Candle husband Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 (edited) So my wife decided to start making candles, so by default I'm making candles too...lol...here is the problem we are facing....no matter what we try we still end up with wet spots..... here's what we've done and are doing We are using candlewic cbl 130 wax, heating to 185, pouring at 160 into clean glass, washed with Dawn and heated with heat gun just before pouring, tapping glass after pouring and putting into a cabinet to dry, I built the cabinet and it's regulated to 72-74 degrees....after 12 hrs they are removed and I find that 85% of wax not adheared to glass.... Any help would be greatly appreciated, I'm running out of ideas.... Edited January 1, 2018 by Candle husband 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandlekrazy Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Embrace the wetspots 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldieMN Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 If you do a search on this forum for "wet spots", you will see there are hundreds of responses indicating it is normal. And even if your soy candle looks like it has no wet spots, it will probably develop them sometime down the road. Others will pop in and respond, I'm sure. Just don't fret! And remember, "a family that makes candles together, stays together." GoldieMN 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candle husband Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 I've read that it's normal, I guess that I was hoping for a solution... trying to make candles that look like a glass of milk, and it truly ruins the look we are going for.... thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybee Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Have you tried pouring into room temperature glass? the heat gun could possibly be causing uneven heating of your glass is my thought....ofcourse I could be wrong....also try heating them on the lowest oven temp on a cookie sheet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerven Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 I gave up on trying to prevent wet spots. They have a knack for popping up unexpectedly at some point in the candle's lifetime. I've had them show up after burning, when moved between rooms with slightly different temperatures. They'll even pop up days, weeks, even months after pouring what appeared to be a flawless candle. And then... they may not show up at all. Candlewic's product description for CBL 130 states that it was made to pull away from the container. Some waxes are created with that purpose in mind... if there are going to be wet spots, might as well have the wax completely pull away from the container for a uniform look. Personally, I prefer full adhesion over full separation because the candle looks smaller when the wax doesn't adhere. If partial separation is an issue, there are countless ways to encourage further separation. The easiest: expose to cool temperatures after curing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trappeur Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Like everyone said, nothing you can do about it so just accept it. There are hundreds of posts on this same question if you use the search box. Trappeur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah S Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 My suggestion is similar to @Kerven's, the only way to completely avoid wet spots is to use a wax that pulls away from the glass and does not adhere at all. Depending on the container, it might look nice, if a glass of milk is what you're going for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candle husband Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 Thanks for all the response, we've been considering going with tin containers.... anyone have any good suppliers for a taller 16 oz ....all I find are 2.5" tall x 4" wide.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candybee Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 As others have said, learn to embrace them. Wet spots are the very least of your worries when it comes to candlemaking. I would focus more on wicking and candle safety. You will have enough problems with that while testing out fragrances and finding those that work with your candle application. After a while, you will tend to ignore wet spots when you are at that point when you know you have a great candle that both burns and scents well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jcandleattic Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 No matter what you do, what tricks you find, how you stop them, it is temporary. They will ALWAYS come back. Sometimes not for days, weeks, even months, but they always, always do come back. Any type of atmosphere, temp, or climate change will have a reaction to the wax in the jar, and that will change whether the spots go away or come back. You can't control it, so it's better just to embrace them as a fact of life and move on or else you will drive yourself crazy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallTayl Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 While they may look perfect in your controlled environment for a time, as soon as the atmosphere changes (in your car to and from a craft show, sitting on a Mail truck, being shipped via air, sitting on a retailer shelf, sitting in some customers house, after a burn) all bets are off. make the best performing, safest burning candle you can and wet spots will receive a blind eye. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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