Hopie Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 I want to make myself a candle with multiple layers, sort of a "frankencandle" with different scents of scrap wax. How do I get the red from bleeding into the white? Is it a temperature issue, or a dye issue? I'm using diamond chips for color in paraffin wax. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptnKush Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Funny you mention this. I have been having problems also with red coloring using the Reddi glo dye chips. I haven't had your problem yet because I haven't done a layered candle with red yet, but every red pillar I have made seems to bleed out of the wax and gets all over my hands. I can still see the color in the molds. I would like to find out as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopie Posted December 13, 2019 Author Share Posted December 13, 2019 Yes, the red sure is beautiful in the square Christmas candles I made, but dang, that dye is murder to get completely out of the molds! Yesterday, after making a red Frank n' Myrrh candle, I decided to make a stark white square vanilla candle....when I went to unmold it this morning....RED on the corners and down one side of my beautiful stark white candle! Uggggh! So, I carved out the red streaks, scrubbed that mold with a q-tip in every nook n' cranny, then remelted that white one and repoured it. I hope I got all that red out this time. Grrrrr! I will know in the morning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Wait for red to set up as best as possible, pour a very thin layer of white and let it set up as best as possible and then gradually add the rest of the white. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura C Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 On 12/12/2019 at 10:05 PM, Hopie said: Yes, the red sure is beautiful in the square Christmas candles I made, but dang, that dye is murder to get completely out of the molds! Yesterday, after making a red Frank n' Myrrh candle, I decided to make a stark white square vanilla candle....when I went to unmold it this morning....RED on the corners and down one side of my beautiful stark white candle! Uggggh! So, I carved out the red streaks, scrubbed that mold with a q-tip in every nook n' cranny, then remelted that white one and repoured it. I hope I got all that red out this time. Grrrrr! I will know in the morning. If you make a lot of red products maybe it would be worth your while to have an extra mold just for reds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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