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Happens to me all the time...
The issues that I have are candles that I've poured and let sit for weeks on end... they tend to frost... depending on the color (red, green, brown, black, even white eventually)...
Keep your storage room warm if possible (gonna be kinda hard being that I live in an 1800 farm house now)... I'm getting space heaters though. I'm worried about the fire hazard- my ex is a firefighter and an EMT and I know if he were still here, he wouldn't allow space heaters... but I digress.
Warmth and stability are best when it comes to soy & frosting. I'm hoping my candles sell at my craft fair on Saturday so I don't have to deal with it. So far so good. C3 seems to be pretty good at not frosting, as long as no heavy dyes are added...
Violet
Violet,
I've noticed the same thing about my candles that have sat around for a few weeks too! I rent booth space at a local craft boutique and when I check in periodically, my pretty candles are frosted as well.
Good luck at your fair on Saturday!! I had my first fair last Saturday and while the weather report said the high would only be 83 degrees, it shot up over 90 degrees by noon. (see my post and pics under the title of "A Shoulder To Cry On"). Sadly, my candles were trashed by the sun and heat. My wish for you is that you have a great time and sell lots of candles!
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click on the search button above and put in frosting, I am willing to bet you get tons of threads
Oh my goodness, how simple was that? Sheesh, if I scrolled up high enough, I just might have seen that "search" button. I think my brain was replaced with a large chunk of wax....thank you!
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I'm looking for old threads/posts on the topic of frosting. Is there a way to do a search for this topic?
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I just want to thank everyone for their input and feedback! I appreciate the opportunity to whine and cry...you guys are awesome .
I tried the oven and heat gun method and found that I actually preferred the gun because I could target the spots that needed it the most. None the less, within 48 hours, the frosting reappeared. SOOO, I took a deep breath and decided I was going to embrace frosting as part of choosing to work with soy. In the meantime, once this batch of candles is sold (she said hopefully), I will be changing wax and experimenting with GreenLeaf's 70/30 soy blend and after much reading about the "to color or not to color" issue, I've decided to go "au naturale" and not color my candles.
Again, thank you for all your knowledge. I've learned so, so much from this website and it's members!
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I am sorry that it was such a disaster for you. Sitting out in the sun all day certainly didn't help but you didn't have much control about that. What type of wax are you using? How long have you been making candles?
I use EcoSoya CB Advanced (now I'm considering changing my wax though)and I've been making them for over a year now....
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I had my first outdoor craft fair this weekend, which sadly turned out to be a bit of a disaster. The disaster aspect was that with a west facing booth (I had previously asked the fair host if I could have a north facing booth) and just barely a few hours of morning and early afternoon sun, my candles melted. I had been watching weather reports all week prior and the high was supposed to only be 83 degrees but by noon it went above 90 degrees. So, after removing candles and putting them in a cooler along with covering my displays for a few hours a few survived, or so I thought...the next morning the few remaining survivors looked like this...(see pic) My problem is that I spent over a month preparing (practically used all my jars) and will be moving into my booth at a very large local craft mall within two weeks but now I have no inventory. I want to be able to salvage what is left but is it as simple as just remelting, repouring and adding a touch of FO and color to refresh the candle? What caused the white to appear on the candles in my pic? Will the white affect the integrity, throw and burn of the candle? What would ya'll do? (let me know if the pic doesn't show...)
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Everyone...thanks so very much for the info! I can't wait to try all the suggestions and wish me luck!
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Debra...thanks for you response! I will definately give the toaster oven tip a try for I'm desperate to try anything at this point!
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Ahhh, had fantasized about having one as well but at the malls here in Utah the kiosks are really, really expensive and my wallet just isn't fat enough!
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Another suggestion for risers...I frequently haunt my local kitchen supply store (which by the way is a wonderful source for candlemakers!) and found some of the risers which one would normally put in their cupboards (they say these are primarily used to neatly store spices). These have worked great for my shelves at the local craft mall.
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I've made them as well and like Stella said tart molds work great. Right down the street from me is a discount kitchen supply store that I bought 36 tart molds from for $4.00 and with a votive wick, badda bing, they float and look really nice!
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Enough is enough...I'm at the desperation point and after much experimentation I need to pick your brains...
