aguadejamaica Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 Hi, so I made my first two candles yesterday with a candle making kit that uses NatureWax C6, which I read is a coconut/soy wax blend. There's not a lot of information about it when I do a google Craftserver search. I can't find how much soy is exactly in it either. Anyway, I heated 1lb of wax per the kit's instructions to 185 F and added 1 yellow dye chip, 1 oz fragrance oil called Passion Fruit/Guava and then poured (Again at the kit's instructions) to 145 F. I placed both candles in my dining room, my house is usually pretty cool with the AC on most times. Initially, I thought the candles looked great but later on in the evening, I got what I think is frosting but I'm not sure. Would it affect the quality of the burn or its just something unsightly? I know definitely there is cracking on the top that I will use a heat gun on. I've googled extensively what it could be but I want to be sure what (like the correct term, is it truly frosting, is it a wet spot, what is this?) of all I'm looking at so I can try to troubleshoot properly (pick another wax, cool lower/higher, etc.., or just move away from 100% soy) Can you someone give me the right terms to explain what's happening to my candles? This is day 2 of curing. The kit didn't say where to cure, to cover them with darkness or anything like that. Can I cure anywhere? I wanted to burn one candle later today ( as the kit said to wait at least 48 hours but 6 days is best for soy). And then burn the other candle 5 days from now and compare the two. The cold throw is strong for both of them which I am delighted. The attached picture is one of the candles, the other candle doesn't have as much of this occurrence like this picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pughaus Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 Pretty color you got there! That's just a "wet spot". Don't worry about it. It's just the wax reacting to temperature variations. Sometimes they pop up the next day, sometimes months later and sometimes not until the candle is burned and then the heat and temp changes from that will do it. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aguadejamaica Posted May 10, 2019 Author Share Posted May 10, 2019 Thank you, it tunneled down to the bottom immediately when I burned it. Do you think the wick might be too small? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallTayl Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 If it tunneled to the bottom I’m mediately chances are there were holes/cavities/sinkholes around the wick. The next time you make a candle take a skewer or something like it and poke down through the candle. You will be able to feel immediately where the cavities are. There are quite a few ways to eliminate cavities, but sometimes you just need to poke and feel, then fill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pughaus Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Like TT said, what you're describing is a sinkhole that was hiding just under the surface, not the gradual tunneling one gets when a candle has too small a wick. You should be able to "save" that candle by using a heat gun and melting the top enough to fill in that hole so at least you can still burn it for testing purposes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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