Interesting Palm Wax Effects...

[Stella1952]

People have lots of different experiences with the way palm wax presents itself after pouring. Most palm wax candlemakers know that the crystallization varies with temperature. Here's a good example of that.

We poured a little votive at 175°.

There was a small amount of wax leftover which was poured about 5 minutes later (at a much cooler temperature, about 150° - almost slushy) into the same mold. It was insufficient to fill the container, but we figured we'd keep it as a "sniffie". When we placed the two side-by-side, it looked like the little piece was a top for the larger votive!

What attracted us was that this was the same wax out of the same pouring container, same color, same scent - just poured at a different temp... the contrast was amazing! When we layer candles, manipulating the appearance of the wax with temperature makes for some interesting results.

Here's the difference - one on top of the other...

This is an example of why we enjoy pouring palm wax so much - it has such interesting properties and one can obtain such varied effects with the same batch of wax!

[erinmfritz]

That's really cool! I am working with soy but the palm wax in very intriguing to me. It is beautiful. I only do containers though so I wouldn't even try this. Good job!