mercer1194 Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 I am so tired of heating my status jars and I still have spots. I really really really want to not have to do this. Does anyone pour the soy wax into unheated jars. Please tell me you do and that they look beautiful. I am going to be making over 100 jars tomorrow and it is so time consuming to heat and then stick wick in heated jar. Help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest OldGlory Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 I've never heated jars for soy. Why do you do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandlekrazy Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 I only heat if the jars are really cold. Heating seems to help some with wet spots but doesn't get rid of them completely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercer1194 Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 Thank you both. Old Glory for some reason I thought it would help with spots but it does not so no more heating for me. Thank you both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandlekrazy Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Embrace the wet spots! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candybee Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Are you sure your glassware is clean? Occasionally I get jars that need cleaning. You never know what jars may encounter sitting in a warehouse. I have had whole cases of dusty and even greasy jars before. I use a wet wipe or spritz paper towels with rubbing alcohol before wicking if I think the jar looks unclean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldieMN Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Isn't it a characteristic of soy? Pulling away from glass as it cools. I see it in all the shop soy candles around here. Goldie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest OldGlory Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 (edited) I don't recall if my soy jars had wet spots because I was overwhelmed by the frosting! Grrrrr. And to get away from the frosting my client decided to use soy in tins and 6006 in jars. 6006 gets wet spots but my client doesn't mind that. I know that Trappeur makes beautiful candles with soy (no dye) and I don't think I've seen wet spots in the pictures of her candles. Maybe she'll see this thread and respond about heating jars. Edited November 13, 2015 by OldGlory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trappeur Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Once in a great while I will get wet spots especially if the temperature is cold. But generally I don't get them. But just today, I made up a few jars and yep, I sure did get em and yep the temperature here is rather cold....but like everyone said, it's just a natural characteristic of soy and you just learn to accept it. Put a label over the worst spot or go to a frosted jar. But I have even seen wet spots in paraffin. If you go in a store and look at all sorts of candles, even the expensive ones you will see the wet spots. I don't heat my jars....never did....and don't ever intend to. I don't go and put boxes over the jars either. I have never had a customer not once complain about the wet spots. All they are concerned about is a nice throwing candle. And chances are that should you make them and not have any wet spots, they can suddenly appear the next day or even a week later and who knows on the other end once they leave your hands the wet spots could show up later and you not even know about it. Well that is my scope on it.... Trappeur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegacandles Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 Heating jars is a nice way to help the prevention of wet spots but 2 things have helped me. 1, better Soy has helped. Completely moved away from 464, had frosting and wet spots. Moved to the excel Soy, like night and day difference. 2, So many of us forget that the counters we leave the candles on are cold and that added to what we saw in the cooling down process. depending on what temp you pour at, for us with our soy it is 135 degrees, you can force the liquid to cool too quick and that makes for the pulling away. so now we use risers like those you use for cookies to allow single temp cooling all around the jar. Little to none on the wet spots. Hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck_35550 Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Well, this is an age old issue. I used to make candles with nary a wet spot. I keep my jars in a toaster oven on the work bench at about 150 degrees (hot potato) and pull them out and wick them and pour while they are on a tared scale. Place the jars into a covered box where they cool slowly/over night. Florals and some bakeries would give me terrible wet spots while other fragrance oils were well behaved. I still use this method (I wash all my jars in Dawn detergent) and spend the time thinking about what to do with fragrances and other wool gathering. I hate wet spots. They look bad in plain or frosted glass and I hate them. Oh well, nothing is perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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