The_Dallas_Texas_Dean Posted July 29, 2006 Share Posted July 29, 2006 I made my very first 100% Soy candle last night from the complimentary wax sent to the IGCA for us by Candlewic...and I can tell you, I am STILL laughing! Hard!I followed the instructions to the letter....it is not a pretty picture:confused: Might ought to :tiptoe: away from this stuff before I start thinking I can "help" it. LMAO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topofmurrayhill Posted July 29, 2006 Share Posted July 29, 2006 I made my very first 100% Soy candle last night from the complimentary wax sent to the IGCA for us by Candlewic...and I can tell you, I am STILL laughing! Hard!I followed the instructions to the letter....it is not a pretty picture:confused: Might ought to :tiptoe: away from this stuff before I start thinking I can "help" it. LMAOUh oh...if that's the Soy 125 I suspect the results might be described as repulsive. Definitely :tiptoe: -- you have better things to do. Rest assured it's not your fault. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelaVA Posted July 29, 2006 Share Posted July 29, 2006 Post a pic We'd love to see it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candlewitch Posted July 29, 2006 Share Posted July 29, 2006 There is some bad waxes out there, not only soy.. I tested 6 soy and only 2 passed the test and only one i would use, there are maybe 2 i didnt try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella1952 Posted July 29, 2006 Share Posted July 29, 2006 I started pouring candles with Cargill C3 and palm wax. Since I had not poured paraffin, I had no preconceptions. I have been VERY pleased with the results we have obtained with both soy and palm waxes - have even had good success with using soy for luminaries. I know it's difficult, but if you can forget your paraffin experience and simply bumble through with soy using the hints found right here, I think you will be pleased.Or not. :grin2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silkysoycreations Posted July 29, 2006 Share Posted July 29, 2006 So are you mixing palm & C3? What is your reasoning for that? Just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugtussle Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 I have lots of PRECONCEPTIONS about paraffin and I don't think I could ever pour pure soy. In my experience with soy, I find it to be not pretty, no matter how healthy people say it is. It looks like throw-up when you have burned it a while. With that said, I think 1/3 or 1/4 soy blended with J223 or J50 makes a beautiful candle with good properties of each wax. I just tested Clarus 50/50 and that was a pretty wax. I love pure Palm in pillars, what a beautiful glow. But I will :tiptoe: :tiptoe: :tiptoe: away from pure soy, IMHO. Carole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairieannie Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 LMAO! One of these days I will post pics of my very first and ONLY attempt at a soy candle. Yep, 100% soy, and that's all it took for me. I backed off and never even peeked back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meridith Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 Soy is a beast that definately can be tamed. You'll get it if you stick with it. But it can be very frustrating and can scare one off easily. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystical_angel1219 Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 Soy is a beast that definately can be tamed. You'll get it if you stick with it. But it can be very frustrating and can scare one off easily. LOLExactly. As long as you steer clear of straight 415, soy can be mastered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Dallas_Texas_Dean Posted July 30, 2006 Author Share Posted July 30, 2006 Post a pic We'd love to see it!OK Angela....for your amusment. :rolleyes2 Ignore the quality of the photo(flash is wacked)....it is right in line with the quality of the candle.....and you guessed it Top.....Soy 125 it is!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane42 Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 Yup, pure soy can be an UGLY beast!! We have made a few ourselves....and my partner has "no problem" with the way they look, but me......well, let's just say, I told her if we were selling them, her booth would be waaaayyyyyy over on the other side of the building! But, we were asked too many times at the last few sales we did if we carried soy, so we are going to have to come up with something! We have a few pounds of GB464 on the way and keeping my fingers crossed that I can manage to look at the finished product! By the way, Michael, that doesn't look half bad! We did some votives once that when we started burning, they took on a life of their own and contorted themselves into quite a mess.......it truly was HYSTERICAL!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieK Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 Michael: It was so nice to meet you at IGCA and share table space a couple of times!! I am a soy user and switched to Eco-Advanced the first of the year. It's awesome! Don't give up on soy yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommy2xp Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 Everyone has to start somewhere! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meridith Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 I see nothing wrong with your candle - it looks perfectly fine to me. I think you just might be on your way to becoming a soy chandler. Now for the real test...... Have you burned it yet? What's the throw like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 I'm burning a soy candle that I bought online. When it got here it looked like it threw up all over itself. It was ugly. Red with a bit of green that seemed to have grown out of it. Ugh. I lit it anyway and it smells really good and throws fairly well. It does have about 1/8 inch of hangup all around the 6oz tin. I've burned it for at least 3 hours each time and now the candle is more than 1/2 gone and the hangup is not catching up. I find that strange in a tin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meridith Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 Carrie, it still might end up catching up for you. You can't judge soy until the candle is gone. Soy tends to burn down, then out. If that tin gets hot enough, it could bring the rest of that hang-up down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindy5140 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 I think the candle looks good compared to what I thought it would look like.I was expecting a bumpy mutated candle, but it's smooth and I'm guessing a little frosted on top.Burn it and let us know what you think.Mindy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topofmurrayhill Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 I was expecting a bumpy mutated candle, but it's smooth and I'm guessing a little frosted on top.Lol, bumpy and mutated was the best I could get when I tried the Soy 125 without additives. Maybe that's the other Candlewic soy. It does look much better than I feared it would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donna4909 Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 I have lots of PRECONCEPTIONS about paraffin and I don't think I could ever pour pure soy. In my experience with soy, I find it to be not pretty, no matter how healthy people say it is. It looks like throw-up when you have burned it a while.We are in complete agreement! I will NEVER touch pure soy or a soy/veg blend again. It's just to danged ugly after you burn it. Toss in a smidge of paraffin, and it's good to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane42 Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 When it got here it looked like it threw up all over itself. It was ugly. Red with a bit of green that seemed to have grown out of it. Ugh.LOL - I didn't know how to describe my votive after it burned, BUT YOU DID!!! LOL UGLY!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fern-Marie Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 So I thought, well jeese, this is an experienced candle guy here, how bad can it be?Guess what, that's about right. Yup, that's what it looks like. You did it correctly. It's ugly like the rest of ours are.Gonna burn it? I'm interested in what you think of the hot throw...and compare the throw to paraffins. I'm trying a blend now. :rolleyes2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beesweet Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 That doesn't look half bad compared to the 2 I poured this weekend! I had a bit of EzSoy left over that wouldn't fit in the buckets I store it in and thought I'd give it a whirl since paraffin is getting so expensive. First, I think I poured too hot and had a cracked flaky top. Then I hit them with the heat gun to try to smooth it out. Worked ok except for a couple of lumps and an air bubble. BUT, I looked at them several hours later and now have fragrance oil swimming all over the top. The WHOLE top of one is covered in FO. I used .8 oz. in 12 oz. of wax. I think I'll just keep the ezsoy for blending! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wookie130 Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 I do like soy...but I too gave up on it right away, and went for J223, which is a very forgiving paraffin to work with...I then decided to master the soy thing when the prices of paraffin went up...and guess what? Now that I've mastered it, I'm not going back to paraffin. I use C-3. I too did not care too much for EZ Soy...I would end up with too many "brains", "cauliflower heads", frosting up the yin-yang, what have you...even when poured at the slushy sate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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