Guest guest Posted February 15, 2000 Report Share Posted February 15, 2000 - and any other gel candle newbies, Can I suggest something on the gel candles. DON'T use the wax chips for color unless you want the gel to cloud. Even the very slightest bit of candle wax (the parrafin kind) will cloud that gorgeous gel. If you want color and don't want to buy off the net - I would suggest getting some of the wilton (as in cake and candy) CANDY colors. They come four little containers in a box for around $4 - they also have two or three choices in the colors. I have one with red, green, yellow and orange and another one that has blue, red, orange and yellow. Anyway - you want to use the candy colors because they are oil based! After you melt your gel wax, you can color with a little of this until you get the color you want. It will not cloud the gel either! Some fo's will cloud the gel, but so far, I haven't had any problems with fo's clouding. As far as wicking - yes, you do want to use the metal tab and I don't think it matters much whether it is tin or zinc - but you don't want a lead core wick. I hope this post helps someone out there. a Silver Creek Soap Co. Visit my booth at the ucraftmall: http://www.ucraftmall.com/silvercreek99 Did you know you can email money with PayPal.com? https://secure.paypal.com/refer/pal=pcshea299%40earthlink.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2000 Report Share Posted February 15, 2000 - and any other gel candle newbies, Can I suggest something on the gel candles. DON'T use the wax chips for color unless you want the gel to cloud. Even the very slightest bit of candle wax (the parrafin kind) will cloud that gorgeous gel. If you want color and don't want to buy off the net - I would suggest getting some of the wilton (as in cake and candy) CANDY colors. They come four little containers in a box for around $4 - they also have two or three choices in the colors. I have one with red, green, yellow and orange and another one that has blue, red, orange and yellow. Anyway - you want to use the candy colors because they are oil based! After you melt your gel wax, you can color with a little of this until you get the color you want. It will not cloud the gel either! Some fo's will cloud the gel, but so far, I haven't had any problems with fo's clouding. As far as wicking - yes, you do want to use the metal tab and I don't think it matters much whether it is tin or zinc - but you don't want a lead core wick. I hope this post helps someone out there. a Silver Creek Soap Co. Visit my booth at the ucraftmall: http://www.ucraftmall.com/silvercreek99 Did you know you can email money with PayPal.com? https://secure.paypal.com/refer/pal=pcshea299%40earthlink.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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