wanting to make chunk and pillar candles

[citygrl707]

i am making soy candles and gel and want to also make pillar and chunk ,can someone tell me whats the best wax to use? What i will need and last but not least where's the best place to get it. To many sites i need a good one

[prcandles]

I use a pillar blend when I made my chunks. Its been a while, so sorry, I don't remember which. Lately I have been using KY pillar blend and its a little too opaque for the chunks IMO. But if you want to try them, just use what you have closest to you. A lot of the suppliers will tell you which wax works well for which application. The higher melt point waxes do well for the chunks and over pour. I used a silicone mold to make my own chunks. Poured colored wax, cut up, shoved into molds, over pour clear. Worked well for me.

Good luck, they are alot of fun to make.

HTH

Pat

[Crafty1_AJ]

I use 4625 for chunk pillars. Don't really know how it compares to other pillar blends because I haven't really used very many others. Anyway, it works for me. I don't pour tons of pillars, however, so take my advice with a grain of salt. LOL

Edited to add: What will you need? Do you mean in terms of equipment? Besides a pillar mold and wicking, you'll need a jelly roll pan or similar to pour your chunk wax. I use an old jelly roll pan (it's like a cookie sheet with a rim all the way around) and pour my chunk wax into that. While it's still warm but firm and set up, I cut it like a pan of brownies into chunks. Let it cool thoroughly, then break apart the chunks on the cut lines.

I never have trouble unmolding, but maybe some folks use mold release too. hth

[lindanelson]

I make my chunks in mini ice cube trays. I have used 6060 soy wax, CB Pillar Blend, and CB Advanced (container wax) for my chunks and overpour.

I scent and color my chunks and overpour. Just make the overpour a light color.

Good luck, and show us pictures of your first one.

It doesn't matter how you put your chunks in the mold. I just toss mine in. Sometimes all at once. Sometimes, I will pour a little, put in some chunks, then pour some wax, then chunks. Do this until the mold is full.

I've made jar chunk candles also.

[Crafty1_AJ]

Sometimes I like to "engineer" my chunks and arrange them just so. Other times I love the look of just tossing 'em all in and letting the chips, errr.... CHUNKS, fall where they may. Either way is kinda cool. One of my favorite chunk candles alternated small chunks and thick, blocky chunks of separate colors. I'll have to see if I can dig up a pic. I thought it came out kinda cool.