I just wanted to explain a few things today about our new silicone molds and how we plan to move ahead and deal with some of the questions we are getting now from customers.
First off, the majority of the silicone molds you will find elsewhere are of the "OOMOO" type. Now this is a brand name for a type of silicone product, what is means simply is that is requires no degassing,and is fairly simple to use. The BIG down side of this type product is that it has a very short life span in our useage. How many of you have purchased silicone molds off Ebay or a website, used them several times and they start tearing and ripping apart and soon are totally useless? Well, chances are if its a one piece mold, with our without "cuts to help demolding" its a "OOMOO" type product.
We tested many differant products, from differant suppliers of Silicone before we selected the one we use for our molds. Yes, this is reflected in the prices, however, Keeping with the way these molds were originally to be used ( professional candle production, rather than hobbiest) we decided to stay with the tradition they bring even if that meant a higher cost. In the end, These molds are built to last a lifetime being used for real production.
We toyed with the idea of limiting the number of of each mold we would allow to be sold. As we didnt want these to flood the market and have our customers see these at each website and show being sold by everyone else..... maybe in some way, we now do not need to worry about that, as prices will do that on their own. We are happy to see from the number of sales and pre-sales it isnt holding too many back. But we might re-visit this idea should numbers on things get out of hand, or on some pieces.
I wanted to remind those of you that recieved catalogs from Elizabeth....... there are some pieces that we can't supply you with.. Some of those items are in Elizabeth's product line and we simply are unable to supply those molds. Some of the pieces are not available as they will be in our candle product line as well. But if you have questions, you can call and and ask... we are happy to talk to you and help you.
The Great news is, the people that have bought and had the chance to use the new silicone molds tell us they love them. and it shows because they are coming back for more......I have been pulling out some of my vintage silicone molds and working on them. I hope to have a few of them up soon.
Happy CandleMaking!
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