I am thinking of making some candles. I am researching online about the different types of candles that can be made. Soy, BW, Parafin etc..dust want a couple opinions before I waste a bunch of wax..
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Go for the 100% pure beeswax.  Not only do they smell great when burning, they also burn quite free of soot.\n\nBut the burning of the beeswax also releases vapors which I believe include ether's.  These vapors seem to have a very medicinal effect on human tissue.  Witness the ear candles that are all the rage at the moment.  They really do work, as amazing as that seems.\n\nI also suspect that when the Catholic church abandoned their traditional use of pure beeswax candles in their cathedrals, much of the impact of their act was lost.\n\nJust imagine going to church with a headache, some sinus pain or hay fever, then after sitting in that beeswax infused environment, to emerge feeling free of pain, relaxed, invigorated by each breath.  Wouldn't that make you want to go back to church next Sunday?   Instead go there now, with all the same problems, and come out with soot in your nose and more tar in your lungs......... \n\nBeeswax is great to touch, too.  Just the handling of it in the candle making process is a pleasure.  Then every time you caress that candle, you will enjoy it again.\n\nIf you make you candle thick enough, the wax will pool up instead of dripping all over your tablecloth, and you will get a lot of burning out of it.  This is affected by the ambient temperature when you burn the candle, of course.
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I'm in the process of trying to get my own advice column right now! Send as many as you want. rilti8@sbcglobal.net. I will be using some of them in my media packet for my editor, but don't worry, the questioners will remain anonymous.
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hey talking to me should cheer you up! lol jk... but guess what? margarine is only 1 molecule away from being plastic. seriously. not like that's particularly funny, but it's interesting!! if you leave margarine out for flies or bugs, none will come to it. it will just sit there, like plastic. eating margarine is like melting down a kid's sippy cup and spreading it on your toast. lol just thought you'd like to know...
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I don't know if this will help but my husband makes candles and he does it on the stove top with a double boiler type set up.  Big pan with water boiling and then a smaller pan that doesn't quite fit in the bigger pan but will still sit level.  The hot water will melt your wax.  Good Luck with your new business
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My father manufactured the active ingredient in agent orange,(C-5,6), at Hooker Chemical's Montague Michigan plant for the duration of the Vietnam War. The process was so volatile and so toxic that it had to be manufactured on a seven story wall-less superstructure in the middle of a 160 acre field. All of the production was then loaded on railway tankcars for shippment to Dow Chemical of Midland Mi.for addition of solvents and packaging for shipment to the military. At the close of the war, the superstructure was dismantled, and it, and all associated equipment, tools etc. were buried in a huge clay lined disposal pit on the site. The site remains a Toxic hot spot to this day and all of the surrounding neighborhood has water piped into them as the groundwater is highly contaminated. From '82-'93 my father ran a chlorine plant's maintainence department on the persian gulf, about 25 kliks from Kuwait City in Saudi. In 1997 he fell ill with the small cell cancer that has become consistent, though unrecognized by our government, as due to exposure to AO or its components. I know this as I was a service officer for the Am Legion Post here in my  town, and have seen the wreckage that this stuff left in its wake. I am an Non Combatant, US Navy, Vietnam Era vet, ( Commonly refferred to as a "rear echelon puke" ), who salutes and thanks you for your service. Hope you are well, and look forward to your Photo posts as you are quite knowledgeable on the subject. God Bless, Jed
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So you need chlorobutane to run a column?\n\nWhat about something similar, in terms of polarity, like chloropropane or chloropentane?\n\nI was going to run a column once based on results from TLC using a pentane/acetone mixture. The lab ran out of pentane and the stock room was closed. My undergraduate research advisor suggested hexane instead. We tried it, it worked, and I was able to get the separation.
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at the market?  so you mean a food product? or some type of hardware/metal?  a can or glass jar?  I'm trying to understand blindly here?  give me some more info so I can help you more. (I also must convert your temperatures) but be as specific about what materials you refer to please? email yahoo aplacefortess or addme to live chat. good luck
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I think it is to do with the chemicals tht the companys use to add scent to candles. Have you ever lit anything that smells (like air freshener, deodorant)? Then you will see that it burns well. The candle is using those chemicles as fuel before    burning the wick. Also the dark one burnt qucker because of all the inks that are in it. Ink doesn't burn well so the colour is using more energy to burn itself.
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Right now mine is vanilla too!  Wow, great noses smell alike!  LOL... Actually they have these one candles in Cracker Barrel that are made from fruits and flowers and they are to die for.  All of them were very nice smelling.  \n\nHugs ~:)
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My favorites are BVLGARI BLU or CK Contradiction they're awsome. They have a very light clean smell. If you're looking for something cheap I recommend Pear Blossom from Bath and Body Works. You can find both the BVlGARI and CK for men and women.
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I know the feeling.I hate those ceramic figurines!!! I recently went to a wedding and they made CDs with all of their favorite love songs as favors for their wedding. That was a great idea, everyone wanted a copy and its something they could listen to months after the wedding. It is definitely not a dust collector!! Also you might want to give out something edible... like chocolate bars with your names and wedding date on it. Congrats and good luck
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I like Young Living essential oils.\nI can change my mood quickly with them.\nIt is rare that someone will object to my wearing them.
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I'm no expert, but someone might have slaughtered a whale on you land and meant to write "marine whale oil". Watch your step. I don't know if you use slabs or what in your area, but it is safe to dig I would think. Let us know if there be whales there!
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I am Christian and I don't practice magic, but am interested. I do know that this is the holiday which follows the Roman celebration of Winter Solstice, where the days are getting longer and the sun is returning from battle with darkness (so goes the mythology). I have not read much about Imbolgc, though, except that is something about the celebration of the recovery of the Goddess after giving birth to the God. I'll read up more on it. I have a question for you. Have you ever been able to achieve anything with your practice? I've never run into anyone who actually practiced anything other than Wicca, and I'm curious. I'm not actually interested in learning it, just in learning about it and what you've actually been able to do. And is this more than just a fun thing for you. Is it a spirituality of sorts for you? I'm learning about several belief backgrounds and I'd like to learn something from you. I do know a little about alot of religions, but not pagan traditions.
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We give away soy to foreign governments in the form of aid despite the fact we could run our vehicles on it.  Smart, eh?\n\nI would switch as long as it was feasable.  Facilities that dispense alternative fuels are nowhere to be found near me and I don't have the technical skills to mix the stuff myself or else I would in a second.  I deleted the emails but I was in contact with a guy in CA last year that convinced the local government on one of the Hawiian Islands to convert their recycling truck fleet to soy power.  He had some good ideas.  He also takes a soy powered VW Wagon on tour around the country to advertise the benefits of biodiesel.  \n\nGood luck if you choose to convert.  I haven't yet but maybe a few semesters at the vocational institute would pay off in the end.
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If you burned the candle all the way down to a lump of wax, you can use that wax to fashion some kind of small charm to carry with you.  Or you can bury it, or burn it completely in a cauldron, or throw it into a river as an offering.\nIf you haven't burned the candle all the way down, reserve it as your fertility/protection candle and burn it only for those uses.\nGood luck.
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May I have an incense recipe?  I don't think you would consider me pagan.  I don't know what to consider myself.  I usually answer all of the Mormon questions because I am close to some members of the church and I don't like to see it talked about so terribly (which happens A LOT here).  Other than that, just wantin' some incense ;-)