Trappeur Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Well, I have made candles and huge candles in big beautiful pieces of crystal that I made for gifts that I have been curing and was going to mail out this coming week......Well, they are all sitting on my dining room table of which there are sliding doos right off the dining room and wow are they turning yellow on 1 side because I never covered them! Well, they are cured now and 1/2 discolored.....I'm soooo mad...I know better. I don't know what in heck I was thinking. I never did add any uv...but that was ok...but now....I could just fling them out the door! And these candle pieces are all like 2, 3 and 4 pound candles all triple wicked..... How could I have been so stupid! All I had to do was just cover the darn pieces but I didnnt... This has never happened b/4 so I'm wondering if I scrape the wax out of the jars and sloowwlllyy remelt the candles and rewick and pour back into the crystal pieces will they be yellow or back to cream color? Am I safe? I hope someone can please give me advice???????????????? Thankyou. Trappeur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest OldGlory Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Goodness, I can imagine how upsetting that is. I wish I had an answer for you but I have no idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trappeur Posted December 5, 2015 Author Share Posted December 5, 2015 Well, thanks anyway Old Glory. Hope others will see this and advise. I spoke to my sister who makes candles and she said they will be fine when remelted.......she thinks.....lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belinda Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 I don't use soy but I've remelted paraffin that had faded and it turned out ok I hope it works out for you!I know that's aggravating when you work so hard to do something and it messes up. I'm sure it will be ok though, just more work for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candybee Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 I've remelted candles before with no problem. That would be my first resort to trying to save them. That's a lot of wax so it may take a bit of time but I don't think other than that it will be a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldieMN Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 How bad does the yellow look? If you can live with it, I would just turn them around so they yellow on the other side. I would worry the hot throw might be affected by the reheating, but then I am still a newbie at this. Goldie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandlekrazy Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 I remelt but I've never tried to remelt something that was partially yellowed. I'm guessing you would end up with an even color but not as white as originally. I don't see why therewould be any issue because those discolored candles burn just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trappeur Posted December 6, 2015 Author Share Posted December 6, 2015 Well, when I remelt the candle wax will it be yellow or just natural? Trappeur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandlekrazy Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 I think it may be somewhere between natural and yellow but I think it will look fine. Sort of like some fo's turn the wax a slightly darker color. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmc Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 (edited) Tell them their candles are special and have been "kissed by the sun"...you made those out of love and your family will understand. Besides, once they start burning them it really won't matter Edited December 6, 2015 by lmc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonshine Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 I have had many discolor from sun from partial yellow to full on bumblebee yellow and I can tell you it does not effect throw or burn it's just cosmetic If you melt them down they will be yellowish I would imagine just from what I have seen in the melt pool of the candles - if this were me I would send them as is and explain they were sun kissed like someone stated....that will be a lot of work to remelt and would it then affect the burn? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trappeur Posted December 6, 2015 Author Share Posted December 6, 2015 Tell them their candles are special and have been "kissed by the sun"...you made those out of love and your family will understand. Besides, once they start burning them it really won't matter lol, lol.....well, isn't that so sweet of you Imc......lol....you brought a smile on my face this morning...... Trappeur 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trappeur Posted December 6, 2015 Author Share Posted December 6, 2015 How bad does the yellow look? If you can live with it, I would just turn them around so they yellow on the other side.I would worry the hot throw might be affected by the reheating, but then I am still a newbie at this.Goldielol, so even the candle up and let the other side gets "sun kissed", so the whole candle is now a light lemon yellow? lol, lol....now that's a different answer! Trappeur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trappeur Posted December 6, 2015 Author Share Posted December 6, 2015 Well, I'm going to chip out the wax and very slowly remelt and repour. Or probably what I'll do is chip out the wax and pour into a huge crock and keep for myself and just remake a brand new candle from scratch and put back into the crystal piece and send out...I would feel better doing that.... I just don't want to jeopardize scent throw by reheating and sending out. I don't think it will make much difference, maybe slightly.... You guys have all been troopers in your advice. Thanks everyone! Love your answers. Trappeur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 That's the reason I put UV in ALL my candles, cause you just never know when or how they will fade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck_35550 Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Any type of indoor or outdoor light will cause discoloration over time. I have not had good luck with melting wax down and pouring again. I even upped the fragrance load and didn't like the results. Start over is the best idea IMHO. Good luck. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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