After my jar candles cool and set up, each and everyone of them has a sink hole. Which of course requires some serious "topping off" with my heat gun. My jars are the square classic victorian from Candles & Supplies and I use the exact recommendation of FO per pound. My wax is EcoSoya CB Advanced and I melt and pour at the exact temp as recommended from their website. Then I tried pouring a few degrees cooler and a few degrees warmer, cooling the jars at rooming temp on my kitchen table ( ohhh, you mean those are for eating at?) and then cooling in a warming box. Warming the jars before I pour and then not warming them at all. I stir, stir, stir and add the FO right before I pour as well. After hair pulling, I'm thinking that the sink holes seem to develop in the same location where I initially poured, so...I tried pouring real slow and then pouring quickly and again, to no avail....SINK HOLES! I'm now at the point of obsession and need your help desperately! What in the world can I do?
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LadySJ,
I may have a suggestion for you...my candle business is relatively new and I too wanted a logo but didn't have anywhere near the funds necessary that a lot of graphic artists/companies wanted to charge. I too didn't want anything fancy or ornate, just something simple and clean. So a friend of mine gave me the web address of a company that did her logo. I was a little unsure when she told me they only charged her $150. So, I decided to check them out myself...lo and behold, the logo process was quick, smooth and easy and sure enough, I only paid $150.00!! Initially, you give them an idea of what you want and within 24-48 hours I had six ( if I remember correctly...) designs to choose from. At that point, you can only work with the initial six BUT I was able to modify the colors, change the font and mix alot of the aspects of all the different logos provided until the one I wanted was created. You are allowed unlimited revisions until you are satisfied. The whole logo process took about a week.
Their website address is www.thelogocompany.net and if you'd like to see the one they did for me (I don't know how to attach a jpg image to this message) my own website is www.hearthstonecandles.net and if you click on the "Talk To Us" page, you'll see the logo they created for me.
Good luck to you on getting the logo you want!! :highfive:
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I would leave it in the cookie sheet and cut them into squares before the wax sets completely and use them for chunks or pour it in tart molds.
Ahhh, chunk candles of course! A great idea! Thanks!
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Okay, I need to pick some chandler brains....two questions for ya'll....I really love the rustic look for pillars but can't quite seem to duplicate the look, even after reading the instructions on the "Techniques & Ideas" page on this website. Any suggestions for creating the rustic look with soy pillars? Secondly, what to do with the scraps? After pouring, I pour the excess wax onto a cookie sheet. Once cooled, I scrape the cooled wax and put it into labeled ziplock baggies. I guess I'm just thrifty or odd because I can't quite bring myself to throw the wax away. Any creative suggestions on what to do with the leftovers?
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I would go with the heat gun. I always use a heat gun, even though a lot of my candles come out nearly perfect. It helps with those air pockets you may not even know are there.
Good luck with retail! I've just started trying to market to local shops. I hope it pans out!
Thanx so much for the luck! And the best of luck to you as well!! I hope your candles are a smashing success!!
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Thanks so much everyone for your wonderful helpful hints and advice!
Your suggestions have helped tremendously. But I do need to clarify that I've been practicing and testing since November and have had some great results but I only have two weeks to mass produce enough product to actually fill the shelf. It's only been since I started producing my goodies for retail sale that they started looking yucky. How ironic is that? LOL LOL
Thanks again!
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Dear Chandlers,
As a chandler newbie (6 months), I've been given an awesome opportunity to place my items in a local retail outlet and I have two weeks to prepare my products. Glass container and travel tin candles. Here's the problem...after extensive testing and finally arriving at consistency...I started working on my product line last night. Upon opening my warming boxes, I was horrified to see some pretty awful looking candles. The surfaces look like swiss cheese, literally cratered like the dark side of the moon, cottage cheese if you will. Here's what I'm using...EcoSoya CB Advanced, exactly 1.5 oz scent per pound, for the 8, 16 (travel tins), 10 and 12 (glass jar) ounce containers, I pour at 150. For the 4, 6 (travel tins), 3.75 and 6.50 (glass jar) containers, I pour at 110. What in the world am I doing wrong?
Lynn....:undecided
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Hello everyone...I've got a few nagging questions for ya'll....
Last but not least, with the holidays fast approaching and time for fall festivals, craft shows and boutiques, it's my deepest wish that every CT member have a successful and profitable candle season!