Fiery_WA

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Gday I just purchased what is supposed to be a 2lb Wax Melting Pot, however it appears to be a mini melting pot. i.e. it is only holding 1 1/2 lb of unmelted wax. Is there anyone here that has a 2lb pot? I have a 4lb pot, which is great. So if anyone could give me the dimensions on the 2lb pot or alternatively the dimensions on a mini pot. Thanking you Susan

I'm a nobody, nobody is perfect, therefore i'm perfect ~=} lol

No it is not a cheap hobby, and I was mistaken in thinking that getting all of the equipment was the most expensive part, more fool me :embarasse . My problem is two fold, one I am on a Disability Pension, so I do not have a disposable income. Secondly I used to live in WA, where I could have gone and picked up my supplies, and gone to some classes, however I now live in Tasmania, no classes and no local suppliers, which means not only do I have to pay for the Wax but also get slugged for it to be shipped. I am not bleeting oh woe is me, far from it, I am determined to get the "PERFECT" candle. More power to you for being able to sell your candles , I am not looking to sell mine, I am a perfectionist which is another problem for me. Now if you were to say to me 'hey Susan my PC is broken', I could walk in and fix it no sweat. But candles aint PC's lolz

Stella the reason I am picking peoples brains is because I am on a Disability Pension, and I do not have a huge disposable income, so any tips, brain picking, advice I can get from here costs me nothing, except for peoples patience and time :smiley2: I am sorry if I am driving you nuts

Aussie Aussie Aussie oi oi oi Richard may I ask what sort of wax you use? And where you get it from Tried the Parrafin, got the making of them down pat, although sooting was a problem. Moved onto Feathered Palm from AACM, which is tunneling really badly, that or having blowouts. So now I am looking at two things to try. 1. Buy a kilo of Ecosoya Pillar Blend from NCS (to see how I do with the Soy) 2. Buying everything from wax to wicks from ACS.

wooo hooo 1 question down, pellets are useable, do you know what ratio is needed of beeswax to the soy? PB enough to lower the MP. huh huh and huh again? What is PB and MP? Yes agreed Parrafin is the easiest to work with, and the tunneling with Palm is driving me nutty, so that is why I thought I would give soy a go. Now going back to your time with Palm you added soy to make it softer, did the soy at least slow down the tunneling? I am in love with Palm over the Parrafin ( even though I had the Parrafin candles down pat). It is just the tunneling with Palm is driving me nuts. That's why I thought I would give Soy a shot. I am thinking of buying just a kilo to start with see how it goes. I am also changing my Palm supplier to ACS, however I still have 10 - 15kg's of Feathered Palm from the original supplier left. It is too expensive to just throw away. So this is what I am thinking at the moment buy 1kg of Soy PB, as is without beeswax. This will make 1 and a bit candles for my mould. Then heading off to ACS to buy Crystallizing Palm Wax, the wicks ACS have suggested for there wax, David at ACS suggested I get ACS wicks for the Feathered Palm Wax I have at the moment. Try out ACS wax and wick, to start, then slowly (and probably only if the tunneling continues, add gradual proportions of the Feathered Wax I have left over, just so I am not wasting the wax. Although Candybee you have me most intrigued with using the soy wax in your palm.

I emailed the Ecosoya people about EcoSoya® PB .... first question :- Does this particular wax require anything extra to make pillar candles? such as Blending Palm Wax. Or can it be used to make pillars as is? There response :- If you wish to make the PB more pliable for larger candles it will be easiest to blend in something like beeswax at about 20%. If you are making something like a 3X3 pillar PB can be used straight. As my pillar is a 3 x 6, I wanted clarification so my second email to them :- My Pillar size is 3 x 6. I live in Australia and the only brand of Pillar Blend Soy wax that is available to me is your EcoSoya® PB, which sells for AU$10.45 per kg (2lb), the online supplier of your EcoSoya® PB wax says I need to add Blending Palm Wax as well which sells for AU$7.50 per kg, making it an expensive venture. So will your EcoSoya® PB hold up for a 3 x 6 mould? There response :- You do not need to add palm. Using PB at 100% will make a nice pillar in a 3x6 candle. The main issue will be wicking. The pillar will not “roll in” on itself like with paraffin. If you want it to do that then you will need to add beeswax. If you do what most people do then you will need to leave wall as the candle burns. This will take some figuring out on what wick works best for your candle. The goal in this case is to create a “Hurricane Candle” effect. Now unfortunately for me NCS, and please speak up you Aussies if you know of another online store that sells EcoSoya® PB, the only beeswax they sell is beeswax pellets and they have been discontinued. I have emailed EcoSoya again asking if they are talking pellets, slabs or either. But after seeing your post's I am back to square one to Palm or not to Palm

What difference to Feathered Palm would an ACS over a CDN wick have? *ACS wicks are a pure textile grade cotton.* *CDN wicks are a pure cotton with a paper a braid.*

Gday again I am thinking of trying out Soy Pillars and using Ecosoya Pillar Blend my mould is 76mm x 165mm - Concave. However NCS (Natural Candle Supply) said this and I quote "It is defiantly best to mix the Soy with the blending palm wax, as this will harden the soft soy and help keep it's form once set." I would have thought that being a Pillar Blend it would not need any extras

I was trying to post in the Off Topic area, and also edit my profile I keep getting this message :- vBulletin Message Fiery_WA, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons: Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system? If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

I was buying them from Spotlight, also heading down to the Penguin Markets, and one I think I bought while I was back home in WA, cannot remember where. Although if one was bought in WA while on holidays, it would probably be like King Kong's a $2 shop" albeit that's not what I paid for the candle.

Yer they burn really well, no tunneling no blowouts a nice even burn, the only the warning label says is basically it will burn for 72 hours. It doesn't list the manufacturer of it. *rethinks* about going Soy over Palm again :undecided

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Yes I love the feathering effect of the Palm, I gather you use Palm? Tammy. I am tempted to try out the Soy, to see if I can get a better burn from it, but my problem is I am a bit like a dog (loyal), if I find someone or someplace, that gives me (at the time) what I see a good service, I try my best to stick to them. Not always the cheapest way to go on the hip pocket, but that's just me *pant* *pant* *woof* *woof* :drool: