wilkas

Make sure your repour is roughly 10 degrees hotter than the original pour so you have good adhesion and minimize pour lines.

Per some advice on using glass moulds in candle making tutorials I do poor at 180 F. Wouldn't 198 F (water almost boils) be too much?

I think if you remove the vybar you won't get as much shrink or maybe use less and that will help some till you get some stearic

Thanks for the advice. Would still like to master mixes with Vybar, because in the near future I am planing to use custom made latex moulds and stearic is not compatible (maybe microcrystaline paraffin will help which will arrive in "just" 2,5 weeks )

In my country there is only one kind of paraffin suitable for candles that is P2. Without any additives surface is very mottled and not smooth (because P2 contains up to 0,5% oil), thus Vybar. Will also try out stearin and microcrystaline paraffin, once I get hold of them.

And thank you for advice, will try poking next time and see how it goes.

Thank you both for reassuring there is nothing much I could do.

As there is local shortage for simple candle supplies alone, not to mention dyes, I have a question for chemically savvy person. Is it OK to dissolve aniline based dyes for textile into mineral oil and use this mixture to color paraffin wax?

Who do you get supplies from? They should have dyes I would think. The companies mentioned are state side, but I would think suppliers would carry in Europe. 

I dont. Looking for various suppliers to start making candles and there are no universal suppliers in my country, so I have to look for items separately at reasonable price. When purchasing outside EU, orders above 26$ are subject to VAT tax and customs taxes and procedures (pain in a sticking place). Currently stuck with dyes. Cost to dye (or whiten) 1kg of parrafin wax from EU suppliers I've found is 1.5$(2.6$)/kg which is unreasonable compared to USA prices.

Hello all,

  do you know if any of these quality liquid dye providers are based in Europe? Or for that matter could anyone suggest providers in Europe?