beckemmons Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 How many of you buy straight paraffin and add stuff to make your own blends and how many buy preblended and just use it? If you make your own blend what do you feel like the benefits of it are compared to preblended? Not asking for recipes here just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcbrook Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 I use a preblended paraffin/soy that I have found to work pretty darn good and saves me the headache of blending my own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest OldGlory Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 I do both depending on the finished product I want. As long as my client is happy, I will add paraffin to my soy to decrease or eliminate frosting. I will add a tiny bit of pillar paraffin to melts to firm them up. I use straight 464 in tins, and I have used straight (?) 6006, but I have also added 464 to 6006. I have made pillars with 1343, 4625, and 1274.I'm all over the place! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beckemmons Posted July 22, 2015 Author Share Posted July 22, 2015 I am just as bad old glory lol. I use 464 for candles but will mix paraffin or beeswax with for the frosting. Use comfort blend for my paraffin candles but also mix it with 4794 for melts have used straight paraffin a d additives for pillars and 1343 both with good results. How is 4625 gonna get a box this weekend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbaranj Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Pre-blended for me all the way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktaggard Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 (edited) I blend clarus 3022, 4625, 4794 for tarts. Works great for me. It gives the richness of soy and the throw of paraffin. Edited July 22, 2015 by ktaggard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest OldGlory Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Please don't misunderstand - some people love 4625 for all the reasons I don't love it for pillars. To me, it's "plain jane" - I prefer wax with more character for pillars, so I choose 1343 and 1274. 4625 has a high FO load capability, up to 9%. Those 2 qualities make it a perfect addition to soy for some of the melts I make.My wholesale client wants 100% soy so I don't blend for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puma52 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Pre-blends (LOVE the pre-blends) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgregww Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 For those of you using pre-blended do you care in sharing who's it is? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faerywren Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 I do my own blend, basically because I started out with pure soy and hated it so I tinkered with the formula and added paraffin. I'm sure a preblend would be great for my needs but I don't want to go through testing again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denetteb Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 I use only paraffin for my melts, and I blend two of them together. Blending seems to allow me to get exactly what I want in terms of FO load and melting temps to work in my warmers. When I first started making my own melts I tried a para-soy blend and it was nice, but not exactly what I was looking for in performance. I will admit, having to just measure out and melt only one wax that was already made into flakes was a dream compared to chopping up huge slabs of two different waxes (one being a pillar wax). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Fields Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 We blend our own wax. We have six different waxes to blend from. Tried preblended and did not like it. To me, it's the lazy way (no offense intended please). We prefer to know exactly how our products will turn out. Which also means lots of testing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beckemmons Posted August 22, 2015 Author Share Posted August 22, 2015 So you blend 6 wax's together to make your melts? I buy blended and mix two different ones together, I can't imagine 6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Fields Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 no, we blend two for tarts/melts. we blend everything. I don't believe we use straight anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoegal Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 6? Wow David!! That's amazing! I blend two waxes for my melts and even that's exhausting to me. I want to try a preblend, I just haven't figured out which one I'd like to try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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