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  1. Now how is this allowed and my post aren't? Do I just need to make a new name and act like i'm a candle maker? This is obviously a strait up advertisment for New Direction. Sorry just getting frustrated at everyone calling me out for doing the same thing everyone else is doing.

  2. 1. Peak's advertisements are all over this forum... which would be fine except that they try to make it look like it’s an "open forum" which it obviously is not.

    2. I’m not a chemist but the companies that manufacture waxes have a lot of expertise, money and time involved in their formulations. Much more than an individual could ever do. Especially when it comes to 100% soy waxes. Anyone can blend paraffin, but to blend a soy and keep it 100% soy takes manufacturing capabilities that I doubt most people have.

    3. I honestly don’t understand why everyone else can mention companies and names but I can’t. For example there was a post at presto pots. People commented on where to get them and gave links to their eBay listings and websites, but because I work for Aztec I am no allowed to do the same thing just doesn’t seem fair. Especially when it would have saved the people money.

  3. To each their own. I would rather someone who knows what they are doing, especially with soy wax as you want to make sure you can still call it 100% soy, to make the blend. If you are adding an additive you can no longer call it 100% soy. Although I’m sure some still do.

    Soy blends are based on refining the oil content and not “adding additives” once you do this you are no longer 100% soy. Which a chemist would know.

    Why is everyone so mean on here? Seriously I just don’t get it.

  4. Yes there defiantly is a correlation between oil prices and the price of wax, but even more so is the price of oil is so high that there is other things they can do with the leftovers (what wax is made from) so companies are buying it up and refining it again to make more gas (which is costly but at the current price is doable) instead of making into wax. Less product, more demand, thus the price goes up. Probably a little more information than you were looking for but that is it in a nut shell.

  5. A few notes, first I was not talking about coating the clay in gel and seeing if it would catch fire, I was talking about the clay itself with no gel. If it can’t hold a flame then it cannot be used as a wick no matter how much gel you coat it in. To create wicking action the “wick” must be able to hold a flame like wood, paper, cotton, anything that is somewhat flammable.

    Second, when you talk about the surface of the "gel" catching on fire. What actually is happening is gel burns hotter and must be wicked hotter than paraffin and you have actually hit the flash point on the fragrance that is in the gel. What you see burning is not the gel on fire but the fragrance burning off after it has gotten so hot that it has self ignited.

    I don't know what the clay would look like after hot gel was poured on it, but I stay with my opinion that it is not a fire hazard.

    Travis

    Aztec

  6. If you can hold a lighter to it and it won’t catch on fire then you should be fine. I don't believe clay is flammable as clay is what bricks are made from. Can't act as a wick if it can’t hold a flame even if covered and soaked in wax. Even with this we are saying that you are putting the clay within the reach of the wick. I would say you are much more likely to hit the flash point on the fragrance before any trouble out of the clay, but do test it.

    Travis

    Aztec

  7. I would test it... Wax itself is not flammable but takes a wick or something else flammable to use it as a fuel. So if you have a clay item that is also non flammable soaked in wax I still don't think it would catch on fire. Wish I had some to play around with for you.

    Travis

  8. No we (Aztec) are not being sold or changing ownership. We did purchase Missy back in 2004 (I believe that was the year) and have now been in business for 28 year and are IGI's largest distributor!

    Thought I would clear that up.

    Travis Forrester

    VP - Aztec

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