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Has anyone ever tried Virginia Candle Supplies fragrance oils? They have so many interesting ones. They seem to have so/so reviews on EBAY.

They discontinued my favorite from them - cranberry citrus. I do like their iced lemon biscotti; however, I picked up skittles this time and I just can't wait to burn it. :-)

I am having a heck of a time wicking the c3 now. I have tried premier, cd wicks, and eco and they are were struggling. Not sure what was going on. I was using 7% fragrance oil, c3 wax, 8 oz jj, added fragrance oil at 180 and just getting a horrible burn on Birthday Cake from KY (Rustic Escentuals) - yes I cured the candle. So I am making cranberry marmalade in c3 wax tonight, 415 and 464 and I am going to test and see how each wax performs and see how one stacks up against the others. I haven't wicked these candles yet. I will take a skewer and poke a hole in the wax and therefore I can change wicks and wick series if necessary. I am using 7% in cranberry marmalade, 6 drops per lb of dye from candles and supplies cranberry - not crazy about the color, and 8 oz jj and adding the scent at 180.

Hello all. I have ordered a sample of the 464 wax that I will be testing and if it works out - I will be switching from c3 to the 464. My only concern is shipping candles or even holding candle shows in the warmer months given the464 melt point being lower. How do you ship your candles in the summer months or do you folks that use the 464 take the summer months off? I have heard wonderful things about the 464 and I am looking forward to giving it a try.

Good morning all. I am having a little bit of wick trouble. I am testing an 8 oz jj with 7% of fragrance oil Birthday Cake from Rustic Escentuals - KY line C3 wax added fragrance at 180 degrees no color or dyes The first test I did with a cd 10 and it conked out on the first burn. Wicked up to a 12 and wowsers! The flame was dancing and throwing off some soot. My guess is the jar would have been black at the top and the melt pool would have been too large by the end of the burn. So then I tried a premier 765 - again not enough ooph to keep it going. Going to try the eco series next. Will start with a 6 since they tend to burn a little hot. I love this scent but it is a toughie to wick. If the ECo 6 doesn't work I may try the premier 767. Thoughts??? I love the cd wicks and after the first burn that went ok with the 10 but then the second burn after about 2 hours it was dying a slow and painful death and then whammo out. :-(

I know a lot of people do- but I didn't have much luck with their oils either. :-(

My ebay id is ajensen123. I don't have each individual oil listed or weighed but you will receive lots and lots of oils. My mom was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer and I just don't have time to test much. Only make the oils that I know that'll be good or that I want to make and sell. Thank you for your interest. I have lots of peak, fillmore, maple street, bittercreek, and etc in this lot. :-) Hope you have a wonderful night. :-) There are also some natures garden in there.

Yes, In fact I have a whole box sitting here that is on ebay now with more scents to be listed thereafter.

Crafty1_AJ - do you use liquid or dye chips in your candles? From the pictures - you have just lovely candles and nice and bright. :-)

Dear friends, I am just getting back into candlemaking. I am narrowing down my supplies though because I simply do not have the room to store all of them. Do any of you make dye free candles only and if you used to color your candles and went dye free = did it affect your sales at all? One of the main reasons that I am going dye free - is because I cannot locate my dye chips. :-( I am using c3 wax and 8% fragrance oil. I am going to test that before moving further. I was never happy with my candles at 6%. I am not sure what wicking series I will use yet. I have some 8 oz jelly jars that I found and premier wicks, eco wicks, cotton core wicks and cd wicks. I found some of Candle Science's watermelon which I am not a huge fan of but it will get me started either way. :-)

I have used an Eco 8 in a jelly jar with C3 before. Not my favorite, but it has potential. I prefer the C3 wax with premier wicks. Thanks to LMC, she is sending me a CDN wick to try. I have never tested a CDN wick before. I have tested the premier wicks with C3 and find them to be a nice pair. For testing wick purposes, I wait 24 hours. For testing scent, I test at 1 week, but some scents do take the full two weeks to cure. Indiana Candle Supplies - Pink Sugar is a prime example. That takes forever to throw but it is a scent that is really worth the wait. Good luck. ~Tiffany

What is your opinion of Bonfire Bliss??? I got this in as a sample from Aroma Haven and have not added it to wax yet.

LOL Lmc....you are too funny.

I love the scent spiced cranberries! :-) What supplier did you use for those? I am getting ready to test Spiced Cranberry from Natures Garden but I have Autumn Leaves in stock from Aroma Haven.

Ok test burn #2 PR 765 - although the flame was a little hotter than I like, and dances around quite a bit, and the burn pool might be a sprinkle hot as we continue testing further down into the jar, overall very nice. Eco 8 - burn #2 was going fine until about the last 1/2 hour when it trimmed itself again and almost went out; melt pool decreased and had like a nubby with a teeny tiny flame CD10 - finally made a full melt pool but the wax literally stinks like just wax :-( I can't think of another way to describe it. Not overally impressed with this wick. Burn #4 or 5 - for CD 12 = my notes are in the car sorry ----burned very nice with a nice burn pool but holy huge wick did the wick's flame move around a lot and become huge. The jar was becoming hot and the flame was larger than I like with a significant mushroom. However, not too deep of a melt pool. Whiffs of black soot would arise periodically. Burn # 1 - PR 755 - Well same result as the Ecos. Flame dimished and was burning very tiny with a nubby. About went out - melt pool dimished as the flame got smaller. 51-32-18 cotton core wick - well cheese and rice! This wick other than the huge mushroom did just fine. Achieved a full melt pool that was 1/4 " to 1/2 " deep. No smoking of the wick. May consider wicking down to a 44 cotton depending on how this burn goes. Overall one of the best results so far. I know you should burn the testers all the way to the bottom, but I yanked out the PR 755 out of the tester and put a 760 thinking hmmm..... :undecided that's in between a 755 that was about to putter out and between a 765 that was just a tad too big I though. Burn #1 - for Premier 760 - better than the 755 but the wick seems to be struggling and I am expecting the same result as the 755. Could be surprised though. Wick is starting to significantly mushroom.