bealight20 Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Whenever I am pouring candles, I place the wicked jar on my scale and use the pour pot to pour the wax. When I go to move the jar to my cooling rack the wax always moves around and leaves residue above the pour line. This is driving me crazy! I have tried both heating the jars (only get little dots of wax on the glass above the pour line when moving) pouring into room temperature jars (leaves an extremely uneven pour line from the movement).Does anyone have any tips for how they weigh the wax for the individual candle and pour it without having to move it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HorseScentS Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 You can clean up any slosh marks, drips, and uneven tops with a heat gun. I would go ahead and slosh and then heat gun them after they set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chefmom Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I weigh already finished candles and make an eyeball memory of the fill spot and then when I pour I eyeball that spot and pour to just above to allow the wax to shrink down as it cools. It works for me, I weigh periodically and 98% of my candles are within 10 grams of each other. I will marked my small containers as a 5 ounce candle, when in actuality it's a 5.2 ounce just to cover any little variances.I don't like moving them after pouring for all the reasons you mentioned and for the times when you don't get a good grip on the straight sided jar and it gets dropped on your shoe and the glass breaks on your cement floor..................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bealight20 Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share Posted February 11, 2013 Omg that would be absolutely terrible! I don't want to do that haha.I just tried heat gunning and it seems to have helped but I'll have to see how well they set up.I think I'll try the eyeballing and see if I can get it pretty consistent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbond177@gmail.com Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Weigh the pour pot before and after pouring and you can do the math to see how much went into the container. You have a general idea of a where the level should be in the container so get it close and then weigh the pour pot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flicker Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 It's easier to weigh what goes into the pour pot than moving the jar off a scale. I personally just do multiples of three when I pour, and put in the pot the correct weight of wax and then divide between the three jars. Weighing each jar is entirely too time consuming if you plan to sell your candles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bella Rose Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 I agree! and I also weight my product prior to pouring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bealight20 Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 Thank you guys for your tips! I am going to start trying them out tomorrow with my next pour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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