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1 hour ago, Peppie said:

thank you for such a wonderful visual....I am a newbie and this is exciting to try..one question  on the over pour is the wax a certain temp?  might be a silly question    thanks again

 

Hi Peppie,

Thank you so much, I am so glad you enjoyed and I hope you try this...it is so much fun. It's important that the overpour does not melt your chunks too much. For my overpour, it is totally melted but I pour it over the chunks as cool as I can between 160-165 with the waxes I use. NOT a silly question....an excellent question. Have fun and let us see YOUR chunk tart melts!

OHHHHHHHHHHHH YES!!!!  Just divine!! Those look awesome and the scent blends are wonderful and your colors are so pretty..........you did it..... GREAT JOB....YEA!!!   Thanks so much for sharing your pics!

You are so welcome WaxingPoetic and thank you! It's fun to share and if it helps someone's business to grow....hey it's a great thing!  I know you will love making these and the blends go on and on and on. We would love to see your pics!

On 7/18/2016 at 9:04 AM, Trappeur said:

 

Hey Trappeur!

You are so sweet!! You have got to make these!!! Get ready to be busy once your customers get a look and smell of these! It's getting towards the end of Summer and it's about time to think about the Fall and Christmas blends! Yea! I have never used the 464, eek , so I cannot help on blending with that wax. I hope someone else responds and helps you out. As far as what I package them in, I use the kraft tin tie window bags     (pic of mine)  I buy the 1/2 lb and 1 lb bags and I sell the 1/2 lb bags for $9 and the 1 lb bags for $17. The chunk tarts are hard and might smear a little, but not much, not enough to keep me from using these bags. These chunk tarts look fabulous in these bags with a colorful label above the window and I put my warning label on the back.

On 6/8/2016 at 1:20 PM, debra062013 said:

Hi,

I have made one batch of tarts and will now start making from your recipe.

But I wonder what the UV powder does and is it pessary?

Thanks 

Hi Debra,

The UV powder is to help the colors stay as they are and protect the colors from bright sunlight and discoloration. The products still need to be kept out of bright sunlight as much as possible. I have always used the UV powder in every one of my candle wax products and feel that it is necessary to protect your product as much as possible from the damaging UV rays and to keep those wonderful bright colors....well as bright as they can be.  

On 4/2/2016 at 11:17 PM, Moonstar said:

Thanks for the encouragement Puma .... pros always make it sound so easy  Your examples 

give me a good starting point though  Plus I love all the scents you referenced ! 

Thanks Moonstar! A pro I'm not...I make mistakes too. Ya just get back in there and try again and you will eventually get exactly what you are wanting. This is easy to do and if I can do it anyone can. The awesome thing about these is that the scent blend combo possibilities NEVER end...you can keep the customers intrigued and coming back for more forever. :)

8 hours ago, Belinda said:

Puma, I love looking at the tutorial pictures! You did a great job! I'm such a visual learner so this was really helpful to me. All of your wax chunks look so yummy! Moonshine, yours look really great too! 

Thank you! I'm a visual person too Belinda and I love visual instructions. I hope it helps you create some great blends! When's your last day of school? I bet you guys are on the big count down now.:)  What are you going to do this Summer?

Yours will be just wonderful Moonstar! Blending scents is something that all of us approached with caution. Once you start, you just go with it. I have made some real stinkers blending, but most of the blends I have tried have been wonderful. Start out by thinking of 2 or 3 scents that you know will smell great together....like vanilla, caramel and white cake..or honeydew melon, watermelon and kiwi and just go from there. You CAN do it! 

Hi Moonstar!

I have made the melts with just the 4794 in the past and if I were in a pickle I would do again. As far as melting them and getting the results you want, I would use a regular electric tart warmer to melt them. I hope that helps....Let's see YOUR tarts melts.

4 minutes ago, Jcandleattic said:

It helps even those of use who have made melts before. This really is an amazing tutorial...

Thank you Jcandleattic! I'm so glad it helped. Everyone has been so sweet! I'm tickled that folks are enjoying it.  

20 hours ago, OldGlory said:

Puma, what an amazing job you did on this tutorial! Not only are your melts fabulous, but you are a rock star for putting this together - and for sharing it with us. Amazing.

Thank you oldGlory! I hope it helps folks who have been afraid to make these or who didn't know quite how to make them.   This tutorial has been good practice for my Soap of the Month.

YEE HAW GIRL!!!!! Look at YOU!!! They look AWESOME!!! On the pans, everyone has to do their OWN thing...what they are comfortable with...the tutorial is just a guide...do what works for you because I want you and everyone else to enjoy making these. Hee hee....your hubby has a great nose! I think that these would smell just as awesome as they look. On the extra chunks, I always have leftovers too....you can make matching chunk jars or chunk pillars. Once again....yea Moonshine!!! Welcome to the Chunk Club!!! Yea!!!

6 hours ago, Littlebalky said:

t wax blend are you using? I'm not completely happy with what i'm using. i feel when cutting i get too many creamy flakes and it makes a huge mess . i have to wipe off my knife every time i cut. also are you using several layers of foil? i used just one sheet yesterday and wax made it's way behind the foil...HUGE mess

I do exactly how Moonshine did. One piece of foil and try to stay within the boundaries of the height of the foil...but I do spill over. Also I have to wipe my spackling knife off too, so that is normal. 

8 hours ago, moonshine said:

I thought it would but it didn't and I used regular foil not the non stick type

 

going to try another batch tonight and see how it turns out - even though my first one wasn't perfect I have to say I love the scent combo- such a creative way to make new smells and get rid of the 1 ouncers sitting around I will never use! 

Thanks again Puma this is the best tutorial ever!!

 

one more question though- the pans you use for pouring overpour on the chunks - I couldn't find that size here so I got 12 1/4 X 8 1/4 and they are 1 3/32 deep 

there are so many depths to these type pans what depth so you use? 

I went with these ones because your pictures don't appear to be to large of chunks when cut and the first time around I used more like a lasagna depth and it was too deep IMO which I think was also some of my problem 

I just measured my pans, they are extremely close to 2 inches high..all of them that I use.

6 hours ago, moonshine said:

I only used one layer but a big enough sheet ( I have the real wide roll) that it came up the sides and I didn't pour past the foil top where it was lower

are you using the cheap tin? I have the heavy duty aluminum foil 

my wax blend didn't exactly do what I wanted either - way to soft and flaky when I cut but my problem was my chunks I used a mold and they were not warm when I did the overpour so when I went to cut chunks were falling out because they were hard and the overpour was warm but flaked and made a huge mess!

I normally use PB and 415 for melts but soy does not color well at all for me without frost so I had some 4625 I was playing with and I mixed it with a parasoy container wax- Clarus and it was still way to soft 

I am going to up my 4625 and try it with PB this time and keep container wax out of the mix but I don't know how the throw will be as I never used this blend so my next order for supplies I am getting that other wax puma uses! 

Go get 'em girl!! i LOVE your determination!  You can do it! I use the cheap tins @ Walmart and the Reynolds alum foil. I try to keep the wax contained without going over the foil tops, but sometimes it just does not work out...it leaks.   But wow...the more I read people's problems when trying to make these chunks, the more I think that the wax blends that a person can use and have them turn out are really limited. Hmmmm....

Thank you Faerywren! You are so sweet!  Blame Ms Vicky....Leader of the Pack here on Craftserver! She encouraged such action on my part. But, anyhow I sure hope you try these out...they are a hoot to make...... and sell.