grama Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Have you ever been topping off your candles and topped with the wrong scent? I just did that! All the time knowing that I was supposed to be topping Sweet Pumpkin instead of Carrot Cake Just poured it off and now to put it on Sweet Pumpkin and hope it don't mess up my Carrot Cake! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacquiO Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 (edited) I don't think I've done that but I've poured candles and forgot to add the FO all together.It also helps not to pour two candles that are similar in color at the same time. Edited November 9, 2009 by JacquiO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grama Posted November 9, 2009 Author Share Posted November 9, 2009 (edited) Well, I have to many in about the same color and of course smelling don't help!!! Right now trying to decide if the leftover wax melting is sugar cookie or carmalized praline. Then I have Sweet Pumpkin & Carrot Cake to close in color. I have also left the FO out once. But never done this in all my years of pouring. This is my 3rd fundraiser, 1 more to go and then finished with them for the year. Had 4 very close together!And it isn't even Sugar Cookie, it's Hansel & Gretel's house. Think I told my sister it was Sugar Cookie, my mind has about had it!! Edited November 9, 2009 by grama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candlesprite7 Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 oops! I havent done that but like others I have forgotten to add the scent. One thing I do make sure I do is use a piece of masking tape and write the scent on it and stick it to the handle of the pour pot i'm using. That way I dont forget what scent I have in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grama Posted November 9, 2009 Author Share Posted November 9, 2009 Yep, should have stuck the name on pour pot cause the colors were so close, didn't even think about getting them mixed at the time!! I will remember in the future. My biggest problem with that was my mind!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GourmetSoy Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Haven't done that but I have added the wrong color. Really wrong! I had pretty bright orange colored lilac candles:) No way to help that one, had to scrap them. Good thing it was only 2! I would have burned them myself but I hate lilac! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debra Phelps Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 I have done all that plus. Now I space mine out. I never pour red next to red. I always make sure the next color is different. Then I put my:yay: bottles in back of the candles, so I can remember what they are. And sometimes I write it on the paper towel under the candles. Most of my mess ups became new candle scents. Very seldom do I forget the scent. But that is not a good thing. lol Wrong colors suck too. I had green mulberries one time. Added a little Christmas tree scent and called it Christmas with Elvis. It is a huge hit today. Amazing hugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimmeroo Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 lol! I have done all of that too! I also section my candles out and place the fo bottle behind them..Good idea about writing the names on the paper towels underneath..will have to try that! Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grama Posted November 11, 2009 Author Share Posted November 11, 2009 Normally I don't have colors so similiar but this time I actually had 4 different scents that were similiar in color. On my notes I have the order I pour them in and that works good. The problem was my pour pots where I left the left over wax got all mixed up and couldn't go my smell cause we all know about candlenose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustpuuppy Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 I'm actually surprised that I never did anything like that. I've always poured in order from lightest to darkest.When I first started I had a couple of incidents where I got a little red dye in a green candle, or some such, because I hadn't cleaned the mold quite well enough. After that I always poured all my reds together. Or greens or whatever.Not sure how I avoided doing what you did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grama Posted November 11, 2009 Author Share Posted November 11, 2009 (edited) Better watch it Dustpuuppy! You know how it is when you have never thought of something no problem but once it is thrown out there and the thought enters your mind then your mind is on it and you think, OK, got to remember now, then all of a sudden wow, then you done it Did that make sense what I just said?????? Edited November 11, 2009 by grama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewOrleansLady Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 I've done that and then sold them as specialty layered votives! Since then I put masking tape on the handle of my pour pot and write the scent on it. I also put a piece of tape on the counter in front of the votives with the scent. When I do jars I put tape on each jar when I wick them. I poured 2 cases yesterday...one of creme brulee and one of vanilla sugar cookies. I only marked the boxes so I've got to hurry up and put labels on them before two get swapped out by accident (MIL from hell has been known to do this) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustpuuppy Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Did that make sense what I just said??????Frighteningly enough, it does make sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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