chevril Posted March 23, 2016 Author Share Posted March 23, 2016 15 hours ago, OldGlory said: I went back and read your initial comment. One hour is definitely NOT enough time to get a good hot throw unless you are burning a votive. Is it C3 you are using? I have a friend that uses C3 and her candles are awesome. I use 464 and get a great hot throw, so that leaves out 464. If you are using either of those waxes you have to look at other factors. Which fragrances are you using? I need specifics here... the name of the fragrance and where you bought it. How wide and how deep is your jar? exactly Has your candle reached a full melt pool when you test it? I am using 4 oz & 8 oz jelly jars, C3 wax (tho I've tried 464 & 444) and primarily CS and Northstar scents. I've used FO from Bittercreek and Flaming Candle as well as a few others, but 98% are CS & Northstar. I've used SOOO many scents it would bore you if I list them all, but examples of FOs that give great COLD throw (so I think I SHOULD get good hot throw) are : Candle Science- Orange Chili, Lilac, Very Vanilla, Chocolate, Basil, Red Hots & Mackintosh Apple and from Northstar- Banana Cream Pie, Cappuccino and Nag Champa. I've tried probably 35 to 45 scents. I am careful to get the melt all the way across and the pool is usually about 1/3 to 1/2 inch deep. How long would you recommend I burn to test? I appreciate very much any advice you can give! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest OldGlory Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 I'm guessing those jars are about 2.5" across and with a full melt pool you should get some sort of hot throw. I know that the Orange Chili FO from Candle Science throws very well in 464. I think your sniffer doesn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest OldGlory Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 I'm guessing those jars are about 2.5" across and with a full melt pool you should get some sort of hot throw. I know that the Orange Chili FO from Candle Science throws very well in 464. I think your sniffer doesn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisajo Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 I'm going to go back and read BUT I have had great success with soy waxes. I think I started about 2003 or so. I used 100% soy from TN Celestial, Bluegrass, KY, Golden Foods 415. I don't particularly care for GF 464. I didn't like the soywax from Candlewic. I could never get the wicking solved. Then I tried the soy/cottonseed soy wax from KY. Stuck with that for some years. Then I moved to Enchanted Lites because I could pour hot and the scent throw was out of this world. I preferred the regular over their millenium blend. I used their regular soy until they went out of business. I have never had a problem with scent throw (cold nor hot). I test, test, test, test fragrances in my own wax blends. I keep other wax reviewers results in the back of my head but my own testing supersedes all other testing. My scent blend is usually 8% max. If a fragrance oil doesn't perform at that percentage, it's not worth my money. I test my scents at 3 day cures and 7 day cures. I'm not waiting a 14 day cure for my candles. People might not agree with my fragrance evaluations timeline but it has worked for me. My preference is straight cotton wicks: 44c, 51c, 60c, 62c (depending on the jar). I've tried other types of wicks and nothing has compared to straight cotton for ME. I made my own parasoy blend with KY soy/cottonseed and 4627 (comfort blend). I didn't stick with it because I had to test every fragrance oil again and that was too time consuming for me when I already had a tried and true that worked. The fragrances I did test were fantastic as well. I also tested some fragrances that didn't work great in my 100% soy but worked much better in the parasoy blend. My daughter gave me a great compliment the other day. She's away in another state going to school. She said mom, I need you to send me some candles. She said I bought some from the store but they don't compare to your candles. She said I can still smell your candle scent in my apartment even if I haven't burned for 2 days. She said with these new candles, I still smell the boiled eggs I made the other day. LOL If it hasn't been said already, I would buy small increments of different waxes and test that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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