St.LouisCandle Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Looking forward to getting some helpful hints and advice. I was told this website is a good place to seek out some assistance. I have a question. Has anyone had any problems with Cargill (C-3) wax scent bleeding. I make candles in glass jar containers, and have encounter this problem a lot. Thanks for any help.Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaybee23 Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Hi and welcome! You might try posting this in the Veggie Wax section. We have several on here that use that wax and could help you out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Hi there and welcome. What do you mean scent bleeding? Is the fo seeping to the top of the candle? What is the percentage of fo you are using? It might be to much fo. Or it might be the fo isn't binding with the wax. At what temperature are you adding the fo? I used this wax for a brief period, so I can try to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Hopefully the move with get this more views Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookie2004 Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Welcome to the board! Lot of knowledgable people here who are always willing to give their experience. FREE. First things first do you have notes about how hot you heated the wax to, at what temp did you add color and scent, what scent & how much %. Thiings like that, giving better info on what may be happening. I assume you live in the midwest and with flucuations we have been having in weather may part of the problem.HTHJohn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsyjen Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 I've only had that happen one time, so it was probably the FO. I add the FO hot (175*) and pour hot (165*-170*) with C-3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookie2004 Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 St. Louis,Breanna posted this thread a couple of days back.Maybe this will helphttp://www.candletech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13266John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 I use the C3 all the time and have had that problem in the past. I also had problems with not all the dye blending in completely. I would poor my candles and the next day I would see the FO coming to the top and some times specs of die in the wax. I was able to cure it mostly by heating the wax to 180 before adding any thing especially the FO. I also stirr it alot right up to when i pour it. That seemed to get rid of most of the problems. Ocassionally I still get it but not as often. One strange thing i have seen is I don't get the FO bleeding problem right away. Some times I'll see it a couple weeks later. I think room temp has some thing to do with that and where I was storing them, near a heater vent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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