I'm trying to make a soy wax candle but having some beginners difficulties which I hope you can help me with.
I will mention that I don't know the exact type of wax I am using only that it is imported from France and it is 100% soy wax.
I made an attempt with some essential oil that I bought which I thought was good quality but even smelling the bottle was very unpleasant for me. But still, I made this attempt making it 7% fragrance load and the smell was so intense. The burning test was a huge failure. I tried a wooden wick, an eco 12 wick and an eco 10 wick, all of them made a tunnel after burning for an hour and the worst part was what happened after I turned it off- it created this weird looking bubbles (photo attached). Are you familiar with it? Do you think it happened because of a poor quality essential oil?
quantity: 1.5 pound wax which made 3 candles, 1.7 oz oil (7% fragrance load)
melting point : 176F
pouring oil at: 122F
jar: 11oz, 3.3 inch diameter
The next attempt was without any oils, using a wooden wick. I just melted the wax waited for it to cool and poured it. after an hour of sitting it started to crack completely, after about 2 hours the entire wax cracked and look really bad. (photo attached- ignore the red bits, I lit it with another coloured candle). but still I waited for 24 hours and tried to lit it, by the 4th attempt it finally cached fire, burned for 5 minutes, started developing a tunnel and turned it self off.
quantity: 0.5 pound wax which made 1 candle, no fragrance added.
melting point : 149F
pouring oil at: 122F
jar: 11oz, 3.3 inch diameter
Another thing I will mention is that I live in a very hot country, the room was very warm for the second attempt, unfortunately I can't remember if the air conditioning was on when I made the first attempt.
I bought some pure high quality essential oils, in a very small amount just to try again. but if you have any insights on what went so incredibly wrong with all 4 candles or any suggestions on what to do differently. I would love to hear.
Soy wax candle making problems
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Hello everyone,
I'm trying to make a soy wax candle but having some beginners difficulties which I hope you can help me with.
I will mention that I don't know the exact type of wax I am using only that it is imported from France and it is 100% soy wax.
I made an attempt with some essential oil that I bought which I thought was good quality but even smelling the bottle was very unpleasant for me. But still, I made this attempt making it 7% fragrance load and the smell was so intense. The burning test was a huge failure. I tried a wooden wick, an eco 12 wick and an eco 10 wick, all of them made a tunnel after burning for an hour and the worst part was what happened after I turned it off- it created this weird looking bubbles (photo attached). Are you familiar with it? Do you think it happened because of a poor quality essential oil?
quantity: 1.5 pound wax which made 3 candles, 1.7 oz oil (7% fragrance load)
melting point : 176F
pouring oil at: 122F
jar: 11oz, 3.3 inch diameter
The next attempt was without any oils, using a wooden wick. I just melted the wax waited for it to cool and poured it. after an hour of sitting it started to crack completely, after about 2 hours the entire wax cracked and look really bad. (photo attached- ignore the red bits, I lit it with another coloured candle). but still I waited for 24 hours and tried to lit it, by the 4th attempt it finally cached fire, burned for 5 minutes, started developing a tunnel and turned it self off.
quantity: 0.5 pound wax which made 1 candle, no fragrance added.
melting point : 149F
pouring oil at: 122F
jar: 11oz, 3.3 inch diameter
Another thing I will mention is that I live in a very hot country, the room was very warm for the second attempt, unfortunately I can't remember if the air conditioning was on when I made the first attempt.
I bought some pure high quality essential oils, in a very small amount just to try again. but if you have any insights on what went so incredibly wrong with all 4 candles or any suggestions on what to do differently. I would love to hear.
Thank you!
Dina