Julie D

Mmmmmm no. Your pic looks like a votive/tealight holder. I know my picture makes it look larger than it is. It is the same size as an aluminum or plastic tealight container. I guess someone was able to talk a potter into making a bunch out of clay....(it feels a little like stoneware) and made a bunch of tealights with them. Then sold them to Target. Honestly, I would love to get my hands on some. My friend brought her empty ones over and I refilled them. They make a pretty swanky tealights.

now I know this is a dumb question......what does 24-30 fp mean? I have the same molds and am interested in the answer.

When I say candle making process....I mean they were used instead of the aluminum or plastic tealight containers.

there is no trade mark or lettering on it....and my friend is really kicking herself now because when she bought them there was a huge stack of them and she wishes she would have bought more.

No, the candles came in the little ceramic containers and the package was labled tealights. She used them like she would use anyother tealight.

Have any of you seen or know where to find these tealight containers? A friend of mine bought a package of 12 at Target. They would be used in the candle making process. They are reusable. Made of ceramic clay. They have a little ridge inside of cup to keep the wax from falling out. I have googled every discriptive word I can think of and have found nothing. If you know where to find them....I would like to know.

Julie

Right.....but if I use a wick that has a coating of a wax with a higher melt rate that would not be a problem...would it? Or does the pigment cause its problems while burning? Has anyone ever tried this product? Maybe the best thing I should do is to go directly to BC and ask them.

But Palm wax takes on its characteristics when it is cooled slowly. The slower the better. I even warm my molds and put them all together side by side to cool as one big candle. The results are amazing!!!

Well, now I want to die....the thumbs down looks like a red kitty sleeping in the shape of a questionmark........My first posted question and I blew it!!!

You say, you don't know where it comes from but do you remember where you bought it? This sounds like a real interesting wax. And yes it sounds like a palm wax. (I love Palm Wax)

Have any of you used the metalic silver, gold, or copper pigment blocks sold by Bitter Creek? http://secure.candlesupply.com/catalog_page.cfm?queries_index=index7&ProductCodeID=38&ProductSubCodeID=49

Since it is a pigment do you only dip with it or can you use it for the whole candle if the wick is waxed? I want to make some Silver candles and was wondering if it is worth the huge expense. Julie

Are all you ladies to young to remember pet rocks? Let me tell ya....I had to have one! I think it is all how you market it. If it is cute and smells good....hey, make it and sell it. All I can say is.....Thanks, Topofmurryhill for voicing the question. I too was wondering.....once I found out that my pet rock couldn't do tricks I was jaded for life. Julie

Also, you will need a certain kind of wax to make these candles. I buy the same wax to make some of my candles. I buy it from Candlewic.com

Carey, I happen to be a newbie too. I have only been making candles for 4 years and am still making them on a small scale. That is for gifts for my friends and family. I agree with everyone. Testing your wicks is very important. My suggestion is for you to go to one of the candle suppliers like Bitter Creek who supply wick testing kits. That is they sell you 5 of each of the pre tabed wicks available for you to play with. (At a more reasonable price than having to buy in huge bulk quantities) Another thing that I find I need is to have a special book to write all my findings down in. You may need the info down the road and things can get confusing. Trust me.....trial and error. And if one wick doesnt work......melt it down and try it again. Another suggestion is to use wick pins when you are making pillars. That way you can take the wick out and try something different. I also budgeted X amount each year to buy molds. (That is where a lot of the expense is) That and postage for wax.....you lucky girl living so close to a supplier. I am soooo happy that I stumbled across this website. The prices on the FOs and molds are great and I can see myself going a little crazy in the near future. :smiley2: Julie