SharonA Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 I tested a few oils mixed with dpg @ 50/50 over the weekend. I used an open oil burner with glass dish. Open meaning it was not enclosed where the heat from the tealight would build up. The fragrance was great but I noticed after a while it had a vapor trail coming off of the oil. The glass dish was not too hot to touch and was actually ok to pick it up off of the stand. I went ahead and blew out the tealight just to be safe. After the dish cooled, I added water and relit. Still got the vapor trail and noticed that the water evaporated rather quickly. I've done some research and see where some places claim to sell undiluted home fragrance oils. That makes me nervous just thinking about adding straight fragrance oil to a burner. I really do need some input here because I would like to offer maybe 12 fragrances for the holidays. What is your experience with the oils ? Do you mix or use undiluted? Do you tell your customers to add to water or not?Thanks in advance for your advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin146 Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 I mix mine with a 50/50 FO and DPG. I do tell my customers to add water to it. I have never had any complaints. And they burn good. What you could be seeing is the FO burning off. I used to see it once in awhile when I would burn my tarts also. Regina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SusieQ Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 I mix mine 50/50 FO and DPG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auntie S Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Using the 50/50 mix, do you still up with sticky mess after? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darbla Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Still got the vapor trail and noticed that the water evaporated rather quickly. That's probably steam. Seems like someone mentioned that in another thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReneeM Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 We mix ours using OO and FO and never tell our customers to add water. Oil and water don't mix! When the water evaporates / burns off it will sizzle and crack your pot. Ask me how I know. We tried it with the tea light warmer and learned the lesson quickly! We use mostly electric warmers now, which are a bit more forgiving. We've never had smoke or steam with our electric ones, but we sure did with our tea lights!We test in both and I never dilute in water anymore. One cracked pot was enough! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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