Soylicious

Well I have made quite a few candles now using my CB Advanced that was stored in the hotter climate and I am getting some frosting but depending on what scents I am using. All my supplies I used came from CS and the wicks I got from Peaks. I made some Vanilla Hazelnut candles using yellow dye chips and got NO frosting, perfect adhesion to the container and they burn beautifully. Then I made some Cinnamon Stick candles using one Red and one Cranberry dye chip and got some frosting in only a few containers. They burn beautifully, but oh well.. I don't think I'm gonna worry much about it. I only sell them to a few people and they have loved them all so far. When you look at Yankee Candles in the stores (my friend owns a pharmacy and they sell them) they have lots of wet spots, frosting and are way less visually appealing than the candles I am making so I can't worry about it too much. Plus I use all different kinds of containers, so I have a lot of variety that way also. As long as they burn nicely and smell decently, I'll be pretty happy Now I gotta get up the nerve to start making my GG Palm wax candles.. Got a 50lb box sitting out there in the shed... LOL.. I made a few last summer and they came out very pretty, but gotta work on wicking them to get an even clean burn...

What did you find to be better with the CB Excel than the CB Advanced? I am curious... I'm having decent luck with the CB Advanced, but am always looking to try something new... I remelted a couple of GG Candles I had previously burned but didn't get a clean burn, so I re-poured the wax from those candles into a new container and I'm going to see how it burns tonight... It's almost as pretty as the original candles I made and I didn't even try to cool it properly...I just set it on my counter and let it cool..... lol...

Hey Dave, I am using NO special cooling method with my soy wax. I just set them on my counter top and leave them alone until they are all firmed up. I'd say 90 percent of the time they turn out fine, but that other 10 percent sometimes develops those dang sink holes, but I just use my heat gun to smooth them out and before you know it you got a candle I'll do a few test burns tomorrow night after they've cooled a couple of days... Feeling confident though that I can use the rest of this batch:yay:

Well I made some candles last night using my soy wax and all seems fine except for a few teeny weeny sink holes right at the wick on just a few of them. Mostly on the Basil and herb scented ones from CS. The vanilla hazelnut scented candles didn't get any sink holes... hmmm... Although I did pour the VH ones at about 100 degrees and the other ones at 108 or so.... I am going to make some more tonight and see how it goes... At least my wax seems fine... WHEW...

Oh I LOVE the Glass Glow.... I got some last spring (the stuff I said stored nicely in the heat) and made a few practice candles with it.... the scent throw was incredible compared to the soy wax.... LOVED IT... and it IS beautiful once it cools.. Only thing I am wondering about with the GG though are the relief holes.. Even though you pour the wax and it seems no oxygen bubbles are in it, they seem to form out of nowhere and you still end up with air pockets in the candle as it cools... Not sure how to fix that one for sure yet... But yes, the cleanup with Palm is not as easy as it is with Soy....

HAHA... My palm wax stored just fine.. but it's not as easy to work with as my Eco Soya CBA..... I

Hahahaha! Thanks Dave I know the melt point of the wax is 111 degrees, so it didn't get THAT hot, maybe close though since it had softened a bit, but retained the flakiness from when it was shipped... The interior of the box is fine, never got close to hot in the middle... just the top and sides got a bit soft, but still retained the flakiness.... We shall see~~~!!!:smiley2:

Hello everyone Had lots of changes over the summer but the biggest one for me was moving into a little house of my own... woo hoo~! The downside: It's such a small little house that I had to store my wax (Eco Soya CB Advanced) over the summer in a shed outside, it was shaded but we had several days this summer which got over 100 degrees. The wax seems ok, but I can tell that it did begin to soften at one point. It's still flakey so I'm hopeful that it's ok... It was stored outside for about 3 months. Has anyone else had to store wax outside during hot weather and been able to use it and still come out with decent candles? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!! It's almost a full 50 lb. box so I am hoping I can still use it Thank you everyone

I like the chips.. I am a klutz also and at least if I drop a chip on the counter or floor I can pick it back up.. if I spill liquid dye.. it's all over me and whatever I spilled it on... lol..

