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I love all the ones I've tried so far! It only takes 1 oz per lb, and I tried adding more, but it definitely throws the best and is heck of strong with only 1 oz p.p. just like the owner told me. These are amazing! Christmas Memories Mulberry Madness Spiced Orange Chocolate Fudge Brownie Butter Cream Crunch Creme Brulee

Oh, yes!!! I adore that idea! I've been wanting to try that for the longest! I've only seen it with a clear jar, but the blue one looks so much better!

Wow! Gorgeous! Thanks so much for posting those pics! I love the rust one, and I'm usually not into rust, but it looks awesome on the blue jar. I was thinking of going with the zinc-look ones, but maybe I'll have to order rust ones too.

Here's what you can do with it: "Perfect Sweet Tea" from the blog, "Craving Comfort with the Homesteading Housewife" Ingredients - 5 - 8 Family size Tea Bags. (or 12 regular Tea Bags) ( I prefer #1 Luzianne or #2 Liptons Brand Teas.) 1 Quart (4 Cups) - Boiling Water 3 Quarts (12 cups) - Cool Water 1 1/2 - 2 (one & a half) - Cups Sugar. 1/4 teaspoon - Baking Soda (this IS the SECRET Ingredient!!) Directions - 1. Sprinkle baking soda into a pitcher (I use a gallon-size Mason Jar but many people have voiced concerns about pouring boiling water into a glass container, so use whatever container you'd like) Add Tea bags to the pitcher/baking soda, Pour Boiling water over tea bags, Cover and allow to steep for 15 minutes. ~*~ 2. Remove and toss out Tea Bags, Add Sugar and Stir until completely dissolved. Add Cool Water. Refrigerate until cold and ready to drink. ~*~ 3. Serve over ice, Take a nice long sip. Swoon. Repeat. Her article is a good read and tells the story of where this "Perfect Sweet Tea" recipe with the "secret ingredient" came from: http://cravingcomfort.blogspot.com/2012/07/sweet-tea.html

Wow! I love those! Very pretty!

Jeanie, you mentioned you were doing a 50/50 blend, but if I use only 30% of 4625 will it be to soft for clamshells?

I've been meaning to try 6098, but I haven't yet. I just read a recent post that said the adhesion is excellent. The only thing I can think of is that I don't heat my glass up that hot, I heat my jars up on the lowest setting on my oven, which is 170. Maybe if you try that it might help. Where do you buy your 6098?

Thank you! I read some old comments that you have to use a higher FO load with Victory Blend. I only use 6% with 4627, but with 6006, which is a parasoy like Victory Blend, I had to use 9%. How long does it take for Victory Blend to start throwing a scent? I think my 6006 candles took about 30 minutes, but the 4627 starts throwing right away.

I think it's normal for the flame to flicker a lot when it drops lower into the jar because of the convection currents of the air. It happens to me with the Status jar too.

Regular mouth mason jars, and the Anchor Hocking Emma Jar from Walmart.

Jars with a curved shoulder throw better than straight-sided jars.

I don't know if would be expensive or not, but for your business it would be tax deductible, right? Who does that kind of testing?

Thanks for confirming my suspicions that the TCS wax does have a "magic" ingredient in there, so I'm wondering what other kind of veggie wax it might be. Could it be palm? coconut? apricot? lol

I'd use 9% or 10% FO load for tarts made with 6006, since that particular wax takes a higher FO load for me to get a good HT than 4627 which only takes 6%. The lumps of 6006 candles that I put in my wax melter are all 9% FO load. And one 6006 jelly jar candle set on a candle warmer smells up the whole house and lasts forevah! I'm really interested in your results with 4627/415, so I hope you'll post about it.

Okay, but there still might be some other kind of veggie wax in the blend. You can call parasoy either a "soy blend" or a "paraffin blend," so even if there's some palm or coconut or apricot in TCS tart wax she could still call it a "paraffin wax blend."

