charbonyes

So first, appreciate everyone's help and feedback here! With it all in mind, I went back to the drawing board and burned a CD8 and CD10 that I had made before I posted this thread (still no fragrance oil in this batch). I honestly thought I needed to hit a full melt pool in the first burn but now it seems like that is not the goal. Still using C3 wax and the diameter is 2.81 cm. I have not taken great notes with this burn test so I will redo it but I am cautiously optimistic. The attached pictures are after 4 burn tests (3 hours). There's a bit of cling on the side but I am hoping it melts away. I've been keeping an eye on the temp of the container and so far it has not gotten above 170 which is great (from what I have read here). Still need to test more and see how it performs with fragrance oil but wanted to share some early results. Looking for any thoughts you all may have! Thanks!

Thank you for all of this! I do think the sinkholes played a huge part in my last batch. I tried to correct with a heat gun but in retrospect most likely should have done another pour. I am pretty new with wick testing so could you explain a bit more what you mean by "don't necessarily shoot for full melt pool on the first few burns"? Since these are almost 3 inch jars in diameter, I was aiming for a full melt pool in that time. But, I can see how that can lead to mushrooming. I have ECO 8, 10, and 12 so I think I may retest those to see if i have better luck without sinkholes (assuming I can figure out how to avoid sinkholes ) Thanks again!

Hello, friends! First time poster here but longtime lurker . Hoping for a little help with wick testing c3. I've read that this is a tough wax to wick and I appear to be one of its latest victims. For background, I used to make candles with 464 several years ago but decided to switch to this wax when I recently picked up the hobby again. So far I have tested CD8, CD10, CD12, HTP104, and Eco 12 with underwhelming results. I've included two pictures below of CD 12 and Eco 12 (it was a very rough pour for sinkholes sadly). These are straight sided 9 oz jars that have a diameter of 2.81 inches. Also, I am not including any FO in this test. Hoping to get the wick down before testing FO. With all of this in mind, I have a few questions I'm hoping ya'll can help with: Do sinkholes mess up wick testing? Is it better to just test with a brand new candle? Do off-center wicks mess up wick testing? I had a little trouble with placement on a few of the first tests, but have since got the wick setter so I'm wondering if it's worth retesting the ones that were slightly off. How do you all feel about CD? I am not a big fan of the mushrooms they seem prone to developing. I probably have to buy some new wicks so if you all have any advice on ones you think would be good to try, let me know! Sorry for the novel but thank you all so much for your help. This is a lovely forum and I'm very happy to have found it.