> Paraffin from Mann Lake costs $1.59/lb.
> Janet Brisson just found some for us elsewhere for $1.16/lb.

Paraffin is a petroleum byproduct. Last i purchased was from Amoco petroleum
in Springfield. Missouri. The price goes up and down with the price of
gasoline. Also different temperature grades.

Years ago ( many years ago!) I carved "dip & carve" candles. Even did a
stint dressed in 1800's garb at a candle shop in Silver Dollar City in
Branson, Missouri.

When all my fellow candle makers started dying from a rare form of cancer
( the doctors said was related to breathing paraffin fumes) I stopped making
" dip & carve" candles. I still have a 10 color vat and around 400 pounds of
paraffin in the north shed catching dust.

bob

Ps.  I prefer to buy directly from the
manufacturer. If the volume I need is not of interest to the manufaturer 
then I go together with others and we then buy in bulk.

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