waxman Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 I have seen a few postings in here about the frosting of Soy candles.Does anyone had a picture they could post here so I understand what is being talked about?TYIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaybee23 Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 I don't have a picture for you, but what it looks like is itty bitty snowflakes in patches on the candle. It isn't so desireable in soy container candles, but people work to get something similar to it in paraffin pillars, it is called mottling then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella1952 Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 I just happen to have one that is developing some frosting (it's 3 weeks old). Pink dye with Red Hot Cinnamon FO, NatureWax C-3.These are extreme closeups - the frosting on the top is just now developing - you can see it just under the surface in the area of the square...From the side, you can see the frosting developing clearly. The darker area is not a "wet spot" - it's one of the headaches of photographing glass...:rolleyes2This candle does not look THIS bad in real life - the camera's eye is totally unforgiving! It even "saw" a scratch on the glass that I didn't see until I was resizing the photos... and I had a heckuva time finding it on the jar when I went and looked!Anyway, there's your frosting pictures...:embarasse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waxman Posted February 15, 2007 Author Share Posted February 15, 2007 Thank you for the explainations.I have only make beeswax candles and this doesn't happen to me so I didn't really understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 I don't believe that beeswax will lend itself to frosting or mottle. I could be wrong, but when I used it, it was always solid in color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waxman Posted February 15, 2007 Author Share Posted February 15, 2007 I don't believe that beeswax will lend itself to frosting or mottle. I could be wrong, but when I used it, it was always solid in color.You would be correct, I have had no frosting or mottle effect on any of the candles that I have made so far.They do end up getting a 'bloom' on them after a while, but that is easily removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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