dublon Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 I guess not huh???I poured two different FO'S using white colour block, and they won't burn at all!! Doing a search I found that "it clogs the wick"..Is there a way to make a pure white soy candle.. or I just forget about that.. and just leave them natural!! Help please!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realmarcha Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 I leave mine natural. I get some very interesting colors using just the fragrance; from yellow, to ecru, to tan, to off white, to white, and everything inbetween. It gives my line a unique look. I think just white in every candle fragrance would become boring...just my opinion. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dublon Posted September 14, 2006 Author Share Posted September 14, 2006 I usually add colours in my candles, but I have a couple of xmas FO's that I wanted to pour pure white! One of the fragrances I want to use is fairly dark.. (Sleighbells for JS) It's almost an amber, which is why I tried to use that whitener block stuff.. but the whole mix came out really opaque and extremely hard to mix properly! Even when it burns it's opaque! Not too pretty, and of course it doesn't burn right either...Thank you realmarcha for responding though, and trying to help!!:smiley2: I was hoping on getting a bit more help on this.... Oh well... I tried! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topofmurrayhill Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 I haven't seen Breanna around for a while but she's good about figuring out what works. She's mentioned using the powder whitener from BCN with good results. Scroll down to the bottom of the page. http://www.candlesupply.com/dyes.htmlPersonally I don't love the idea of putting pigment in the wax but maybe you could try this one and see how it does. Use just a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 The only white colour block I have tried came with a warning that it was not suitable for colouring a whole candle as it would clog the wick. The supplier recommended using it only in wax as an over dip, maybe that would work for you.Personally I prefer my soy candles undyed.Sally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dublon Posted September 16, 2006 Author Share Posted September 16, 2006 Thank you sooooooooo much Top for your reply!! And thank you for the link!!I still have so much more learning to do about colours, liquid, chips, powder, etc. It is almost overwhelming!!!! I will probably try the powder, but just not yet. I think for now I'll just go with natural for the white candles that I want.I found one of your posts on colours types for uses in soy, etc.. Extremely interesting...http://www.candletech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2040And thank you Sally!!! That is a super great option.. overdipping, but I think I'm almost afraid to try using that stuff now!!! I might try it though.. later on down the road!!I do have another question though.. which I guess I should start in another thread!!Thanks again everyone!! Really appreciated!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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