What happened here?

MasterBaker2 · **What happened here? -** 05-17-2006, 07:09 AM

I've never had this happen before. Same procedure and wax and addatives I've always used only this time it looks like the pillar got smacked with a baseball bat.

Dee · 05-17-2006, 07:22 AM

Did you poke relief holes around the wick as your candle was cooling?

MasterBaker2 · 05-17-2006, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Dee

Did you poke relief holes around the wick as your candle was cooling?

Yup, I did everything the same as I always do. Dang candle gremlins

SheilaW · 05-17-2006, 08:09 AM

Oh my, something very similar happened to one of my pillars except it was much worse. I was experimenting adding palm and parrafin together and when it came out of the mold it looked just like someone had like you said smacked it with a baseball bat. It never happened again and I chalked it up to my mixing the two waxes at that particular ratio.

NattyCat · 05-17-2006, 05:34 PM

on a different note, i'm glad to see you make just as much mess as I do of my work surfaces. Thank god I'm not alone and I can tell DH that you're SUPPOSED to make a mess...that's what candle-makers do.

judyvega · 05-17-2006, 07:45 PM

My first thought was the relief hole thing, also......not sure here, I've never had that happen

MasterBaker2 · **Update -** 05-17-2006, 08:24 PM

Turned that into this today. Turned out better on the color than originally thought. Thought that with the darker colors as the marble it would turn out muddy but this is what I got.

Scented · 05-17-2006, 09:08 PM

Like that redo. I've had that happen (first picture) a few times and decided it came from poking relief holes later than normal.

topofmurrayhill · 05-17-2006, 09:42 PM

Very nice save. I like that candle and the plate it's on.

Kaybee23 · 05-17-2006, 09:56 PM

I agree, nice save. The redo looks very nice.