Dina

Kerasoy wax is different from Ecosoya waxes. Its a lovely wax, easy to work and ht is good, I found wicking tricky though.

looks lovely

13 hours ago, Jenni Wix said:

@Dina The manufacturer recommend max percentage of FO is 6%.  With additives 8-10%.  

 

I used 5-6%  but they're still curing. My wicks behaved pretty well w/o FO, slight mushroom aside.  But that may change.  

I might give it another go with 6% fo. Ct and ht was good, adhesion fab. 

For me biggest problem with c6 was mushrooming and flickering wicks. I used 8% fo. 

I didn't use original advanced, but new version has issues for sure. It makes good looking candle and I rarely get mushrooms with it, but that's it, HT is very weak. Apparently its very fussy with fragrances. I'm getting lovely burn with htp105 in 20cl glass, but ht is very weak and that's after one month curing. 

On 7/29/2018 at 8:13 AM, inthedark said:

I made a few Ecosoya Advanced container soy wax (2018 release) 8oz (77mm / 3 inch diameter) test tin candles with a 10% fragrance load and found that after 7.5 weeks curing time, a CDN 14 gives me a perfect size melt pool for my selected fragrance. I do have a wax hang up shell of 2 to 3mm on the side wall of the container that starts to melt on subsequent burns which is how I like to wick my candles. From memory, I found that a HTP 105 was a bit small and a HTP 126 was to big when I burned the candles within a few days of pouring. My guess is that the melt pool diameter might change the longer the candle cures because I usually find that HTP 105 and CDN 14 generate a similar diameter melt pool. The melt pool / wick combination may also change with different fragrance oils. The photo shows the CDN 14 wicked candle after a 7.5 week cure at the second 4 hour burn mark.

 Hi, how do you find ht? I find ht is not great with most oils.For me htp and cd wicks work best with this wax, it needs quite big wick. I'm blending it with other wax right now and like results much better so far. 

I tested c6 for a while. It comes in a slab form. It makes lovely looking candle. CT and ht was good, but nightmare to wick. Mushroomed a lot. In UK many candle makers have tested it and many use it and love it. 

TallTayl, thank you. 

Hi, testing this wax right now. And struggling with dying flame. It starts ok, then eventually flame gets smaller and smaller.