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Oh My, The Good ole’ days!
Sometimes a good trip down memory lane puts life in perspective as we look toward the future. As we pack our offices, we are sorting through over 3 decades of Candlewic history, and we wanted to take a moment to share a retrospective that only years of experience can offer. We don’t want to come off as too arrogant, but when you have been in the game as long as we have, a feeling of pride and accomplishment can be expected.

It is very interesting to see an old Candlewic catalog from the 1970’s full of projects and supplies that we were carrying at the time. When you have been doing something for as long as we have, it is amazing to see how large of a knowledge base of trends, cycles, and techniques that builds up with time. This especially rings true for candles that were popular 20 or 30 years ago, yet are being touted as “new” to the industry now. One thing that is not in any of the old catalogs is gel. We can remember in the early 1990’s when we happened across our first gel candle that we purchased in a local drug store. Keep in mind that this is well before many other resellers were in business, so we were pleasantly surprised when we happened across this new exciting material.

We researched this new gel for a long time testing for safety, special wick coatings, suitable dyes, compatible fragrances and so on. Now we offer everything a candle maker needs to make these exciting “new” candles. It is very interesting for us to take a stroll down memory lane and look back at these historical perspectives to share with all of you. We encourage new or experienced candle makers alike to tap into our vast years of experience to solve your problems, or to share your own adventures in the wonderful world of candle making.

Moving Update:

We feel it important to keep everybody updated with the details of our move into the larger facility, so here are a few answers to our most frequently asked questions.

How far along is the move?
So far we have completely moved out of our old Doylestown facility. This includes our office personnel and our shipping department. Employees may not be totally settled with decorating their new “homes”, but the core business processes are up and running. By this point all customer pick-ups should be in the new facility (but please excuse the temporary moving clutter).

What is left?
We still need to move all our bulk storage and our production equipment from the Ottsville facility. It is too large of a job for our personnel, so we have contracted a company with cranes and large flatbeds to move the huge equipment in a timely manner. Remember, we are more than a mere reseller, so moving our manufacturing equipment is a very big task.

When is the moving Sale?
Due to the large amount of items we are clearing out, we have decided to make the moving sale a weeklong event. The dates are July 26th through the 30th.

When will the showroom be open?
The show room is something we have always felt bad about since we stopped it a few years back. The simple fact was we needed space and the show room was taken over by inventory. This new building has plenty of room, so we will slowly rebuild it along with a few other surprises. Our sole commitment is to focus on servicing our customers through the move, so it will be put on the back burner another month or two, but don’t worry, it is slowly taking shape as we go.

Thanks!
We would like to take a moment to thank all of our customers that have helped us to grow over the last three decades. We appreciate your patience in the short term as we move. Things are coming along smoothly and we’ll be 100% up and running well before the busy holiday season. If you have any concerns regarding the move, please contact our customer service personnel and they will help you immediately. Big things are happening and we are proud to service the industry that we have helped build over all these years.


 

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What May We Expect From the Moving Sale?

Everybody is wondering what exactly is going to be sold at the clearance sale? The answer is everything! We have pallets of wick assemblies, boxes and boxes of molds for as little as one dollar, discontinued scents, dyes, additives, waxes, and anything else you can imagine. Everything will be priced to at ridiculously low prices such as 1 or 2-dollar polyurethane molds, and wick assemblies as low as 2 dollars per thousand. Credit cards will be accepted for orders over 25 dollars. Bring your trailers, trucks, and vans because we have plenty of items for everybody!


July 2004

PROJECT:
Golf Ball
in the Lake

You can put just about any non-flammable object into gel and make great looking candles for gifts. You can put nuts and bolts into gel for mechanics & handy men, put paperclips, tacks, and staples in gel for secretary’s day, or even put pennies in the gel to sell to banks or financial firms. This month’s project is for that special golfer in your life who may occasionally put a ball into a water hazard...

Ingredients

Gel or Clear Container Base
Jar
Wick Assembly
Dye
Binderthane Mold Making Kit
Clean Pebbles

Instructions

Step 1
Step 1
Heat your gel or Clear Container Base.

Step 2
Insert your wick into the jar and lay pebbles to cover the bottom. You may need to coat the pebbles with mineral oil to decrease bubbles.

Step 3
Add a touch blue dye to the gel, or a small bit of lavender color wafer to the clear container base to simulate water.

Step 4
Use the mold making kit to make your own golf ball out of wax and insert into the jar.

Step 5
Pour the gel into the jar and you have a finished candle that looks like a golf ball on the bottom of a lake.