Plain 6006 tarts with no paraffin added are very strong and long lasting, and I'd be surprised if anyone could improve on it. It was my understanding that 6006 is only 30% soy and 70% paraffin, but it still needs a weeks cure time. The TCS wax tarts that Ravens sent me are white, and they don't look or feel like pure paraffin to me; that's why I called TCS to ask if they had any soy in them. They said there's no soy in them, so I asked if they were paraffin and she said, "It's a blend," so I'm wondering if it's paraffin blended with some other kind of veggie wax. Ravens, do you have to cure your tarts? and have you compared the TCS tart wax to Clarus 3022 or KY's tart wax to see if it could be one of those?

The Wallyworld candles are all cheap and crummy and probably made in China, and I'm including the Mainstay, BH&G, Paula Dean, Candle Cottage, and all the other brands they carry in that assessment. But the Febreeze air freshening candles that I've burned in the past were very good quality and burned very nicely, except that they've reduced the FO load so they're not as strong as when they first came on the market, and they don't fill the glass as full as they did at first. I haven't tried one of these new Febreeze candles that are for decor instead of air freshening, but they look like a quality candle with thick glass and good quality fragrance, and they're filled more full. They're not on the Febreeze website or the Wallyworld website yet. I should buy one today, and a pack of melts. I almost bought the Almond Sugar ones. I bet they're not as strong as the candles we make, though.

I use the 6" HTP 93 tabbed wick from Peak's, and it's long enough that I can use a clothes pin to hold the top. Instead of threading the wick through the spring on the clothes pin and clamping the end of it in the mouth of the clothes pin, I just stick it through the clampy part in front of the spring and it holds it tight, even when I pour the wax and twist the wick to tighten it. Thanks for that link, I was looking for a glass paint that would give a nice result and that looks good. Yikes! Only 21 left? Well, hopefully they only accepted a small order at first so they could see how the jars would sell. There are a couple of suppliers that sell the old fashioned mason lids. I don't know whose are the prettiest though, because it's kind of hard to tell from the pics. I'll search the forum for the links...brb... Fillmore Container and The Candle Maker's Store have them: http://www.craftserver.com/forums/showthread.php?108741-Primitive-Lids-Where-Do-you-Buy&highlight=vintage+lids Search for "old fashioned" lid, "vintage" lid, and "primitive" lid or jar cap.

I know, dude, I know...:awww:

Wow! Now I'm super jealous of you and your awesome blue jar haul! I need to shop at True Value more and accumulate some of that reward money myself. I forgot all about that. I can't wait to order some old fashioned zinc-look lids for them.

I saw and sniffed the Febreeze candles and melts at Wallyworld today. Very impressive! The melts are very big compared to other clamshells, and less than $3.00. The candle jars are a nifty oval shape if you're looking at them from above, and they have nice wooden lids. The 8 oz has a wood wick and is less than $8.00. The 16 oz is double wicked with regular wicks and is less than $8.00. There's a 22 oz, I think, and it's less than $12.00. They smelled pretty good, and the colors are on trend, the wax is really pretty, not that yucky looking wax like Yan___. Their wax melter is very cute and aprox $9.00.

Even if they're not on Ace's website, they might be in their warehouse. Just call a few hardware stores in your area and give them the item number for the jars, which is posted in this thread, and ask them to see if that item number is at their warehouse. They'll call their warehouse and check on it for you. That's how I found mine.

I picked up my two cases of blue Ball jars from the hardware store today. It cost aprox $21.00 for two cases of 6 jars. When I got out to my car in the natural light and pulled a jar out of the plastic covering, the shade of blue looked absolutely glorious! It could not be a prettier shade of blue, IMO. I love them!

Wild-Fire Creations has Iced Lemon Biscotti.

Here's their website and they're selling it for aprox $36 for 10 pounds, so it's aprox $3.60 per pound. http://www.virginiacandlesupplies.com/apps/webstore/products/show/3353602