Dee ZA Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Hi Everyone I am hoping to get some assistance on this matter, because I am truly at my wits end. I have been working with Naturewax C3 for use in molds. I know that it's a container wax and not best suited for the purpose, however I have managed to bypass the softness issue. The issue I cannot seem to get rid of is FROSTING!!! I have tried testing and pouring at so many temperatures that I do not even recall all these. I mix the C-3 with fully refined paraffin in my molds and do a ratio of 70% Soy 30% fully refined paraffin. The frosting still persists. So for example: 112g Soy Wax with 48g Paraffin (mold fills 160g wax) I then mixed the C-3 with beeswax at 10- 15% and the frosting still persists. So for example: 144g Soy Wax with 10g Beeswax (mold fills 160g wax) Could someone pleeeeeease tell me what I am doing wrong. Which temperature, method, etc will work best with these molds. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoogen Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Hi Dee, are you keeping logs of the pour temperatures you've tried? Pouring at the slush stage for C3 seems to prevent 95% of frosting for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightLight Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Never had issue with c3 frosting, and certainly not blend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cincin Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 On 3/8/2021 at 8:36 AM, Dee ZA said: Hi Everyone I am hoping to get some assistance on this matter, because I am truly at my wits end. I have been working with Naturewax C3 for use in molds. I know that it's a container wax and not best suited for the purpose, however I have managed to bypass the softness issue. The issue I cannot seem to get rid of is FROSTING!!! I have tried testing and pouring at so many temperatures that I do not even recall all these. I mix the C-3 with fully refined paraffin in my molds and do a ratio of 70% Soy 30% fully refined paraffin. The frosting still persists. So for example: 112g Soy Wax with 48g Paraffin (mold fills 160g wax) I then mixed the C-3 with beeswax at 10- 15% and the frosting still persists. So for example: 144g Soy Wax with 10g Beeswax (mold fills 160g wax) Could someone pleeeeeease tell me what I am doing wrong. Which temperature, method, etc will work best with these molds. Thank you Hi! Wondering if you ever figured out this issue? Would really appreciate any advice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 You state that "I mix the C-3 with fully refined paraffin in my molds". Why are you mixing in the molds? Just wondering if this is the cause of the frosting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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