Hello everyone. I am brand new to this board and to candle making and want to thank everyone for all of the info you have shared. I read a lot of your suggestions as well as manufacturers info before I started. I never realized how much time and testing actually goes into candle making. I decided to go with the GB 444 and the Eco 12 wicks for my Libbey 13.25 oz double old fashioned tumblers. I was so excited to recieve my products that I began my first attempt after an 11 hour work day training a new client. I didn't have a digital scale and I didn't realize until the exact moment that I poured my FO into the melted wax that the math calculations I did in my head were wrong. So on with the improvisations. 9-29-2010 9pm Batch A: 1. Heated 5 1/4 cups of GB 444 to 175F and removed from heat. 2. Added 6 oz of Lonestar Pumpkin Pickin FO at 150F. OOPS:rolleyes2 but it sure smelled good! 3. Pondered what to do. 4. At 130F added more wax to total 8 3/4 cups and reheated to 168F. 5. Poured first candle into preheated (170F) tumbler at 110F. Stored on wire rack. 6. Poured remaining jars into heated tumblers at 104F. Stored in cooling 170F oven. 4. Next morning tops were a bit lumpy so I heated with a blow dryer. Big lesson learned! Do not get to close to your candles with a blow dryer or you and your cabinets will be wearing quite a bit of wax. The tops were not perfect but they sure smelled good! 5. Excitement got the better of me so I decided to burn one at 9:30 pm after reading about people's wicking issues. The candle burned beautifully but they need to cure longer. I made another batch of mandarin/lemon before burning so i am not sure if my smeller is thrown off or if the hot throw just wasn't that strong.
