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I believe it 2% of the wax weight: 1lb or 16 oz times 2% is 0.32 oz. Is pretty hard to measure I would make a batch using 3 lb which would need 1 oz of FO

They do sell the red in in a cartridge. When they put in wiring in homes, to seal up the holes, only the red stuff is allowed by code. So try home centers or lumber yards. They should have it. Few years back I had a hard time finding them.

I use Infrared Thermometer. Just point and click and it give you an instant temp reading. Harbor Freight has them on sale for $40 from $60 The sale is to Mar11. If you miss it they will have it on sale at a later date. http://www.harborfreight.com/non-contact-laser-thermometer-96451.html I use it when cooking/bakng and to check the temp of my wax. It is off by11 degree (check the accuracy by clicking on some boiling water )

You can use a stainless steel cooking pot. You can drill a hole in the bottom for the wick(s) or you can make the hole(s) after you release the candle from the pot. You might have to use a long drill to make the holes; the long drills are called jobbers. Or you can heat up a thin metal rod or knitting needle to make the wick holes. You would have to multi wick and the placement would have to be tested so drilling would be done after you release the candle from the pot. If there is a Home Goods store near you, can probably find something suitable there. Good Luck!

Pure Stearic has a melting point of 150F. With impurities about 145F. When mix with parafin wax the melting point drops. don't know about Soy guess it also drops.

For the spills – there is a funnel with a wide opening which fit mason jars. Get them where canning supplies are sold. The only thing you have to make your wick a lot longer by 2 to 3in.

Doing the math you can go from 9.5% to 10.5% When the cba get saturated at 9% the balance should be picked up by the 464, that's if the cba gets saturated. Looks good on paper you just have to test it out.

A pound of wax is equal to 453.59 grams One once is equal to 28.35 grams

From my physics background, I believe the temp of the MP can be useful. I would also add the room temp which will have an effect on the MP temp and the diameter of the pool. After a while you may get an ideal temp, so you know if you’re under/over wicked and by how much. This is science part of getting the candle wick size right.

I’m in the same boat as you. I just got the job of maintaining the candle at my church. There are tons of left over wax, to remake into candle. Thinking how simple it would be to just melt the wax and pour around a string. Well I was wrong. · Reading the many posts in this forum, plus reading as many book as I can get from the library, it got me on the right track. The best book that I have read so far was “Candle Crafting, From an Art to a Science” by William Nussle. He explained in great detail every aspect of candle making. · As far as I can see it’s easy to get the science part of the craft. The Art side is another story. From what I got from this forum is you have to test, test and keep on testing. It takes a lot of work just to get one perfect candle. I guess once you get there it's smoth sailing fron then on. Yes I’m hooked on candle making. To make a business out of it, I don’t think so. I’ll leave it to the hard working members of this forum. Yes I now have a completely different outlook on this craft. Now I won’t complain when my wife comes home with a $30.00 candle. Good luck

You can place a cloth towel under the pot holder to protect what your're working on.

Heat up an old iron (don't use the one to iron your cloths). Place some paper towels on the pot holders and place the iron on the towels. The heat will melt the wax and will wick up into the paper towel. Might have to do this a few times. Be careful on the heat setting, too high and the wax might flam up on the iron and/or paper towels. My mother-in-law had some wax drip onto some nice embroidery done on linen a few years back. We used this method and took the wax right out. For the color stain from the candle, we used oxy clean.