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Mixing Gel wax with soy/paraffin blend?


candlemaker147

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That’s an engineering feat. 
 

soy wax is grainy be nature making for a “short” blend. Short, like a short bread cookie, that will always have a brittleness to it. 
 

I would lean on a paraffin preblend like Igi 4786 that is more rubbery from the start. 
 

The only way to figure out the balance is with a line blend. Check out the Humblebee and Me site for examples of line blends for beauty products. Basically you do 6-10 or so small batches that change increments in different amounts and see how the characteristics change with each bump. 
 

example: https://www.humblebeeandme.com/a-quick-guide-to-beeswax-liquid-oil-ratios/

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