Hello Ya'll Im new here and glad that i found this forum. i poured my first candles the other day. At first I thought everything went well. The tops looked awfule but that was expected according to my reaserch. I used a 1 to 1 ratio of 1lb. of wax to 1 oz. of FO. Heated to 180 F added color and fragrance at 150 F and poured at around 145 F, because i was impatient. i used 8 oz. Jelly jars and ECO 8 wics. I woke up this morning to a horrible sight of air bubbles on the sides of the candles. It looks as though the wax shrunk from the sides of the glass. I was told that soy wax doesnt shrink. So tonight when I got off work I just had to pour another candle. This time paying really close attention to temp and pour rate. Used 1 lb. EZ Soy, 8 oz. jelly jar, ECO 8 wick, 1 oz. of Macintosh Apple from Cierra Candles and decided not to add color this time. I melted to 150 F. Took wax off heat added FO at 140 F and poured at 115 F very very slowly. The top of this candle looked AWESOME completely smooth! After about an hour of curing I came back to check it out and there were those dumb air pockets again. but the strange thing is the air pockets seem to be going away everytime I go back to check. So hopefully tomorrow the air pockets will be comepletly gone. My question is, however, has anyone had great success with EZ Soy from Cierra Candles? Also, I have been hearing alot about the wick can interfer with the scent throw but the wick has to be the right size for the jar and the the right kind for the wax you are using. Not to mention some Fo dont work with certain wicks at all, apparently. There are so many combinations to test i would have to be a millionair to buy all the supplies i need to come up with the perfect combo! It also seems that every new scent or jar that I want to use I need to do a bunch of tests before i pour in bulk to sell. I need to test the Fo with different wicks and different pouring temps and so on and so fourth any thought or opinions to make this testing and guessing game alot easier and less expensive????
