Ah, I totally see what you mean! Okay def will add that to my list. Mine is so gray but it’ll be fun to mix things up and have a lighter touch

Great job, the videos you make increase my motivation.

@calafiacandleco

2 жыл бұрын

love to hear that! thanks for watching

Ladies, buy white cement to start with, you can further whiten it by replacing the normal sand with white slica sand, only start using that oxide if that still doesn't meet your requirement, great videos

Ooh - I would really like to see how much they lightened up once dry. Just started making cement candle vessels - SO FUN!! Nice video & thank you!!

@calafiacandleco

2 жыл бұрын

I just posted an updated photo on my community tab. Thanks for watching!

Thanks Bri!.

Thank you Bree for sharing your videos. I'm also a soap maker that uses titanium dioxide in my soap. There are two kinds of TD that I know of, one is water dispersible the other is oil dispersible. Not sure if the oil dispersible will work differently than the water-dispersible just something to think about when purchasing your TD to use in your cement all. Also, soap-making suppliers sell TD. If you google you may find a good deal with quantity and shipping, especially if you pick a company in your state or area of the country. Hope this is helpful. Vicki

Hi Bree, always love your videos so much. Quick question, can I use these molds for tumblers instead of candles? Would they hold just fine?

I’m comment #10 & like #37!! Whooo!! Lol! Keep your videos coming… I really enjoy them! :) Blessings!💕

@calafiacandleco

2 жыл бұрын

Aw thanks so much for the support! :)

Yes I was wondering

I tried this and in one vessel I did one plastic spoon and in the other 2 I did 2 spoons. I like the 2 spoons better. Def whiter BUT I don't know if it messes up the integrity of the cement?? I never read about it ....I just did it. Still loving your videos! Thank you!

@calafiacandleco

2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't think it would hinder the integrity like an acrylic paint would. I'll have to try 2 spoonfuls! Thanks for the support!

I am a soap maker and blending titanium dioxide into the batter requires a stick blender to get the td to incorporate completely it may be worthwhile to try mixing the cement 'batter' with a stick blender to get a whiter pot. TD prefers to be blended with warm distilled then cooled, and mix with distilled water.

@calafiacandleco

2 жыл бұрын

Great tip!

I have been using white countertop concrete mix and I loveeee the results. This particular brand takes alot longer to dry than Cement All but I love the white color and its also is making my pigments more vivid when I add them. I've been painting the inside of my white jars with gold metallic.. making my own luxe collection... I do the gold first then the sealer on top. Before that I was adding plain white portland cement to the Cement All... but that weakend the concrete and I found many of them cracked as the candles were curing. Portland cement is not concrete..found that out the hard way. But the counterrop mix is incrediblely strong and comes in diff colors.

@calafiacandleco

2 жыл бұрын

Ah interesting about the portland cement weakening the vessels! I've never used portland cement, but am curious about it. Those sound like beautiful vessels!!

@tradergirl7067

2 жыл бұрын

@@calafiacandleco thanks ..they do look pretty good my fav so far is the baby blue concrete with gold inside. 😍.. ya its just powder cement without any additives. Nothing to make it strong. Its almost like chalk. Its extremely fragile by itself. I made 4 large 6 inch planter pots with Portland by itself and with in 4 days hours all 4 were cracked to pieces. And a dozen candles mixed with cement all and they all cracked too.. was a mess. You can break the material like a piece of chalk when nothing is added to it. But its very very bright white so if you have the patience and ability you can mix white sand and some additives to make it into white concrete. But the counter top mix is already done for you. Just takes min. 16 hr dry time.. I might try the charcoal countertop next..

