Pandora Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 I am a newbie and have not posted before, but have been absorbing all the good info from your posts. I have been making and testing candles using Ecosoya CB Advanced. I am getting quite a few candles with wet spots, some all the way around the top or bottom of the jar. What do you do with candles that have wet spots, do you try to sell them, do you put them in the reject pile? How do customers feel about wet spots. I'm really having a problem with this. Would appreciate your input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitn Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Hi Pandora, just wanted to say welcome to the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandora Posted March 30, 2013 Author Share Posted March 30, 2013 Thanks Kellie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithfulScenter Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Welcome Pandora! You could ty heating the jars to reduce wet spots. I personally don't care about them, and I've never really had anyone say anything, but I've never gotten huge wet spots either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Fields Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 From someone who has sold thousands of candles with wet spots.....don't sweat the wet spots. You are the only one who notices. Your customers will not see them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chefmom Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 I have never seen anyone really looking at the outside of the jar unless it's to note the color. They are primarily concerned with the scent throw. Put your worries in the wick, because that will make you or break you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandora Posted March 30, 2013 Author Share Posted March 30, 2013 Thanks guys for your replies, I will try heating my containers and see if that helps. I appreciate your advice.Sylvia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjdaines Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Wet spots can appear at any time due to temperature changes, so you may solve the problem temporarily with heating the glass but they may come back as the seasons change or the AC turns on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelda Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 The first wax I started with was CB Advanced and I got HUGE wetspots. Preheating my jars helped somewhat but i then switched to c3 and the wetspots decreased by about 50%, then changed to comfort wax 4627 and haven't seen one since. I'm convinced it's because the nature of CB Advanced is to pull away from the jar. I really hated them, too, they were just so massive, sometimes it looked like the candle would pull right out of the container! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitn Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Hi , welcome to the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandora Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 I'm not familiar with comfort wax 4627 but I will check it out. The wet spots I have been getting with CB Advanced are huge and ugly. I have heard other posts that say to just ignore them, but I wouldn't want to buy a candle that looked like that. I have tried heating the jars but the spots show up days later, so I don't see that heating is helpful. Guess it's time to experiment with other waxes. The only other wax I have used is GW464, that was a disaster, the candle tops looked like 5 miles of bad road! I am determined to get this right, as I love making candles and hope to sell them at some point in the future. Thanks everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justjasen Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 I did not have any luck with EcoSoya Advanced...I too had a lot of wet spots. I now use GB464 and very rarely have wet spots. I find that heating jars some helps quite a bit with wet spots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandora Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 To JustJasen, G464 was the first wax I used but the tops looked terrible, like the surface of the moon, and I don't think even a heat gun could have fixed them. Are you happy about the way your candle tops look? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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