Joni Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Wow....I just made my first batch of candles ever!!! I kept VERY simple, just some tea lights, tarts, and a couple of votives. I followed the directions from the wax provider (i am using the soy blend) but I think the temp they suggest to pour at are too low because my candles look lumpy on top. I reheated some of the wax and poured a couple more which look great so far. They are not cooled enough yet to take them out of the molds, but I plan to make another batch tomorrow and hopefully they will look much better. I am so excited joni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crafty1_AJ Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 GO, JONI! Welcome to the board. My first candles had a face only a mother could love. But they were MY ugly candles, and I was quite proud of 'em. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everito Bandito Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Fun isn't it! Congrats on your firsts and seconds and thirds and forths... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybersix Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Welcome!here on CT there is someone (hello Mozzie;)) who saw my first pillars.. well they have a cave bottom because I didn't know anything about the second repour. Before joining this board!Have fun, and congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freezin Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Welcome to hell...LOL. Once you start it is so addicting that you won't want to quit until you have broken your bank and you no longer have a room called a kitchen. You are going to love it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Posted September 22, 2006 Author Share Posted September 22, 2006 Thanks guys....I do however have a couple questions to continue with my "works of art"....**keep in mind that I am trying to be very basic at this point!! lol****how long should candles sit in the mold before removing them? i have already tried to remove them (maybe it was too early?...i made them this afternoon) and I absolutely could not get them out of the mold...i tried freezing them for a few minutes, i presprayed them with a little pam (i read that often helps with new molds) but no luck. So I left them there.What is the best temperature to use for pouring the wax? I bought soy wax and the instructions that came with it said to pour at 90-100 degrees F...but that seemed WAY too cool....the wax was sooooo thick and they looked quite ugly on top....I ended up reheating some of the wax to try again.How much of the dye bar do you use for 1 lb of wax? The bar says that it will color up to 35 lbs of wax so I only cut off a very small piece of brown. While the wax was liquid, the color looked really dark, but when it cooled, it was a very light tan color.I am sorry about asking all these questions to you guys but I have searched the internet and have found no luck. I would really really appreciate your help here.Thanks!!Joni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crafty1_AJ Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Welcome!here on CT there is someone (hello Mozzie;)) who saw my first pillars.. well they have a cave bottom because I didn't know anything about the second repour. Before joining this board!Have fun, and congrats!LOL. I proudly displayed my first pillar upside down ... because I didn't know the bottom of the mold was the TOP of the finished candle. :laugh2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crafty1_AJ Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Thanks guys....I do however have a couple questions to continue with my "works of art"....**keep in mind that I am trying to be very basic at this point!! lol****how long should candles sit in the mold before removing them? i have already tried to remove them (maybe it was too early?...i made them this afternoon) and I absolutely could not get them out of the mold...i tried freezing them for a few minutes, i presprayed them with a little pam (i read that often helps with new molds) but no luck. So I left them there. What is the best temperature to use for pouring the wax? I bought soy wax and the instructions that came with it said to pour at 90-100 degrees F...but that seemed WAY too cool....the wax was sooooo thick and they looked quite ugly on top....I ended up reheating some of the wax to try again. How much of the dye bar do you use for 1 lb of wax? The bar says that it will color up to 35 lbs of wax so I only cut off a very small piece of brown. While the wax was liquid, the color looked really dark, but when it cooled, it was a very light tan color.I am sorry about asking all these questions to you guys but I have searched the internet and have found no luck. I would really really appreciate your help here.Thanks!!JoniTo answer your first and second questions, it depends. Tarts and votives need a hard wax designed for being used in a mold. If you happen to have tried CONTAINER wax (which typically says pour cool ... around 100 or less), you are going to have a difficult time unmolding because these waxes are designed to cling to the surface of the container they're poured into. Pillar/votive/tart blends are designed to be poured hot and then shrink away from the mold after cool so you can get them out of the mold.Hope that made sense. It's past my bedtime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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