@dealinator9

2 жыл бұрын

can you link the white countertop concrete mix please can t find i t

@mayaelle1298

2 жыл бұрын

@@tradergirl7067 I'm with you on this one! I'm also using something else than what I normally see is being used to make candle jars with. My husband's in the industry and so he recommended a product to me that I'm very satisfied with! Only thing is, the cure time is longer. But I don't mind that at all!!!

hello! I love your videos! I have a question and I hope you can help me... what type of wick do you use for the 3in jar... I am in Mexico and I have not been able to find the correct one =(

@calafiacandleco

2 жыл бұрын

Hi! It’s going to totally depend on the wax and fragrance oil you’re using. I prefer the CDN series with my coconut wax blend. The sizes vary depending on fragrance.

I have this too but I prefer the pigment from direct colors because it becomes much lighter. I believe the pigment color is Ash. And these are lovely. I need to play with some paint colors for home. I still have a bit of ways before I put my candles out there but I have a name!

@calafiacandleco

2 жыл бұрын

Ooo good to know! I will have to check that out. A name is something! Best of luck to you and thanks for watching. :)

@dealinator9

2 жыл бұрын

I bought the Galaxy black and Lava from direct color, are you saying they have titanium dioxide too?

@madameDupoux

2 жыл бұрын

@@calafiacandleco thank you ☺️

@dealinator9

2 жыл бұрын

just looked at DC, it is a white pigment. they show the white results with the white Portland cement and Gray. I bought the white portend cement from special order form Menards and tried multiple vessels and posters and the results is way more lighter and more fragile. I will make some research to fix this.

@madameDupoux

2 жыл бұрын

@@dealinator9 yea I thought I could save money by buying this titanium dioxide but from the sample or rather trial kit of pigments I bought from direct colors I notice the pigment was much lighter oppose to the dioxide and I used a lot

When using pigment from direct color, is it recommended to add TD to lighten the color of the jar? Or do you recommend using less pigment amount to lighten the jar? I used #102 and the jar color is a bit darker than I would like.

@calafiacandleco

2 жыл бұрын

You could try adding some TD to see if it lightens the color. To be honest, I haven't tried color pigments added with TD yet.

Bree I have been adding Portland cement to my concrete mix and seem to get a little bit lighter..

@calafiacandleco

2 жыл бұрын

I have heard that Portland cement is good for that!

Do you feel the grey cement color can interfere with pigment ?

@calafiacandleco

2 жыл бұрын

Hi! I haven’t felt that way really. I think you could get a lighter pigment color though if you lighten it with titanium dioxide.

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Iron oxide? Do you have to use it? What’s its purpose? How much do you use? I’m sorry I’m new trying to learn all the right ways. Thank you.

@calafiacandleco

2 жыл бұрын

Not at all! It's black pigment that I use to achieve the color for my charcoal jars.

@jenniferbutler6797

2 жыл бұрын

@@calafiacandleco thank you. I went back and listened again. I don’t know why I thought you were making them black. I read the title but my brain went it’s own way. Lol

@calafiacandleco

2 жыл бұрын

@@jenniferbutler6797 Haha! no worries :)

When i added the TD my vessels broke while taking them out the mold.

@calafiacandleco

Жыл бұрын

Hmm interesting! Did you add a lot of TD? If you add too much, it can weaken the integrity of the vessel.

What kind of concrete do you use?!?!

@calafiacandleco

2 жыл бұрын

Hi I have it linked in the description. I use cement-all

Sister the skin is glowing, what’s the secret? 😍

@calafiacandleco

2 жыл бұрын

Omg you’re too kind! Lol. I’m trying out a new SPF and I felt like it was too glowy. 😂

@applecakes3468

2 жыл бұрын

Keep using it your skin looks so dewy 😍

@calafiacandleco

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🥰

What is the demoulding time of concrete?

@calafiacandleco

Жыл бұрын

Hey Namita! It depends on weather conditions where you live. For me, it’s usually 3-4 hrs. As long as the mold doesn’t feel warm to the touch anymore, it’s time to unmold.

@emmanuelbediako2362

11 ай бұрын

@@calafiacandlecodoes the titanium dioxide work well with grey concrete