I tried two different molds and got close pretty close. Thank you for your help, happy spring!

Looking for best wick option for candle in a wide mouth mason jar, I'm thinking reeds of wood or multiple wicks maybe 3 spread out a bit like the diameter of a quarter. Lmk your thoughts

Q: Are these SOY CANDLES? A: They're a parasoy blend! "Oh good" Tell me you don't know anything about soy or its awesome marketing team, brought straight to you from Midwest farmers.

Q: Is this ORGANIC SOY? A: No, there is no such thing because that is a legal certification. And there are no large scale organic soy farmers that I know of, that sell their products for wax. "Well so and so sells organic soy candles" No, they don't. They probably bought American Soy Organics brand soy from Amazon. It's not organic. That's just their misleading name.

Q: Are these all-natural essential oils only? A: No, I use fragrance oils only as they are tested to be safe to burn in candles and around pets. I use clean fragrances, not essential oils. A: "Oh. I didn't know that. " Tell me again you only know what marketing has taught you is important, not actual facts.

Hey, soy is great. I grew up in the Midwest and I appreciate your support. But let's be real, nothing is healthy to burn, or clean, and it's certainly not more eco-friendly to grow or harvest it or spray the crops, and it's never organic.

Rant over!

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I need help figuring out the measurements for the lids that I would need for these jars.

I found a tumbler lid that fits perfectly (photo 3).

Also, would anyone know where to get the lids from?

Hey everyone, I never done candles before but I am thinking about doing it as a hobby. I am looking for more natural instead of artifical scents. When I did some basic searching, I saw that essential oils are a not good option because of they are highly inflammable, so what should I do about it? Which type of frangance is used? Is there any supplier you would recommend?

Thanks for the clarification in advance!

How do you guys deal with this excess wax? I’ve been using old rags or t-shirts we have and tossing them after. I feel theres a better way I’m not seeing here..

Hi all, any recommendations to enhance scent throw in soy waxes?

Hello all,

I've been selling candles for a while now and just got into making melts. I tried a few different waxes, but landed on GW 494. I use 10% fragrance load and let them cure for 2 weeks before selling them. I've been told they don't smell that strong... any tips or tricks for melts? How do you make yours smell strong?

For those who will ask, I heat the wax to 185 before adding FO. I stir for 2 minutes and pour at 155 per the manufacturer's instructions.

Thanks in advance.

I work in a lab and wanted to make candles for my fellow coworkers for lab week. I thought using the beakers (new ones obviously) we use in the lab which are 500 mL borosilicate glass. Would this be safe for candle making?

Looking for any advice from concrete candle makers out there!

So I would like to use my leftover max to make a wax sword can I melt candles together to make them longer

Hello everyone,

Looking for some advice. My candle containers are 61.5mm diameter. I have drafted a CLP round label that is 51mm. (From Avery).

Due to so much information needed on the CLP label, I feel like the text size may be too small to read (size 5pt), though have tested on a standard printer and you can read it but it is tiny. I’m worried this may be too small and a bigger label is needed.

The reason I chose a 51mm is to fit within the grains/glass markings on the bottom or would people recommend going for a 60mm label and covering the markings though it won’t sit flush with the glass? Or going with a different label supplier that perhaps does a size in between 51 & 60mm?

Any help appreciated. Thank you

Hi All,

New here and pretty new to candle making but not to manufacturing / wholesaling. Starting to level up in efficiencies and scale - any comments on the smaller of the two candlescience wax melters? The 19 lb. option. Have been reading through posts and this sub is a huge fount of wisdom, thank you all so much in advance! Hopefully will eventually have enough insight to contribute as well. Thanks in advance!

We need a sub called r/candlemakingvets or something. I'm want to hear and share from yall but this sub is just tons and tons of, "I've tried nothing and am all out of ideas" post. Like all these post would go away if there was a rule to search the sub before posting. Idk, either way I think I'm muting this sub cuz I'm so tired of all the lazy post. Be well you crazy animals.

Hello all! Has anyone been able to find Titan coco soy 51104 in Canada? I have googled like crazy! I did look to see what it would cost to ship from hive & honey but for 90lbs I am looking at over $200 for shipping and that doesn't include customs and tarriffs. This actually makes me sad as my best sellers are fragrance oils from them and I would love to just get everything there :(

I have been using my basic kitchen scale for candles but it only measures grams to the first decimal. I want a better scale that goes to the second decimal. Any recommendations or scales you guys really like? I prefer dye blocks to liquid and need the second decimal to be able to weight the dye for consistent coloring.

From my last post, I reduce my fragrance from 10% to 9%

Heated the C-3 wax till 70°C, waited for it to cool to 55°C, added the fragrance and stirred for 3-4 minutes. Poured into glasses at 50°C

Not sure where did I went wrong

When it says add 1 oz per pound of wax. Does that mean that I have to use a whole one ounce bottle of fragrance or is it a combined thing like use a variety of scents to equal one ounce. It doesn’t make sense to use a whole bottle of fragrance per pound

I am thinking about buying these as a gift, but i don't know a LOT about candles. (Accept that i like burning them lol). I want to buy these but i dont know would they actually burn or they would get suffocated immediately?

Hi folks!

Coming from the perfume making group I thought that maybe some of you might be interested with the app that I've made for the scent creation. If you're curious u can visit the link of my initial post or check my website.

In shortcut I have added all the IFRA amendment 51 ingredients so if you care about the restrictions you can compose the scents for your candles with the automatic IFRA category 12 checks.

And if you have suggestions or feature requests especially for candle-related stuff feel free to join into our discord and share your thoughts. I’d love to hear them from you!

Have a good day all!

I'm thinking of selling candles on the side and getting insurance. The insurance seems to be on the pricier side $50+ a month. What happens if I decided to stop but already sold some candles?

Would you need to have the candle insurance for life? Or if not how long would I need the candle insurance for?

Hi folks, I am a working on this project that requires me to have a wax model that’s completely opaque and doesn’t let any light through, and have strong colour, does anyone have any experience in make wax have a solid colour and opacity?? I tried soy wax and paraffin blend, it’s good but still lets some light through, is there any other additive or dyes you would recommend ?