OK, Figured it out~ Let me know what you all think OH and I poured at a temp of 195 and cooled on a cookie sheet that I set on top of a cutting board. Then I covered them with a small box until they were pretty formed on the outside edges mostly... It's way faster paced getting ready to pour than Soy wax (yawn).. LOL No downtime from adding FO and Dye to the pouring stage.. gotta git' er done!!!

OK, I did it~!!! I poured my first GG containers today and they came out beautiful! I did have a couple of problems though and I'm sure I can get them figured out with some words of wisdom from any of you who have more experience than I... Ok, I tried wrecking the tops, but I'm not sure even how to do that.. I did see some air bubbles trapped under the surface, and took a skewer and poked a couple of holes into the air bubble... Other than that, I'm not sure what I'm doing.... So, how do you properly "Wreck" a top for GG? Stella, I have read that you posted a thread on how to do that but I couldn't find it, do you possibly have a link? I'm not sure I even did it right... Also, during the "wrecking process I did, I used a heat gun to remelt the tops to fill in the holes I poked and it left a difference in the crystal pattern for the first 1/4" of the candle.. I have attached a couple of pics so you can tell me all what you think All in all, I'm pretty happy with the outcome, they are very beautiful! Oh and I used 1oz FO pp and 1 dye chip pp... 3" container and I wicked it with a CSN 12. Fragrance was "Twilight Woods" from CS... Yummy... I pre-heated the containers with my heatgun as the house I'm renting a room in doesn't have a working oven... lol... OK, trying to figure out how to attach a picture..... I did it before but I can't seem to remember..hmmmm!!!

Hello everyone I got my order of Glass Glow Palm wax today and I'm so excited! But I still need to purchase some wicks and was curious if you need to wick up with Palm like you do with Soy? I have been going by the Candle Science website's wick guide and wicking up 2 wick sizes with my soy wax to get a good burn and FMP. Since this is going to be my first time using Glass Glow, (I can hardly wait!!!) I am wondering if wicking up is necessary with Palm wax like it is with Soy? Any opinions and/or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Oh and P.S.. I am going to be trying the CSN wicks...

Soy327!! I'll post pictures, I promise.. even if they don't come out perfectly the 1st time..... I am very excited.. I may have found a supplier in Sacramento, which would be awesome for me as that would save me huge shipping costs..lol... I'm going to call tomorrow and see if they have GG wax. They say palm wax on their website, but don't elaborate as to which brand or type... My soy candles are very fun to make, but the process does slow me down a bit waiting for the wax to cool to my pouring temp, which is around 115 degrees. Soooo... Oh and thanks for the info on Relief holes.. That makes sense because once in a while I'll get sinkholes with my soy wax. On the surface they look like a little crack around the wick, but underneath is a cavern... LOL.. even if I cool the wax as slowly as possible.... I find my heatgun does a pretty good job of melting and exposing the holes good enough to have the melted surface wax pour in and fill up the hole... And, I don't care what anybody says.. the wet spots with CB Advanced are just as bad, whether I heat the jars up beforehand or not. Hmmph... I simply gave up on trying to prevent them.. (if you look at yankee candles, they are FULL of wet spots)... I'm hoping that Palm wax doesn't go the wet spot thing as bad as soy...

Thanks for the Info Soy327, what are relief holes? I am very much looking forward to trying GG... The one thing that really interests me is that you don't have to wait for it to cool down much like Soy wax...

Hi everyone I have a quick question, I am curious if Glass Glow Palm wax is easy to clean up like Soy wax is? I see the melt point is higher than Soy and was wondering if that makes a huge difference in how it cleans up? I love my soy wax because with a little hot soapy water, it cleans up in a jiffy.. not too sure about Glass Glow though.. I wanted to try that next because I'm almost out of CB Advanced and the HT isn't what I really was hoping for... Plus, the GG is very pretty with the crystal formations! Thanks a bunch! Susie