dragonflies Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 New to candle making. Can you use food coloring dyes and liquid pourpori scents? I am trying to be cost savy. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiftycupsofcoffee Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Hi, I am also new to candle making, and I would not suggest using pourpori sents in candle wax. I am not sure what the chemical reaction would be. Also when I see pourpori oil on a web site with candle supplies it is always in a different area. Your best bet would be to do a search and see if you can find anything. Sorry I could not be more help.Connie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiftycupsofcoffee Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Here is the archive link. You can also search in here. http://www.candletech.com/cgi-local/yabb/YaBB.cgiConnie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlc26 Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 You can not use food coloring to dye a candle. they are water based. I did try once yearssss ago. The food coloring seeped out of the candle (for the most part) I was sure there was some inside in pockets so I threw it out. Would not have been safe to burn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cable_stacy Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 If Im remembering right I think someone on here said that food coloring clogs the wicks too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fern Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Stacy: It's crayons that clog wicks. I don't think you can even get to the point of burning the candle if you colored with food coloring because it would be a seeping mess...it's like trying to mix oil and water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinDucky Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Howdy and welcome to the board Candlemaking can be very expensive, but there are ways to keep your costs down. The most important thing is to use quality supplies. If you try to "get by" with cheap stuff (speaking of quallity) you'll end up with a cheap and poorly burning candle, if it will burn at all. For coloring, a good start is to buy 3 small bottles of quality liquid dye. Red, blue and yellow. You can make any other color from those three. Some colors are more difficult and will take more time to get. True that you can buy chips for what ever color you want, but that severely limits what colors you can make from it. I started with chips, then wanting more variety, I bought the primary dyes. Course, now I have a couple dozen bottles cuz I'm getting lazy at mixing the colors I want And the dye co-op was just too good to pass up...LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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