Jump to content

AlishaT

Members
  • Posts

    2
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by AlishaT

  1. If you do not cure palm wax correctly you will not get what you are supposed to our of it. It needs at least a two week cure. And if you give it three weeks you may find your throws are even better.
  2. I have been candle making for decades. There are too many problems with soys and coconuts in comparison to paraffin. Both soys and coconuts are not consistently manufactured so it is hard to get every batch to throw as the next as if it is a different lot # then the wax could be manufactured differently than the last lot. Both coconit and soy also only produce pastel colors, and take more dye and fragrance oils as they do not hold either anywhere near as well as paraffin. Both also are a pain in the butt to wick. The same exact formula but use of a different fragrance oil or color dye can cause a wick change to be necessary. (That is not an issue with paraffin or para soys with a high paraffin content. Once a formula is found for that container with paraffin or a high content paraffin para soy, the same size wick can normally be used for that container regardless of what dye or FO is used.) Soys and coconuts also have problems with hot weather, such as sweating. Soys and coconuts also tend to frost, which can be temporarily corrected but often returns. My company has tried every major brand of soys and we haven't bothered with coconut much as it is manufactured the same and performs much the same as soy. These waxes are way to problematic for larger companies to use, which is why most major label candle makers are still using paraffin wax. Our company uses very little wax that is not paraffin other than IGI 6006 which is 70% paraffin and 30% soy. And we add paraffin to 6006 to make a higher content paraffin blend. We also don't like the fact that soy has 2/3 more additives than paraffin wax to stabilize it for candle making, and coconut has even more.
×
×
  • Create New...