494 wax

[Mysticmonday21]

I've started using 494 with 12% fragrance load.  I haven't used it's full Fragrance load. 10%- 11% is what I'm using.  I have NO HOT throw.  None.

I add FO at 175 170 if it drops to 160 I put back in my double boiler stir for 3 and pull back out.  Should I stop this?  I don't smell the FO when I do it.  Just trying to make sure FO and wax are mixed properly.  😩   Is there something I'm missing??   

[bfroberts]

You really don't need that much FO to get a good throw.  Adding FO at lower than recommended temps can create problems.  Heat the wax to the recommended 185˚, add FO, stir 2 minutes or so and pour at the recommended pour temp.  Cure for a while and then test.  
If you still have no throw, try a different FO.  I assume you are purchasing FO from a reputable supplier??? Some don't throw well in soy, some are naturally light scents and some are just duds all the way around.

[Mysticmonday21]

The FO's I'm using I have used before.  And yes from a reputable supplier. Great hot throw. But I was using a parasoy wax.  I loved it!! And actually am thinking of going back to it.  I thought a higher scent load meant better throw.  Haha..jokes in me looks like.  I use to get offended by that statement but definitely not anymore.  I see why it's asked.  So no cool down time which Is how I was doing it. 🙃  ugh..is soy really this temperamental??

[bfroberts]

2 minutes ago, Mysticmonday21 said:

The FO's I'm using I have used before.  And yes from a reputable supplier. Great hot throw. But I was using a parasoy wax.  I loved it!! And actually am thinking of going back to it.  I thought a higher scent load meant better throw.  Haha..jokes in me looks like.  I use to get offended by that statement but definitely not anymore.  I see why it's asked.  So no cool down time which Is how I was doing it. 🙃  ugh..is soy really this temperamental??

You can make great melts with soy without high FO loads.  Try adding your FO at higher temp. 

[Mysticmonday21]

I'm working on melts today.  I will let you know my outcome.  thank you.

[Mysticmonday21]

Sooo i few weeks later and i tried all that was suggested and i am still not getting a good hot throw at all.  i am crushed.  i still have like 15 pounds of this wax

 

[TallTayl]

candle or melt?
 

if candle Sounds like a wick issue to me. Soy is finicky 
 

[Mysticmonday21]

melts..494 is a melt only wax.  

 

[TallTayl]

15 hours ago, Mysticmonday21 said:

melts..494 is a melt only wax.  

 

It’s advertised for pillars also, so had to ask. 
 

Manufacturer recommends 10-14 day cure time. If it’s not throwing after that, it points to a fragrance oil issue/incompatibility with the wax, and/or your wax warmer not being the right temp. 

[Mysticmonday21]

Well maybe it's our wax warmer.  Because I'm using CS and FC FO's.   It's a 12% FO load. I used a lower fragrance load. 10%.  Cured time way longer than 2 weeks.  So maybe it's the wax melter.

[TallTayl]

What happens when you put a few drops of the fragrance on the warmer with a spoonful of salt?

[Mysticmonday21]

Never tried it. Why? Never heard about that

[TallTayl]

2 hours ago, Mysticmonday21 said:

Never tried it. Why? Never heard about that

it’s the quickest way to smell how/if a fragrance will throw in a warmer.