 
New Kid on the Block
We do not normally mention every new employee, but this time it is important to introduce everybody to Tara, our new customer service representative. We felt it necessary to announce her arrival because she will be in contact with many of you on a regular basis. Please welcome her aboard and help us out by placing using our part numbers when placing orders.

Quick Reminder
We get many requests for new color block and liquid dye colors. For those of you who have an outdated catalog, we do have new colors available in earth tones (which are hot this year). For color blocks, we have B-30 Rust Brown, B-31 Cream, B-32 Artic Blue, and B-33 Olive. For liquid dye, we have EVO-18 Rust Brown, EVO-19 Cream, EVO-20 Artic Blue, and EVO-21 Olive.

 

Quick Facts:

Paraffin Myths

We offer natural waxes and paraffin waxes, and both are great waxes. However, to this day, paraffin wax is still the most widely used wax in the industry for many reasons. It is NOT unsafe to use, and it can be easily modified to do whatever you need. This includes (but not limited to) deep rich colors, incredible scent compatibility, it can be easily modified for several different styles of candles using one wax, and is offered in an entire range of melt points to achieve truly spectacular candles that are new and exciting.




We hope you enjoyed this issue of the En-Light-ener.
Thank you for your continued interest and support.
Our goal is to make this newsletter as entertaining and educational as possible.
Let us know if you have any ideas on how we can improve.

Candlewic Company
3765 Old Easton Road
Doylestown, Pennsylvania 18901



Issue Index

June 2008 - Fall Candle Season Starts Now, Extraordinary Candle Making Project, and more...

May 2008 -- Green Candle Making, Green Candle Projects, and more...

April 2008 -- Recent Candle Industry Price Increases, Aluminum Mold Candle Project, and more...

March 2008 -- Straight Wax, Exciting New Candle Making Products, and more...

February 2008 -- Business Side of Candle Making, Ice Candle Project, and more...

January 2008 -- Basics of Blended Wax Candles, Rose Floater Candle Project, and more...

December 2007 -- 12 Days of Business, 2007 Candle Making Projects, and more...

November 2007 -- Show Time for Candle Making, Making Snow Candles, and more...

October 2007 -- Ready, Set, GO candle making, Candle Luminaries, and more...

September 2007 -- GREENING Your Product Line and Your Bottom Line…, One-Pour Candle Tins, and more...

August 2007 -- Candle Making's Center of Focus, Making Streak Candles, and more...

July 2007 -- The Latest in Candle Making Products, Votive Candle Project, and more...

June 2007 -- Setting Your Candles' Sale Price, Summer Candle Projects, and more...

May 2007 -- Determining Your Candle Making Costs, Using Extra Candle Wax, and more...

April 2007 -- Natural Wax Buzz Part 2, Layered natural candles, and more...

March 2007--Crucial details of candle making, Candle projects with no melting required, and more...

February 2007--How to choose a candle making mold, Making custom candle molds, and more...

January 2007--"Green" Candle Making, tri-color jar candle project, and more...

December 2006--Looking into the candle making future, 2006 candle projects, and more...

November 2006--Introducing...a candle making introduction, candle projects, and more...

October 2006--Prime time: candle wicks, taper candle projects, and more...

September 2006--Clearly still here:Gel candle making, one-pour tins, and more...

August 2006--Fragrance - the driving force of candle making, a new contest, and more...

July 2006--Planning your production, using granulated wax, and more...

June 2006--Our 35th Year, using aluminum candle molds, how much candle fragrance to use, and more...

May 2006--Summertime candle making, making natural lemon candles and more...

April 2006--Choose the candle wick, making tealight candles and more...

March 2006--Choose the right wick base, blending soy wax with paraffin, making palm wax candles and more...

February 2006--The roll of wax additives in a blended wax world, UV additives, making grubby candles and more...

January 2006--The secrets of soy wax candles, more ways to use candles, making soy wax container candles and more...

December 2005--Planning for the new year, announcing our new home, secrets about wicks, and more...

November 2005--Holiday candle making, ideas to sell more candles, making luminaries and more...

October 2005--Temperture issues when making candles, how to start making candles and more...

September 2005--Choose the right candle mold, ASTM safety standards, and more...

August 2005--Color and Fragrance trends, choosing the right candle making tools, and more...

July 2005--Planning for efficient production, Marketing your Candles, Making Swirl Candles, and more...

June 2005--New market trends in candle shapes and textures, Making Textured Candles, and more...

May 2005--The trends and science of candle fragrances, Making Mottled Candles, and more...

April 2005--How to select the proper candle wick, Top Colors, Making "Earthy" Chunk Candles, and more...

March 2005--Selecting the right wax Part III, Our Top Waxes, Making Floral Candles, Our History and more...

