Maintain temp or allow to cool when pouring batches?

[LCF]

We're getting ready to start producing our candles for the upcoming holiday season and as this is our first year we are still working everything out. 

 

We have a bottling tank that is part of our apiary and we typically have used it for bottling honey. It has a water jacket that can be temperature controlled up to 250 degrees.  We tested it for candle making and it works great and will allow us to melt 15 gallons of wax at a time but we aren't sure about the best method. 

 

Lets say we add fragrance at 185 degrees, and begin opening the valve on the bottom to pour each individual candle. It may take an hour to get through them all, so should we be maintaining the temperature at the temp we added the fragrance, or allow it to cool for the hour?   We want to make sure we don't harm the fragrance by keeping it consistently warm if this is a risk.  I appreciate your advice!

[kandlekrazy]

So you are saying you're going to pour 15# of each scent?  I never scent my melting pot, I remove the wax into another container that contains the fragrance.  That way my fragrance is never being heated.  I guess it depends on how long it takes to pour 15# of wax, you didn't say what wax either.  Most soy has to be poured at a much lower temp which means cooling after fo is added.

[TallTayl]

Depends on your wax. All need something different. You may also need to stir every so often in that tank to distribute the heat evenly.

 

like @kandlekrazy above, I don't scent my tank, otherwise I would need to thoroughly clean it between scents and waxes. 

[LCF]

4630 Paraffin wax.  We plan to pour directly from the bottling tank, its quick and easy but we can either unplug so it stops heating once we add fragrance, or we can maintain temp.   

 

The tank is stainless so cleaning between scents is easy.

Edited November 2, 2017 by LCF