Vicky_CO

hopefully we will have an archived record of the old post up soon. It still really up in the air when or how much was saved.

That might work after you aready have the milky effect I do know it hard to keep from getting them too yellow. But gel no matter what unless you get it to cloud with another wax will always just be clearno matter what color you use.

My direct heat melter is a little more advanced and it cost me less than $1000 and that included shipping to me it has a digital temp control and it pretty acurate and no I don't leave mine on unless I am there during the day I keep about 50 lb of wax melted all day then shut it off at night. It is so well insulated that it only takes about an hour the next day to remelt the wax..

It is true the more dye you use the greater chances of frosting. My customer don't mind a little bit of frosting. I personaly think the FO cause more frosting than dye ever would.

Sorry Lin I was not clear but yes I add a little Yellow die to get the ezact color I want.

I have both I prefer my direct heat one best. I have a 175lb direct heat and a 200lb water jacket. The direct heat will melt you wax in half the time because you are not having to heat the addition water. Mine direct heat melter is temp controlled I just set the temp and it heat to that temp and stay there. the water jacket is not really you can regulate the water temp to a point but you wax temp and the water temp will not be the same unless both the water level and wax level are the same in the melter.

Yea here are few that I use

http://www.silkytyme.com/

http://www.rusticescentuals.com/index.html

http://www.biomax1.com/

I prefer container wax as it will have closer to the same burn qualities as gel. I uaually use around 5% but I have used as little as 1% depending on how cloudy(milky) I want the gel to look. Also make sure your candle is totally cool like the next day to determine if you need to go up or down in you contianer wax usage as the gel will keep regular wax in a liquid form a lot longer.

All the side bar stuff is still accessable to every one here

http://www.candletech.com/

I fixed it so both of your pictures show.

I figured it out if you want your picture to show you have to add 1 a reply

What I do is as add a little bit a regular wax to the gel to give it that milky look.

That is most likely not helping your bubble problem. You realy do need to have the gel totally melted before you pour it.

Welcome and please post away.

I want to welcome everyone back.