robertgibbens

Lovin' my 3 Presto's, but would really love something that can hold 20 to 30 lbs of wax/scent/color. Would make for a really nice candle run for multiple candle containers all at once!! Guess frying a turkey is out!!

The coils in direct contact with the wax make me very nervous. Not sure if i will use it for wax or keep it as a turkey fryer.....

Stella what do you find beneficial about the Permatex? I have been using wick stickers. They seem to secure well, but can be a pain in the butt to use.

I am about 7 months into testing (but nearly complete)...

I use disposable 3 oz. plastic cups I buy in a pack at Walmart. I have heard people say they will melt, and they will if you leave the fragrance in them for an hour. For the 15 seconds it takes to weigh and pour, they work great, are cheap, and I just throw them away after one use.

I'm about 10k into testing soy and paraffin. Roughly 25 scents in about 7 different containers as well as pillars! And I'm still going! Asking someone to evaluate your work is good in theory, but since it will take 30 to 50 hours to burn a candle enough to get a handle on its quality, I think that may be a hard sell!!! Good luck.

I just bought the fryer (directly from your link). Apparently it its available online. Their shipping it out to hawaii for me.

Isn't there a better topic area for the paranoids of the world? If I have to read one more thread with someones irrelevant question about something so obviously incorrect, I think I will surely die of idiot induced pneumonia!

This fryer is oil less (which should mean its not designed to have liquid in it) with a drip pan. Not sure this would work for anything but frying a turkey!

I put the votive in the freezer for 5 mins. The wax contracts just enough that they slip out with the wick pin each time.

Hurricane candles are larger diameter candles that are poured and then placed in a water bath. After about 1/4 inch of wax has solidified on the outside of the candle, the remaining liquid wax is poured out, leaving only a bottom and sides with a hollow middle. Hurricanes are usually poured undyed, often with things embedded from dried flowers to photos. You put a votive or a tealight candle in the hollowed our center and the white candle glows. You use high melt wax for the shell so it doesnt melt from the heat of the inside candle and can be used over and over....

Hmmmmm, might have to try the "singe-ing" thing on my arms. Sounds easier then shaving! ~

I've melted wax on a direct burner for months. Never had a problem as I've never left it alone. EVER. Wax will get on the burner and it smokes off in a few seconds. Certainly smarter not to use a burner directly, but it can and is done safely often. Actually if we were all "certainly smarter", we would have found a cheaper hobby!!!

By the way.....My plastic tubing is rated at 300 degrees (which means it will take 400 to 500), and my pot is NEVER set at a higher temp then 200 degrees (in case anyone is losing sleep over the immanent loss of my house due to hot wax being released all over my nice hard wood floor!) Only the heating element in the PP gets very hot. The rest of the pot will be at whatever temp the wax is (including the spigot).

Robert, I realize that wax rarely is melted over 200 degrees. The exception might be microcrystaline or gel. So high temp plastic sounds good, but keep in mind that the pot itself goes much higher in temp and if you are going to modify a pot with a product that does not hold up to the pot's capability. If there is ever a product liability issue, the modification will be a defense to the pot manufacturer. I have to assume that somebody, somewhere, sometime might over temp the pot and melt the plastic so you won't catch me doing that. So I respectfully disagree, I think it is crazy to use plastic for that purpose.

Eric,

Since I am not one of the "lawsuit crazy" Americans who are always looking for a way to make money, how could there ever be a product lawsuit liability issue? That's beyond absurd. I see no problem with being cautious. Ridiculously overcautious is ok too. As long as it doesn't affect my productivity, you can melt your wax with a hair dryer!!

Huh? So high temp plastic tubing, connected so they cannot detach is crazy?

Lets get real here. The only excuses I've heard against using a spigot is cost ( if u can't afford 5 to 10 bucks u r in the wrong hobby), or the even more silly reason you dont want to damage your pot (which after the first wax melt has been rendered useless for anything else forever!) Crazy talk if I've ever heard it.

Crazy talk to say the spigot is not needed. That's like buying a car with no AC in Arizona. Yes it works, but it's stupid!! Unless your interested in making 2 candles at a time, the spigot is an absolute necessity. I used 4 PP, each with a spigot. I can actually connect all 4 PP together with plastic tubing and pour 30 lbs at a time (which I have never had the need to do as yet). The spigot does not need to be cleaned. Ever! The wax flows out and leaves such an insignificantly thin film, that it cannot affect the next scent you use. Be smart. Go to peakcandles.com. Search keyword Presto and it will give you a step by step. Ladles are so 18th century!!

16 oz X 0.06 (6 percent) = 0.96 oz, or 1 oz!

I'm sure vybar is not a natural product, but the low melt point version is made for soy wax.

Being able to smell the last scent in your pour pot only means you may have a 10th of a gram of scented wax still in there. That small amount of wax will be completely overpowered by your next scent and will not change the new fragrance's scent one bit. I think your worrying for nothing.

You don't necessarily need to add anything to get a frostless soy candle. With CB Advanced Soya, I get nice, frostless candles every time. Only thing I add is some vybar. Just tell her to make sure she is pouring her candles cool enough (like 130 to 140 degrees).

Soy wax is a pain in the neck! Some scent/wick combos work. Done don't. All scent/wick combos work well with paraffin....

Candlescience has a great like green liquid color called key west liked green. Makes really nice lime green.

I think what Stella is trying to say (perhaps using too much tact), is that it is not likely possible to achieve a perfect FMP (1/2 inch deep) at the start and maintain it at the finish. Just not going to happen. More likely if you demand a FMP at the start your going to have a 1 to 1.5 inch deep FMP near the end, which is not "Better" for your buyer as the jar will be hotter than it should be, etc. You can spend months trying to get it "perfect", but as we all now, there is no such thing in candle making....

For something that big, I will always double wick it. The torch you get by using a large enough wick to melt that diameter is enough to weld steel with!!!