February 2005--Selecting the right wax Part II, Our Top Fragrances, Making Fruit Candles and more...

January 2005--Selecting the right wax, Using blended wax, Coloring wax, Making Layered Jar Candles and more...

December 2004--All about candle making fragrances, Making Grubby Candles and more...

November 2004--Choosing Color for your candle making, Making snowball candles and more...

October 2004--Candle Making Busy Season, Making Palm Wax Candles, Speeding Up Candle Production and more...

September 2004--Candle Wax Melters, Making Sense of your Candle Scents, Making Taper Candles and more...

August 2004--Getting Ready For The Season, Using Votive Pins To Make Votive Candles, No Melt Candle Making and more...

July 2004--Some History & What's New, Paraffin Myths, Making Golf Ball Candles and more...

June 2004--Choosing the Right Candle Wax for Your Needs, Making One-Pour Tins and more...

May 2004--Investigating New Products, Burn Testing, Making Freestanding Gel Pillars & Novelties and more...

April 2004--Candle Making Trends, Rolled Candles with Beeswax Sheets, Making Taper Candles and more...

March 2004--Color Theory & Techniques, Floating Candle Molds, Making Tealight Candles and more...

February 2004--Mold Techniques, Computers and Candlemaking, Making Easter Egg Chunk Candles and more...

January 2004--Marketing Natural Wax and Paraffin Candles, Layering Natural Wax Candles and more...

December 2003--Holiday Greetings, 2003 Year in Review, The 6 P's, Making Icicle Candles and more...

November 2003--Building Your Candle Product Line, Making Holiday Ornaments & Soap-on-a-Wick and more...

October 2003--Marketing Your Candles, Polyurethane Molds, Making Lemon Candles, and more...

September 2003--Packaging & Labeling, Essential Oils, Making Rolled Pillars with Beeswax Sheets, and more...

August 2003--Using Palm Wax, Increasing Your Profit Margins, Using Aluminum Molds, and more...

July 2003--Ultra Violet Light Absorbers, Reducing Shipping Costs, Dipping Techniques, and more...

June 2003--Choosing the Right Wick, Using a Wick Stick, Making Floater Candles, and more...

May 2003--New Products Review, Pouring Temperatures, Finishes For Your Candles, and more...

April 2003--Selecting Paraffin, Natural and “Hybrid” Waxes, Using Pillar Pins, and more...

March 2003--Selling & Marketing Candles, Making it Easier to Make Pillars, Wax Art Crystals and more...

February 2003--Pouring Temperatures, Votive Tips, Making Grubby Candles, and more...

January 2003--Candle Making Safety Tips, Instruction Labels, What To Do With Extra Wax and more...

December 2002--Polycarbonate Molds, Making Clear Snowball Candles, and more...

November 2002--Candle Making as a Second Language, The Story of Chandler, Natural F Wax, and more...

October 2002--Candle Making as a Second Language, Projects Review and more...

September 2002--Accessorizing Your Manufacturing, Making Clear Pillar Candles, and more...

July/August 2002--Making Cinnamon Roll Candles, Clear Pillar Base, New Products, and more...

May/June 2002--Back to Basics, Making F Wax Candles, and more...

April 2002--Making Streaked Candles, Wax 101 part 3: Natural Wax, and more...

March 2002--Making Crackled Candles, Wax 101 part 2: Gel Wax, and more...

February 2002--Making Easter Egg Candles, Wax 101: An Overview, and more...

January 2002 --Review of 2001, Frosty Snowman Candles, New Products, Safety Info and more...

December 2001--Botanical candles, making white candles white and more...

November 2001--Chunk candles, clearance sale!, candlemaking books and more...

October 2001--The new candle market, choosing gels, votive wicks and more...

August 2001--New products, new location , new web site and more...

July 2001--Selling & Marketing Candles (part 3), Candle Burn Times and more...

June 2001--Selling & Marketing Candles (part 2), UV Light Absorbers, Wax Additive Recommendations and more...

May 2001--Selling & Marketing Candles, Burning Instructions, Selecting Sustainer Bases and more...

April 2001--Natural Waxes, Candle Burn Times, Wax Pouring Temperatures and more...

March 2001--Making Wax Inserts, Blended vs. Non-Blended Waxes, Colors, Fragrances and more...

February 2001--Whipped Wax, Wax Art Crystal Wax, Gel Candles, Using Containers and more...

 

 


 


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The Candlewic Company

Supplies the candle making industry with candle making kits, molds and accessories including candle wax, gel, and wicks.

3765 Old Easton Road
Doylestown, Pennsylvania 18901
800-368-3352 | Local: 215-230-3601 | Fax: 215-230-3606

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