Soy and Soy blend Recommendations

[Justjasen]

Type of Soy or Soy Blend you use? GB 464

Additives if any? UV Inhibitor

Preferred dyes? LoneStar Liquid Dye

Preferred wick (Not sizes)? ECO & CD

Pouring temp you recommend? 145

What you do to prevent frosting? Not an issue

What you do to prevent rough tops? If I get rough spots...just use heat gun to smooth them out (Very rare)

Do you do anything to prevent wet spots? Containers warmed to approx 100 degrees

[Craftbug75]

Hi ya guys, need some advice....I really want to cteate a soy wax champagne flute candle, I will be decorating the flute in the bridal colours with fimo, but Iam new to candle making and not sure how to go about using soy wax for this project, as Iam worried the glass flute might brake. Any advice will be great...Thanks....

[Guest OldGlory]

Just one person's opinion -

A champagne flute is tall and narrow. Soy wax requires a hot burning wick. I would think that this combination would overheat your flute and break it quickly. Hopefully some others will chime in.

[Candybee]

My advice is buy a package of tea lights. Fill the glass with some glass beads, sand, beans, lentils, whatever floats your boat, and gently press a tea light candle into it. Just make sure whatever you fill the glass with is not flammable.

 

I would bypass the process of learning how to make a soy candle in a fluted glass altogether. If you want to learn to make soy candles take the time to learn properly in a glass container suitable for candles.

 

I can see that you want to do something special for the wedding but it takes time to learn how to work with soy let alone make a proper candle. So maybe sometime when you have the time to learn about making soy candles we can help out with that.

Edited September 6, 2014 by Candybee

[Craftbug75]

Thank you all for the helpful advice, think I will just decorate the flutes with fimo clay, and leave the candle making to far more skilled people....Thank you all for your adivce. X

[Unique candles]

Type of Soy or Soy Blend you use?             cb 135
Additives if any?             none
Preferred dyes?             flutters dyes
Preferred wick (Not sizes)?             rrd, csn and cdn depending on the fo
Pouring temp you recommend?     140
What you do to prevent frosting?          no frosting
What you do to prevent rough tops?     no rought tops
Do you do anything to prevent wet spots? ipour cooler, and my jars are room temperture.

[Margaritamama]

Type of Soy or Soy Blend you use?    GB 444
Additives if any?    None
Preferred dyes?    Candlescience Liquid
Preferred wick (Not sizes)?    ECO
Pouring temp you recommend?    I pour between 135 and 140
What you do to prevent frosting?    Not an issue
What you do to prevent rough tops?    I don't often get them, but if I do it's nothing the trusty heat gun can't fix.
Do you do anything to prevent wet spots?    Use 8oz tins only.

[inthedark]

Type of Soy or Soy Blend you use?

A. Ecosoya CB-Advanced soy wax.

Additives if any?

A.  3.3% Beeswax, 5.5% Coconut wax / oil (76Deg F RBD type, not natural / raw type), maximum of 8% fragrance load.           

Preferred dyes?

A. I don’t use dyes.

Preferred wick (Not sizes) ?

      A. 1^st choice - CDN, 2^nd choice - HTP              

Pouring temp you recommend?

A.  50 deg C / 122 deg F

What you do to prevent frosting?

A. Not an issue at the moment.

What you do to prevent rough tops?

A. Pour cool and use a quick blast from a heat gun once the candle has set.

Do you do anything to prevent wet spots?

A. Wet spots / pull away will occur with this blend so I use opaque containers to obscure it.

Edited April 3, 2016 by inthedark