best oils to use of chemical to soften candle wax "blend"?
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We've always used olive oil for that purpose to make a softer candle.\n\nChemically, paraffin is molecularily large alkanes.  The length of the alkane determines its degree fluidity (more accurately, its melting point).  Mineral oil is a purified alkane product that is liquid at room temperature, so it would be most compatible chemically with paraffin and would easily soften it.\n\nMy concern with some of the things that could be added is that it is uncertain what happens to them in the flame.  What sort of toxic substance do they become when burned?
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I can give you a hint on the beeswax! (it involves bees). Same for sesame oil. (not the bees bit)\nCastor oil is from castor beans.\n\nPut the rest into Wikipedia!
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I THINK ROSEMARY. MAYBE A HINT OF LEMON JUICE. JUST PLAY AROUND W/ THE HERBS. YOU CAN'T REALLY GO WRONG. GOOD LUCK. IT'LL TURN OUT GREAT.
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ethanol and oil\nwater and chloroform
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Nair, wax or electrolysis
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Depends on the type (and quality) of car wash you wish to make, whether it is a hand wash or "touchless", whether it contains wax or not and how much you want to spend.\n\nFor a simple wash take :\n\nWater                                                                            55%\nSLES 70% (sodium lauryl ethoxy sulphate 70%)               15%\nCDE (Cocodiethanolamine)                                              15%\nCocobetaine 45%                                                            10%\nEDTA                                                                               2%\nSTPP                                                                               3%\nPreservative, colour, pH adjust to suit\n\nYou may need to play with the percentages a little to thicken the product - as a word of advice, for good quality carwashes don't use salt to thicken the anionics (as it promotes rust).
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Vegetable oil and isopropyl alcohol.  Put a little food coloring in to help differentiate between the two (it will only dissolve in the alcohol)
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Depends on the kind of wood used to make the wand or stick. Liniseed is always very good for most kind of woods. Lavendar oil is also quite good and it smells nice too.
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FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK!!  I just had to remove a huge pool of wax from a cloth place mat.  The glass candle globe cracked ,leaking wax all over it.\n\nHere's what you do.....Place news papers(about 1 inch thick on your ironing board.  Then place a sheet of wax paper on top of them.  Place your garment, waxiest side down on the wax paper....Next place another sheet of wax paper on top of the garment....Set your iron to the next of the highest setting.....Place the iron STRAIT DOWN and press hard.  DO NOT MOVE THE IRON EXCEPT STRAIT UP AND DOWN!.....Do this several times and replace both sheets of wax paper often, because the wax paper absorbes the  wax and it will reach it's saturation point.  So keep a stack of wax paper by you.\n\nThis really works.  I know,because I just did it.  It does take some time though..\n\nGood luck!  I think you will be surprised!
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Ultrasonic cleaners might be the best solution.\n\nHere is an excerpt from the source listed below: \n\nAlthough a range of possible alternative products is available today, experience has shown that substitution of TRI is not easy and even not feasible for a number of specific cases, either for technical or economical reasons. For all cases, substitution of TRI needs a thorough evaluation of all process aspects. For this reason we intend to work with the authorities in order to prevent a blanket implementation of forced substitution, and allow sustainable and continued safe use of TRI. \n\nThe alternatives you will probably consider first are the chlorinated solvents perchloroethylene (PER) and methylene chloride (MC). They match closest the technical features of TRI, such as non-flammability, high solvency power, a wide range of material compatibility and excellent drying and recycling properties.\n\nBeside PER and MC, you have probably also heard about other alternatives such as aqueous (water-based) alkaline systems, flammable solvents (e.g. hydrocarbons or modified alcohol based formulations), supercritical CO2 or hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), etc.\n\nIt is impossible to say definitively which technology is best. That depends on your specific application, on what you are cleaning, which materials you want to remove, the cleanliness required, the variability of the parts cleaned, the throughput to be achieved, the cycle times, etc. \n\nFor example, for the cleaning of parts between two water-based manufacturing steps (e.g. galvanising), aqueous systems may be better, since parts are put into water phase again later and no energy-intensive drying step to remove the water is required. \n\nIf you need to have very clean and dry surfaces (for coating or surface hardening, for example) and if you have a variety of different metals or blind holes, narrow distances and very fine orifices or a lot of residual oil to clean, hydrocarbons or aqueous systems may not clean and dry well enough. In these cases, chlorinated solvents will offer most often the best solution as they are compatible with most materials, have a high cleaning power, are easy to dry, don't leave residual films and are easy to recycle with high quality by distillation. In addition, chlorinated solvents are today best suited to be used in modern closed systems with minimal losses. Their ecological performance has very much increased and, when used in well-operated metal cleaning systems, they outperform aqueous cleaning as long as drying is required. This has been shown by a Life Cycle Analysis carried out by Ecobilan. \n\nPER comes closest to TRI in technical performance and is often the first choice candidate as an alternative to TRI. However, it shows clear inherent technical differences, which need to be taken into consideration. On one side, PER offers a lower volatility and therefore is advantageous to minimise emissions in closed equipment. On the other side, PER has a lower solvency power and is therefore normally used at a higher cleaning temperature to achieve similar performance. This may raise concerns regarding the compatibility with specific metal working fluids and temperature-sensitive parts. \n\nMethylene chloride (MC) shows excellent cleaning properties already at low temperatures, favouring the cleaning of temperature sensitive parts. However, its high volatility makes emission control more difficult and requires special equipment.\n\nHydrofluorocarbons (HFC) and hydrofluorocarbon ethers (HFCE) are very expensive and show very limited solvency power. A thorough evaluation of the global warming potential is also required to choose the adequate product.
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FLITZ LIQUID WAX PROTECTANT\nFLITZ LIQUID METAL POLISH\nFLITZ PASTE METAL POLISH & PAINT RESTORER\nSIMICHROME POLISH \nhttp://www.golfworks.com/search.asp?t=c&showall=1&pc=4&c=30
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bridgewater - cinnamon or anything clove.  Rhapsody candles look the best with their dual colors and smell pretty decent.  but the bridgewater candle scent can fill a room in minutes.  \na guy
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Olive oil might work.  It would be better to use one that is water soluble, vaseline can lead to problems because it is petroleum based.  It is better to keep KY or something like it stashed away.
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I used Wesson Oil as a hair oil when I ran out. It was soooooo greasy. Then it curled up like a Jheri curl. Huge disaster.
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Try buffing with 3M perfect-it III rubbing compound (available at auto body supply stores) use a foam buffing pad. Then  follow with a hand glaze, and keep wax on it.
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Forget all the so-called special stuff that cost a fortune. Simply rely on the basics. Use something like Johnson's Baby Oil.\n\nAnd be gentle.  All of us know how to handle it.\n\nUse the head on your shoulders to do your thinking.
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lemon juice according to this link, some other links mentioned lemon oil too, good luck