Peggy T Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 What's up with this? I get these on some candles after a few months. Wax on this particular candle is 80/20 464 and easy beads Coco 83 FO at 8%. However I've gotten them at other wax and FO ratios/%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallTayl Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 Soy wax is terribly unstable and can grow crystals essentially forever. Temperature and humidity fluctuations make it happen quicker. Components in the waxes have different melt and crystallization temperatures, so bits can melt and solidify and remelt over and over with bigger, more noticeable effects each time. Curious: Do you heat your wax to any particular temp while making them? I see a lot of the weird crystal formation in waxes that were not heated high enough and not mixed thoroughly during manufacture. It's super important to make the initial crystal sizes within the wax as small and evenly distributed as possible to delay formation of larger crystals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peggy T Posted May 23, 2020 Author Share Posted May 23, 2020 My general practice is to heat to 195 (because of the coconut), add fo, stir for 3 minutes and pour right after that (pouring hot again bc of the coconut wax). I store everything in my garage so there are fluctuations in temp and humidity. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallTayl Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 So in other word you create unique candle art through a proprietary process. Charge more for them. 🤗 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peggy T Posted May 24, 2020 Author Share Posted May 24, 2020 Yeah, it's art...that's it.😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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