Hello all! I'm new here but really hoping someone can help me out!
I recently switched from using Cargill's C3 wax to using American Soy Organic's 100% Midwest Container wax. I'm use to getting almost perfect pours in a two step topping process with the C3. Extremely smooth silky tops every time. I tested this wax when I first bought it, and although it was much glossier and softer seeming, my test batch came out looking otherwise normal.
So I went ahead and made a full batch, 45lbs of wax and almost every single candle came out looking like the below pictures. I've had bad pours before, and granted, this is before I do the top pour, but I've never had 1st pours look as bad as this. It looks like my candles have risen like cake and then curdled!
I'm using a blend of about 5% stearic acid (palm derived) and about 10% fragrance oil.
Does anyone know what's going on here? I'm at a loss because nothing changed from my test pour to this full batch. Honestly don't even know what to google to fix this because I've never seen it before haha.