DanaK64

I have butterflies, flowers, palm trees, bunnies and more that are all just one color wax that need to be spruced up a bit and actually on one site that alot of you may know have lephracan hats that they say are painted. I don't know if I am allowed to say the name of these companies. If I am I will be happy to tell you. But no I am not talking about fruit.

Then what are all the embeds that are painted on painted with? Regular paint, markers, paint pens..but they are all water based. And someone told me that the little amount used is ok with the wax paint pens? Guess thats not true. But I use alot of embeds that are painted, not colored wax thats made with making the embed..actual paint. What are they using? thanks Vicki Dana

Thanks so much. Where do you get the glass beads? Dana

I made a tester with sand in the bottom of it and made sure the wick tab was above the sand. Well somehow the candle caught on fire soon as it got low enough it got to the sand and it caught on fire! How did this happen? I see all the time where people make oceans and sea scapes with sand. What did I do wrong? Thank god I always test everything I make. It coudn't have had anything to do with scent because I made many candles with this scent and it didn't happen untill it reached the sand. You can see the sand started to burn. Please if anyone can tell me what they think happened please do. TIA Dana

Has anyone ever used these on embeds for your gel candles? I bought some and then noticed they are water based. This may seem like a stupid question because they are made for painting on wax but I know that you cannot use anything with water in gel. But better to be safe than sorry. tia Dana

There are so many new scents out there, can anyone tell me what scents are good and have had good responses from for spring and summer scents? tia Dana

What wick do any of you use in your double glass method candles with the 2 oz jiggers glasses inside...And what wick when you do a fruit preserves jar with wax embeds and gel? I use a jar the is 2 1/2 " at the top then goes widder in the middle. For some reason my wicks are burning out..I use a med gelwick..which is probably a 51-32-18 zinc. TIA

Thanks Vicky, but I thought I read somewhere that you shouldn't use zinc wicks in soy?? Is this true?

I posted these ?'s on the gel candle site and have gotten no responses, so I thought I should have posted them here. 1- what kind of wick is the best wick to use when you are making a layered soy and gel candle? 2- what kind of wick is best for a friut preserve type candle..the one where you put wax fruit in the jar and then pour gel into it it? ok 3 ?'s... does anyone know where the best place to get wax embeds are...the company I used to use is selling it..not really sure, but in anycase I placed an order with them and got an email back telling me they are currently in nagotiation in selling there inventory..so don't really know. so any help I would greatly appriciate. tia

well this figures..I just spent alot of time with the supplier I have used for years for getting my waz embeds ect...just to find out that they are going out of bussiness. So now I am looking for a place to get real good embeds..I use alot of friut..the ones that look real such as apple fruit slices, strawberries, jelly beans, the whipping cream bear heads blend, limes etc.. Can anyone please help, I have show very soon and need them asap. tia

I used to make these years ago, soy and gel mixed candles,,the ones where you have like half gel and half soy..they look really cool but do not remember what wick to use. Anybody make these and have any idea what wicks to use? tia

I usaually make gel candles and am having a hard tim picking fo"s that are ok for gel...all the ones I want from NG are not non polor..does anyone know what are really greta scents fron them? tia Dana

Thanks everyone. I am gunna give them a try. As far as the scent description go'es I would assume that they would be the same for all the poular ones anyway..I could be wrong though. For instance wouldn't like the "apple jack n peel be the same description for all of them? Well I am going to order the ones that are popular, I will post and let you know how they turn out. Thanks again

Has anyone used scents from "the candle maker store"...I never heard of them for some reason and it seams as though they are very well priced and from the sound of it have very good and strong scents. I have never ordered from them and need to order a lot of scents but don't want to put all my eggs in one basket sorta speak. If anyone knows anything about them please tell me before I go and order a bunch of scents through them. TIA Dana

Has anyone used scents from "the candle maker store"...I never heard of them for some reason and it seams as though they are very well priced and from the sound of it have very good and strong scents. I have never ordered from them and need to order a lot of scents but don't want to put all my eggs in one basket sorta speak. If anyone knows anything about them please tell me before I go and order a bunch of scents through them. TIA Dana