lightmyfire Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 I have made MANY lavender/vanilla candles for my specialty market customer and they sell like crazy. When I stopped in last week to check on inventory I noticed yellow rings around the tops of the candles. I'm assuming this is from the vanilla content; should I use stabilizer in my candles that have heaving concentrations of vanilla FO? I'm using 6006 wax, no dye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Got a picture? There isn't a stabilizer that I know of for candles, but do you add anything to your wax like a UV inhibitor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightmyfire Posted July 4, 2018 Author Share Posted July 4, 2018 On 7/1/2018 at 9:53 PM, Scented said: Got a picture? There isn't a stabilizer that I know of for candles, but do you add anything to your wax like a UV inhibitor? I don't add anything, not even dye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Are you pouring into tins? What's the tint of your oil? If you allow your wax to harden, do you see a yellow tint? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightmyfire Posted July 9, 2018 Author Share Posted July 9, 2018 On 7/7/2018 at 10:09 PM, Scented said: Are you pouring into tins? What's the tint of your oil? If you allow your wax to harden, do you see a yellow tint? I use clear tumblers and the wax is white upon hardening. I have determined from conversations on this forum that the yellowing is from fluorescent lighting in the store that sells my candles. I'm going to try some white dye to see if that helps a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 White dye isn't going to help. UV should help though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Testing123 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Do you have a lid on your candles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightmyfire Posted July 11, 2018 Author Share Posted July 11, 2018 4 minutes ago, Testing123 said: Do you have a lid on your candles Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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