Comments on: What Soy Candle Making Supplies Do I Need And Where to Buy Them?

By: ian

ian — Mon, 13 May 2019 10:56:28 +0000

hi
i was wondering if yourself or any of your members can help me.
i live in england, and we used to get our fragrances and spectrum dyes from Natures garde, but they have now stopped shipping internationally, do you know of any other supplier in the usa who will ship the spectrum dyes to england.

many thanks for your help
kate & ian

By: Jennifer Duke

Jennifer Duke — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 20:04:43 +0000

I was wondering if you could do a post with more specific instructions on using a wax pumper. I have one from Coogar Products, if it makes a difference. I really like the equipment, but just not sure on different ways to use it.

By: SoyCandleMakingTime

SoyCandleMakingTime — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 04:17:33 +0000

Hi Irene, so sorry I didn’t see your comment until now! Some people believe in adding at a lower temp and some believe adding at a higher temp allows the fragrance oil to incorporate with the wax better and give better hot throw. Personally I’ve had great results adding at 185 and I know of many others that do too. It’s something that you might want to test for yourself, but I haven’t found that the fragrance oil burns off at 185 at all. 🙂

By: Irene

Irene — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 08:58:19 +0000

Hi, I’m very confused as to what temperature to add fragrance, you recommend 185f but I’ve read that if you put fragrance in with too high a temperature the scent just burns off, also to put fragrance in at about 135f just before pouring ! Can you enlighten me please?

By: Norma Ulmer

Norma Ulmer — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 13:52:18 +0000

Hi Melissa,

I was wondering if you have tried wicks in 26 oz apothecary jar?

Thanks,
Norma

By: Kat Beringer

Kat Beringer — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 14:17:35 +0000

One ingredient I’m having trouble finding is the liquid dye you used. I’m finding squares and solid dyes, but not liquid. TY

By: SoyCandleMakingTime

SoyCandleMakingTime — Sat, 31 Aug 2013 05:43:16 +0000

In reply to susan.

Susan, I really like the CD wicks the best. I’ve tried HTP, RRD, some Simple Soy and paper core wicks, but they all seemed to mushroom too much. There are several other types I would like to start testing though, like Hemp wicks, wood wicks and a couple others.

Paraffin will definitely have sinking, since from what I’ve read, is a wax you have to do a second pour with for a nice top. If you switch to soy and pour at the right temp, you shouldn’t have any sink holes.

I don’t always use 1oz per lb. That is just kind of my default to start with unless the fragrance is really strong out of the bottle and then I’ll start with half an oz. Candy Cane and Lemongrass are examples of fragrances that you definitely can use less of. Also, with many of the fragrance oils I’ve bought from Candle Cocoon, since they are so concentrated, I have used only 1/2 – 3/4 oz per lb of wax and they perform wonderfully. There are also some that I’ve used the whole 10% fragrance load. Coffee scents are ones that I have had to add more or you just can’t smell them very well.

By: susan

susan — Sat, 31 Aug 2013 03:48:13 +0000

melissa, what is your preference in wicks? i have been watching tons of soymaking videos and keep going back to your simple techniques. the middle of my candles sunk, ( I was using paraffin w those but want to switch to soy) and do younalways do 1oz scent to 1lb of wax?

By: SoyCandleMakingTime

SoyCandleMakingTime — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 08:43:28 +0000

In reply to Traci. Traci, I usually shipped via USPS Priority mail, so I would just order the free priority boxes. The flat rate boxes are great too depending on where you are shipping to. I reused packing peanuts and other packing material from my supplies that I ordered, or other items ordered online, and I also would get some from my husbands work place, so I rarely had to buy packing supplies. I never did figure out a best way to do the shipping, but I only had maybe 3 times where a candle arrived broken or cracked in the 4 years I sold them. You also might check and see if you have a box company type place near you. We have one here, although I never got around to checking out how much it would be to get small boxes to package individual jar candles, so I would just wrap them up in bubble wrap and fit them snugly in the shipping box.

By: Traci

Traci — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 14:38:14 +0000

Hi Melissa,

I was wondering where you get the supplies to shipping supplies from?

Thanks,

Traci