younggrasshper Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 I went to a local pet supply store today and they had soy candles at the register. I've only made a few candles, never soy, never container. I love to sniff things though, and touch them lol.....can't keep my hands to myself in a store.....thats a whole other topic though. I opened up 1 jar and couldnt believe that it was for sale! it was UGLY.....smelled great, pretty color but the texture of the top, I was just shocked that someone would put they're name on it to be sold! $7.00 for I think a pint jar....seems average to my area, but they should at least be SMOOTH right? I could be wrong here since i've never made one, but are they supposed to be all bumpy and bubbly and ugly!?!?!? Would you put your name/label on one to sell it if it were??? I wish I had taken a pic to show you, but I didn't want to offend anyone at the store...for all I know the cashier there made them :rolleyes2 sorry for the ramblings on of a crazy lady.....I just wanted to share! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustpuuppy Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 Odds are you've seen worse, before you started making candles. Prolly didn't even notice. Most people don't. Go by the expensive candle store in the mall and see what kind of crap *they* sell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyalkay Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 They have them in my area, too. Gives candle makers a bad name. They have bad sink holes, didn't even bother with a repour and off centered wicks and they are from an individual too. I can't believe they sell them that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
younggrasshper Posted January 30, 2006 Author Share Posted January 30, 2006 I never bought the cheap candles.......I'd rather have none than CRAP! lolwhat does everyone think of partylite candles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Just wait till you see a bunch without a centered wick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelaVA Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 I saw some mass marketed soy candles at Plow & Hearth a few weeks ago and the wicks were so long that they had to be wound around and jammed into the jar so the lid would close. The wicks were over 2.5" long. :rolleyes2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapermom Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Just wait till you see a bunch without a centered wick I see that all the time.. in the good stuff too!! and tunneling.. in high dollar candles( I swear home interior are notorious for this).. I just shake my head.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxhill Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Unfortunately soy wax does sometimes get the lumpy bumpy tops even if it is poured according to the instructions. Most of us have played with it until we get it to the point where we are satisfied by blending or hit the tops with our heatguns so they are smooth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joisey girl Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Just wait till you see a bunch without a centered wick That happened to me this weekend at a Joanne's craft store, almost every container I picked up had a wick either too far to the left or right. I don't know how they could even put those on display. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcroome2005 Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 I never bought the cheap candles.......I'd rather have none than CRAP! lolwhat does everyone think of partylite candles?I used to love Partylite until I started making my own.. Their votives are very small and my tea-lights out last them about 1 1/2 hours- 2 hours Christina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
younggrasshper Posted January 31, 2006 Author Share Posted January 31, 2006 I think partylite is about the best "commercial" candle out there. I used to sell it and Never once saw bad ones, off centered wicks, bad surfaces, but then again the machines don't have the errors that our hands can make....at least not as easily right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinDucky Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 I think partylite is about the best "commercial" candle out there. I used to sell it and Never once saw bad ones, off centered wicks, bad surfaces, but then again the machines don't have the errors that our hands can make....at least not as easily right?Maybe not, but then their machines don't inspect themselves or the finished candles either to notice when an "inferior" batch comes out. Large manufactures can't only quality check so many of the individual products and still make the kind of money they want to put in their pockets. IMO it all comes back to quality vs. quantity. We want quality with enough quantity to get us by. The big guys want quantity with enough quality to get them by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire and Ice Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Well what I loook at locally, because we have so many candle maker here is COLOR! I look at the color and just by looking at that, can tell how long a chandlers been out there selling their wares. They will sell PINK Cinnamon Stick because they haven't figured out how to get read. Open it up and the wick it too small and way off center! I've had two craft show cowarniator ask me how they can tell if a chandler is lying about their abilities in making safe candles...Look at the color and look at the wick!:rolleyes2 When they get turned down from juried shows more than once, they generally give up and move on to something else to make a million dollars! LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meridith Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 I went to a local pet supply store today and they had soy candles at the register. I've only made a few candles, never soy, never container. I love to sniff things though, and touch them lol.....can't keep my hands to myself in a store.....thats a whole other topic though. I opened up 1 jar and couldnt believe that it was for sale! it was UGLY.....smelled great, pretty color but the texture of the top, I was just shocked that someone would put they're name on it to be sold! $7.00 for I think a pint jar....seems average to my area, but they should at least be SMOOTH right? I could be wrong here since i've never made one, but are they supposed to be all bumpy and bubbly and ugly!?!?!? Would you put your name/label on one to sell it if it were??? I wish I had taken a pic to show you, but I didn't want to offend anyone at the store...for all I know the cashier there made them :rolleyes2 sorry for the ramblings on of a crazy lady.....I just wanted to share!That is how soy can be and those that make and buy soy don't mind and are very familiar with this aspect of soy wax. You can add things like BW to help with this or even hit the tops with a heat gun to smooth them out for appearances but chances are once its burned, it will set back looking like that. In my brochures, I list the characteristics of soy wax and let my customers know that it doesn't affect the quality of the candle, the burn or the throw. Its what you deal with to get the benefits of soy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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