herevare the questions. A. Does eco 6 seem too big for said jar? It leaves a sort of deep pool but no hang ups and the flame is nice nice. B. Do you guys twist the wicks? Especially the ones that curl. C. How hot is too hot for a jar to be? D. Does adding FO cause wick size to go up? E. What does a wax coating on the wick do vs a raw wick? I use soy-125 from Candlewick to it I add about 8% palm styrine. Thank you .

Thank you very much. It took a long time to get the wick right and figure out what affects what but finally it worked. Now my wife is burning candles all over.lol

I played around with palm. http://s765.photobucket.com/user/candlemagicman/media-full/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20140202_144925_zps02153545.jpg.html