Newbie on candles

[sherry]

Hi! everyone I have been reading this board since 2006 I start making soap in the beginning off 2007 never sold anything yet But I thing I will this year Back to my point, I never made soy candles before I made Gel candles for a few years but they were hard to sale here in Canada so I stop making them

Now my DD is hooked on candles she loves them she says it keeps her house smell good specially if you have a big dog in the house last month she spend over $200 bucks on candles and to top it all they dint even burn right some of them she took back some she throw out. So I figure with your help and her money :laugh2:I like to make a couple and she can burn test them for me I will like to start with your help and a soy wax and a 16 OZ Mason jar so my next question is what wick do I need do I need anything else I hope you good people can help me and her to stop bugging me and to save some money. ...

Thanks for your help

[Stella1952]

Glad you are stepping into the great obsession! If you search the forums and check out the stickies up top, you'll see lots of recommendations. What is a motivating factor to many of us is getting our soy wax as close to home as possible to avoid the shipping costs. When we started we chose 8 oz. widemouth canning jars, NatureWax C3, some USA, UV inhibitor and an assortment of CDN wicks. We pour 3 jars and a votive from each pound of wax we use, which works out very economically. Again, it really depends on finding the closest supplier to you for wax so you can stretch your supply dollars. HTH:)

[sherry]

I don't think I can get Nature wax C3 here in Canada I can get

EcosoyaCB- advancce wax and the supplier is very very close to were I live and I do have 8 oz and 16oz mason jars, from when I use to make jam. I don't want to make anything else then container candles for my DD I like to know what size wick I can use

for testing I know how much sent to use from reading in here and I know about the testing. testing .....

:)Thanks for the help