Jcandleattic Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 Since we have a thread on the container blend I thought I'd ask/post about reviews for the Pillar Blend..I've made one batch of candy corn pillars (cone size 7 oz each final product) and a batch of votives with the left over wax from the pillars.I haven't burned the pillars yet, but the finished candle is very smooth (no additives added at all) and the cold throw is VERY GOOD.. I just love the way it looks!!The votives-well, those are something else. I made I think I ended up with 7 of them total, and even though I was doing layers, when it came to the final layer, I STILL had to do 2 top-off repours, and after looking closer at them this morning (made them yesterday) you can see a rigid jump line where the final pour was..I'm burning one of the votives this morning, and the scent throw is AWESOME, but a 36 (what I normally use with 4794) is too small, so I'm gonna have to go up to a 44 next. I think I'm gonna LOVE it for my pillars (after testing wicks) but not so much for votives. I don't know. I may just need to work with it some more with votives. HTH someone wondering about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamondk Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 :yay: I just love the pillar blend and also the straight paraffin. The pillar blend is smooth along with being nice and shiney. The cold and hot throw are awesome in my mind. I straight paraffin IMO is esier to work with than the 1343. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamondk Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 I am getting excited about their votive wax when it comes out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jcandleattic Posted September 30, 2005 Author Share Posted September 30, 2005 I am getting excited about their votive wax when it comes out. Oh they are gonna have a votive blend??? PERFECT!! I thought they were just gonna have the pillar blend be used for both.. That's good to hear that they will have a seperate one!! YAYI got their straight paraffin wax also, but haven't started playing with it yet. The only thing I really used to use the 1343 for was carving, so that's mainly what I bought this for. But I think I do want to try some rustics with it. I used to use the 4625 for my rustics and never had a problem.. But not sure if this new pillar blend will be able to make a rustic, so am gonna try with the straight paraffin.. LOL was that a mouthful or what?? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sudsnwicks Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 I thought they were just gonna have the pillar blend be used for both.. I thought the same thing, because their pillar blend says it's for both votives and pillars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamondk Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 4625 said the same thing. They are probably waiting till they are out of 4794 before they put it on their website. Nachelle has told me it will be there. In one of the other threads started by me she also put a note in there about the votive wax. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breanna Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 I have been using Peak pillar pre-blend MP145 since they started selling it and so far its GREAT!!! I had an order of 24 votives and they came out Fantastic,,,,,Has great cold/hot throw,,,I love it,,,I dont miss the 4625 anymore,,,HTH,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sudsnwicks Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 I just got some of this to try out. Made votives with them. Usually I use 4794. What I liked about it (so far) was (1) it is in powder form instead of slabs, so it is easy to use with no hammering needed; (2) mold release seems to be better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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