FO in general

[7 Pawz]

This has probably been addressed on the board, I apologize in advance if it has been.  Are there some FO 's that work in soy wax or paraffin only or just the fact that one oil may work better in soy or paraffin than another? As long as I've been making candles, I never questioned that until now and I've always tested regardless.

[number2of7]

Yes is the short answer to your question.  Paraffin is pretty much the "original" wax, so all FO's created way back when were done so with paraffin in mind.  Fast forward and the world is introduced to soy wax, parasoy wax, palm wax, etc.  Take that and all of the "phthalate" drama, combined with other issues over the years, and the formulation of FO has changed.  While most FO will work in any wax, yes, some still perform better in paraffin than soy.  I've had some oils that just will not bind to parasoy wax, but will with straight paraffin.

 

Suppliers, like Candle Science, still try to give a "soy rating" since that seems to be the finicky wax

Edited November 26, 2014 by number2of7

[7 Pawz]

Yes is the short answer to your question.  Paraffin is pretty much the "original" wax, so all FO's created way back when were done so with paraffin in mind.  Fast forward and the world is introduced to soy wax, parasoy wax, palm wax, etc.  Take that and all of the "phthalate" drama, combined with other issues over the years, and the formulation of FO has changed.  While most FO will work in any wax, yes, some still perform better in paraffin than soy.  I've had some oils that just will not bind to parasoy wax, but will with straight paraffin.

 

Suppliers, like Candle Science, still try to give a "soy rating" since that seems to be the finicky wax

Thank you, that makes sense, I use both waxes, but it gets a little tedious when I do want to use soy because I don't have a lot fo's that are guaranteed to work with it.