mereander Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Hello, all! I would like to make traditional wax melts (not scoppable) using mostly coconut wax. I am currently playing with Coconut 83. For melts I’ve tested 83 with 6% beeswax, 10% beeswax, and 6% beeswax + 2.5% stearic acid. Everything I’ve tried is too soft and the melts don’t come out of clamshell molds cleanly. Does anyone have any tricks up their sleeve to accomplish this? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CandleRush Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Hi, I don’t use that particular wax but use another brand of coconut wax.I think coconut wax may be too soft. I’ve mixed it with soy and it does better but now switched to a wax suited for melts, there are many! I’m sure you can read posts here or someone will chime in. Good luck!🌸 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandlekrazy Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 I never tried it with beeswax but I did with soy way and could only add 10% coco 83 with my C3 soy or they were too soft for clamshells and molds. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightLight Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Try eliminating the beeswax, and try various ranges of stearic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerven Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Due to the ingredients in coco83, it's probably going to retain some of the stickiness in percentages greater than 50. 50% coco83 and 50% soy (I prefer C3 for this blend but find the HT is a little lacking - will be testing it with C1 soon) is soft but not too sticky. A little stearic or vybar could harden it some more. I haven't tested coconut waxes with vybar, so I'm curious to see if it can help bind some of that sticky, greasy excess. Palm wax is good for blending with coconut waxes as well. Expect to use 20% palm wax or greater... and it may crystallize a little on the surface, although, since you're using clamshells I imagine it'll set up fast and not crystallize nearly as much if at all. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mereander Posted March 17, 2019 Author Share Posted March 17, 2019 It’s funny that you mention palm. I poured a test candle and melts with 83 and palm today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerven Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 How did your testers turn out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mereander Posted March 20, 2019 Author Share Posted March 20, 2019 The melts were still too soft. I haven’t had a chance to burn the candle yet. I’ll let you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mereander Posted March 20, 2019 Author Share Posted March 20, 2019 The best combination that I’ve tried for my melts so far is coco wax + 20% beeswax. They come out of the clamshell molds a lot better than my other tests. The other combos that I didn’t like because they were way too soft were: coco+6% bees+2.5 stearic coco+10% Palm 2 coco+10%beeswax+20% palm 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natural Glitz Collection Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 An organic candle lightens up the entire premise with an undying glow. Coconut oil is solid at room tempreture and melt at 72 degree. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura C Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Hi @mereander. If you do some searches on here for wax melts you will find lots of info. Not sure if coconut wax melts is included very much or not. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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