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I have done and do the poke for some embeds but here is another way. Pour some gel in to you container gently swirl it around the glass then press your embeds in to the sides keep repeating the process untill full. It really doesn't take long once you get some practice in and it looks clean and almost bubble less.

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Okay I stickied this for a short period of time so everyone can post their pictures of the testing here let see if we can keep all test pic. of this wax in this thread.

Also I think it is great a manufacturer is willing to talk to us little guys and think what we have to say is important.

There will be smaller suppliers selling it. Just like the IGI waxes or any other wax manufacturers they sell mainly to suppliers not to us small guys. Hopefully soon we will find out who is carrying it. Since it is so new it will take awhile for our suppliers to start carrying it.

I can answer that question GB has a 6 pallet minimum the is 13,200 lbs of wax. Sorry but the small candle maker is not going to buy from them. You will have to go to your supplier for anything less than 6 pallets.

Hi Jason

Welcome I am glad you accepted the invitation to join. I know you will be an asset to us all.

Henry is right the small percent we use of additives a lot of times help the burn. Straight soy on it own really not stable it does just to many weird things on it own like grow, tunnel, frost, have that horrible billowing look after the burn that can come right up over the wick and a few more very unusual things.

Henry is right there are a few FO out there that help the burn just like a few make it almost impossible to burn. But you can put those same FO in paraffin and not have wicking issues.

Well does that company have beeswax? I use straight beeswax for my crusts. You also might be able to find BW locally

Thank you Kathy for clearing things up. Also welcome to our board.

I would be interested in seeing the process. barefoot65@neomail.com

I have a yes and no answer for jars and glassware NO NO NO NO but I have a couple of customers That I make candles for them in the quart paint cans and yes I refill those regularly for them. But these ladies are long time customers but I would not do it for just any customer.

Alot of us oldies are still floating around. This board has gotten so large that I spend most of my time reading and not posting.

Well you are going to hate my answer, keep the stirring stick, mold and thermometer. Junk the rest and go buy you a good kit from a reputable candle supply company. Peak Candle Supplies http://www.peakcandle.com/ has some very nice kits at a reasonable price.

You really don't have enough there to do anything.

that is what I was think little pieces of wax from the wick. But also did you use a pot you normally use to melt regular wax if so it might even be from that. I have decaded gel equipment.

What you need to do today is contact your chamber and get a list of all the medias in your area and send out a press release today or tommorow then send it out again week before your event and then again the day before your event. That is a good way to get some free advertising.

Well That idea is good but where you attach the wing would always be weakest point and I don't honestly think they would stay attached long unless I used maybe a wire to attach them. I 'm looking for perfection and I don't think that would ever look perfect or seemless.

But it not a problem I talked my customer in to one of my gel pegasus candles. But I wanted to at least try to find the mold for her.

Thank you all for looking for me

This is most likely what they wheres selling http://secure.candlesupply.com/catalog_page_Quick_Pick.cfm?queries_index=index8&ProductCodeID=80&ProductSubCodeID=264&NewProduct=0

here is the instruction on making them

http://www.candlesupply.com/how2aromaornies.html

Now is the time to make a decision do you want to use this wax and make it work or do you think you need to move on?

I have seen you post in the other side about paraffin so using 100% soy doesn't seem to matter so if I was you I would look towards a good parasoy that is going to give you more of what you want than straight soy and you will find if you look some supplier fairly close to you.

Or you can even create your own using EL then just have your paraffin shipped in.

Well sometimes if you are using the small oyster cup or smaller inner glass then yes but if it is deeper than that the answer is no.

Your mixing temperature is fine as long as you are between the temperatures you stated. I personally always hated the candy thermometer went digital years ago but that is because I have a bad habit about breaking those lol.

When are you burning for the first time? the next day or are you waiting a week?

I wish I could help you but I don't do my shipping that way. Hopefuly someone can help.

Same here I have always been able to get rich dark colors.

I did no they don't have one I ran through my normal sources and now was seeing if anyone here had seen one.

Well just because you don't like my reason doesn't make it invalid. I have personal experience of why it is a very valid agruement. I started with a soy/botanicals I loved that blend that was made me fall in love with soy candles in the first place. But then a few years ago the soy wax industry lost the use of cottonseed they didn't bother about telling anyone. All the sudden things that had worked for us for so long was no longer working. Some of us had years worth of testing in to those blends and where then in trouble as our stuff was not working. I made the decision then to create my own blend. I have been happy with that decision that is why when the blends started showing up again about 6 months later I never went back to them.