Using the New Incense Cone Mold from The Incense Dragon 

Thank you so much for your kind words. It's interesting that you mention a mold for thinner cones. That's actually a project on my list for this year (along with creating a stick mold). I'm so glad I've been able to help you on your journey. I hope some day you will teach me the things you've learned along that way. I'm certain you've solved problems I've never faced and I'd love to hear about your experiences sometime. Thank you for watching!

@@IncenseDragon Sir, we are overjoyed at the prospect of another mold and will check back periodically to see if/when such a device may be available. We are new to incense creation, though both my partner and I have used incense off and on since our youth (we're both currently orbiting the big 5-0). However, we've both come to enjoy a creative afternoon of randomly combining different properties to create new potential aromatic compounds, and it has provided us with another activity to do together. What initially drew me to incense making was that I have an ongoing struggle using smudge sticks, I can never get them to stay burning/smoking. My resolution was to unravel and break down our smudge sticks by properties before grinding the ingredients up in an herb/coffee grinder. After, I fashioned small single-use sized cones for smudging (these work wonderfully). From there, well, we began to amass a collection of potential incense components and data to branch out. I'm uncertain that I have much information to convey which you, yourself, might be unaware (noobs that we are to all of this). For us it is all trial and error. Initially we stuck only to natural elements: cedar, lavender, pine, rosemary, etc and made very organic blends. At Christmas, however, my partner gifted me with samples of a variety of resins and some essential/fragrance oils for use with our future blends and we have enjoyed their addition. Here are a few recipes which really stand out to me from our collection thus far, and are among my favorites (feel free to change the names, it's just how I identify them): Father Sky 2 tablespoons Palo Santo 1 tablespoon White Sage 1 tablespoon Makko 0.5 teaspoon Benzoin resin Smudge Stick 1 tablespoon Cedar 1 teaspoon White Sage 0.5 teaspoon Sweetgrass 1.5 teaspoon Makko Optional: 2 drops coconut essential oil (The coconut oil just mellows and melds the aromas) Sacred Feminine 1 teaspoon Sandalwood 0.25 teaspoon Cinnamon 2 tablespoon Makko 0.50 teaspoon 7archangels resin 4 drops Chamomile essential oil 2 drops Coconut Sandalwood essential oil 3 drops Egyptian Musk fragrance oil (for soaps and candles)

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Greetings and thank you for watching. Coloring natural incense is tricky and limited. Based on your questions, I would guess that you are asking about coloring dipped incense. It's very difficult to do. The easier solution is to buy blanks in the color you want to use. The color of a blank will always darken after dipping. I'm not sure there's anything you could do about that.

Yes, PLA plastic.

@@IncenseDragon Thank you