Soleil

Wow that is a really neat idea! I'm just glad that I'm not the only one that has had this spilling problem. I was excited that I only messed up a few of the ones I made today, not my usual half of them messed up!

That absolutely helps! May I ask, it is a slightly dumb question, but what are the benefits of reducing summer shipping to Mon-Wed? Does it guarantee, slightly, that the package arrives during the week to where it isn't left in a hot warehouse/truck? Most things I get are through UPS and here (Texas) I really haven't had a problem. Our delivery driver will just leave our packages on the porch, so that would be a huge issue with wax!

I've been wondering about this for a while and I couldn't find a thread that exactly is what I am looking for when I searched. So my question is this... How do you ship your products (candles/wickless) in the summer? Do you offer a faster shipping along with the "ship at your own risk" regular shipping? I'm just trying to get a feel on how to ship for if/when I need to. I don't want my stuff to melt in the mail..

LoneStar is my absolute favorite. I've never had any bad dealings with them in the short time that I have been making candles.

I think I did better today! I used my little measuring cup and I still dripped on a few but my success rate was much higher than last night. I only screwed up 3 of the 11 I made! =D I will try the paper towel again on getting the film off. Do you wet the paper towel at all, or would that be counter-productive since it would be cold water on warm wax?

I have scraped it off, but do you have any advice on how to get the.. film off of the plastic? After I scrape it off it leaves a dingy spot where it was, and I can't get it to go away!

I've been wanting to attempt car fresheners myself, but I didn't like the ornies. I love the idea, but so far not a single scent I have made, other than one that included cinnamon, lasted longer than a day. I never had one melt though, so I guess that's a plus and it was up to 115 inside my car one day (it did warp the poor ornie..) but at least nothing melted apart. The cardboard fresheners look like they are a lot more work for less profit, or that's how it seems to me. Most likely not, but that's how I see it looking at them right now.

I use paraffin wax, but I may start experimenting with soy later on after I learn to not spill/drip the wax on everything! I guess I will just keep practicing.... at least with the "screw ups" they are still usable and I can give them to friends/family for gifts! LOL Thanks for the advice, I need to check the size of my pouring pot... I'm fairly certain that it is the 2 lb one so I may start using it again.

Well, I am definitely new to this forum (Hi!) and an extreme newb at candle making. I've been making clamshell tarts for myself for a while now, but my parents think I should start trying to sell them...here in lies the problem. Mine look horrid. I cannot figure out a good way to pour the wax into the clamshells to where it doesn't drip or run over into the lid. Every single time I pour I mess them up. I've tried pouring from the pot (original idea, failed miserably), I've poured from a plastic cup (my father's idea.. semi-fail) and my most recent attempt was with a small measuring cup. It worked... okay but the wax still runs down the side and drips making the clamshell look messy and just.. bad. How do you pour into clamshells? I really need some advice here so mine don't look so horrible. Everything else works okay, though I think I may change my wax to the 75% votive/25% container blend that I see everyone talking about. Right now it's just votive because that's all I have. Though these are just for me until I learn some more.. lol