BrandNewToCandles Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Personally, I HATE making tealights, I'm too lazy to stand around and wait for them to set a little then pop the wicks in. I like my wicked jars and my votive wick pins...lol.I prefer the LOOK of plastic, but there is the melting issue, I suppose. FYI, I ordered metal cups online, which were cheaper, but they got here a little banged up. You may need to reshape them a little. I got mine, with wicks, 100 for $8.95 (the Candle Source). Took the wicking guesswork away.I got 30 tealights using 1 pound of wax and 1 ounce of oil.One other thing, the search feature is nice, but I have found that more often than not you get pages of threads that do not relate to your topic and have to read countless posts to find one relevant answer. It's just easier to ask a question sometimes, I was under the impression that this was what this forum is for...Now, I think I'll go post a few "stupid" questions that could easily have been answered using the search feature just to piss some people off... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
country candlemaker Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Personally, I HATE making tealights, I'm too lazy to stand around and wait for them to set a little then pop the wicks in. I like my wicked jars and my votive wick pins...lol.I prefer the LOOK of plastic, but there is the melting issue, I suppose. FYI, I ordered metal cups online, which were cheaper, but they got here a little banged up. You may need to reshape them a little. I got mine, with wicks, 100 for $8.95 (the Candle Source). Took the wicking guesswork away.I got 30 tealights using 1 pound of wax and 1 ounce of oil.One other thing, the search feature is nice, but I have found that more often than not you get pages of threads that do not relate to your topic and have to read countless posts to find one relevant answer. It's just easier to ask a question sometimes, I was under the impression that this was what this forum is for...Now, I think I'll go post a few "stupid" questions that could easily have been answered using the search feature just to piss some people off...piss them off lol lol lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SliverOfWax Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Northern Panhandle between OH/PAI have never ever even tried a tea light..and those who are experienced maybe able to answer this and know what is better..so I don't waste money that I don't have.Nobody else knows what wicks your wax blend will require. Nobody else has money to waste. I guess you'll have to do what the rest of us do. Test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterBaker2 Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Now, I think I'll go post a few "stupid" questions that could easily have been answered using the search feature just to piss some people off... LMFAO :laugh2::laugh2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topofmurrayhill Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 I was at work and read through 3-5 pages and did not see anything relevant to what I needed.When that happens you should try multiple search terms separated by the plus sign. For instance, melt+tealight+cup brings up only two threads. HTH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cee cee Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 I also have the Gingerbread House, i am very happy that i read this topic, great advise, i usually use plastic, but i will buy a few metal tealight cups for Xmas.Thanks so much!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 I use a tealight mold that I bought from Flexiblemolds. It has nails that fit in it, like wick pins. It makes perfect tealights every time.Don't forget people, that this board is for learning, not teaching. If you learn to do a search you will be able to learn that much more.One good tip for searching is, in the show results box on the advance search, mark the button for show results as posts. That will only return posts that have the keyword and you don't have to search an entire thread for the keyword. This will make your searching so much more productive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotJustFragrances Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Candlewic has tealight molds with holes and they give you the posts for them. Their molds come in two sizes, I think one is like 12 or 24 tealights. The other is 99, I have 3 of those and love them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahseyac Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 I am partial to the plastic tealight cups because the metal cups get banged up prettty easily and it takes me a ton of time to get them back into shape. I use hot glue on the bottom of the wick so I don't have to wait to put the wick in. Keeps them centered and saves a ton of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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