Mrs. Stoner Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 (edited) Hi all! I began my candle making journey last month and I am now a woman obsessed. I have worked with C3, 464, IGI 6006 and PB 600. I like the 464 with ECO and HTP wicks and made a dozen successful candles with it BUT I prefer the look and hot throw of the 6006 and 600. If I had to play favorites, I’d say 600 because I am finding it easier to wick and a nice happy medium. So, of course, I got curious and wanted to try a soy blend from General Wax in California because I can pick it up in person and avoid the shipping fees from Flaming Candle. Well, I picked up 8 lbs of their SB1000 yesterday. Description from the supplier website: Our SB 1000 soy blend has a very smooth surface and adheres well to glass wall containers. It consists of 60% soy wax and a 40% blend of paraffin, UV and an enhancing additive. So, hubby and I wanted to perform a burn test. My first thought was, dang this wax is hard as a rock. As we sliced into it, it slivered off... as if you were cutting into hard frozen chocolate. It felt super dry and hard compared to the 600. I thought this does not feel like 60% soy, 40% paraffin. It seemed off to me but we went ahead and melted 64 oz to 185 degrees and poured at 165 degrees into eight vessels (the Libby 11oz straight), each with a different wick for our burn test. Everything looked promising... until the wax set. I have never seen craters, sinkholes, or peaking around a wick like this before. So, my question is, can wax go totally rotten? Or perhaps it’s me? I have not had sinkholes or craters in any of the other waxes. THE SB1000 WAX from General Wax after setting up for 24 hours. BELOW FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: 6006 wax in Medium Oxford Jar 2.7” diameter, 600 wax in Oxford Jar, SB1000 wax in Libby Jar 3.1” diameter, GSW 464 wax in Libby Jar Edited December 24, 2020 by Mrs. Stoner Spelling error Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallTayl Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 That o looks a LOT like what 4786 does on its own and with other waxes in a blend. It is super plastic and shrinks just like that. On its own it is nearly impossible to cut. candles made with it always need a top off. I would second pour those and see how they do. 4786 is a nice wax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Stoner Posted December 24, 2020 Author Share Posted December 24, 2020 Thank you so much, TallTayl! Yea, it feels super plasticky. I am shocked that this is described as a single pour container wax... I much prefer the other waxes I have worked with but I may just go ahead and try that second pour to see what happens. I appreciate your feedback. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallTayl Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 It’s possible but not likely to be a single pour wax. You’d have to play around with pouring temperatures to minimize shrinkage. But even so 4786 is a multi pour and most soy waxes are also. Good luck! I wish you all the best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoogen Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 I picked this wax up too in December! With SB1000, I pre-heat my vessels and then pour around 130F. Every once in a while I get the sinkholes, but for the most part they come out beautifully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Stoner Posted January 14, 2021 Author Share Posted January 14, 2021 On 1/9/2021 at 10:46 AM, smoogen said: I picked this wax up too in December! With SB1000, I pre-heat my vessels and then pour around 130F. Every once in a while I get the sinkholes, but for the most part they come out beautifully. Hi! Thank you so much for sharing your process. I have four more pounds of it sitting here so I will give that a try. Right now I am working with 6006 and doing my best to learn how it behaves... I had to pick a wax and just commit. Trying too many things at once gets overwhelming. So far I am liking the 6006 especially now that we are getting acquainted! How are you liking the SB1000 in terms of hot throw and wicking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoogen Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 On 1/13/2021 at 8:54 PM, Mrs. Stoner said: Hi! Thank you so much for sharing your process. I have four more pounds of it sitting here so I will give that a try. Right now I am working with 6006 and doing my best to learn how it behaves... I had to pick a wax and just commit. Trying too many things at once gets overwhelming. So far I am liking the 6006 especially now that we are getting acquainted! How are you liking the SB1000 in terms of hot throw and wicking? HT is pretty good around the 5-7 day cure time, quite a bit stronger than just C3 (which is disappointing to me because I've been trying to nail down C-3 forever haha). Quite good at 2-weeks cure time. For wicking I had to go one to two sizes down from my C-3 wicks in the same vessel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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