fijayh Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 I fear this is a one off, but I 'heat-gunned' the sink hole until it was too scared to come back. I also added a smidge of coconut oil & 5% beeswax. Hope I can do it again! Now I just need to get the wick centred.Thanks for looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racolvin Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 They don't get much smoother than that Congrats!Ronnie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stacien Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 They look good. Just some advise. That percentage of beeswax is a little too high. You might want to jog it down to 3%. When the weather starts to cool down and you store the jars the wax will crack like crazy and sometimes pull away from the jars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbuddy Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 Looks good!I don't add beeswax, but I do add coconut; 1 tsp per pound.Heat gun is your best friend. Irena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fijayh Posted September 15, 2007 Author Share Posted September 15, 2007 Thanks Everyone. Ta for the advice Stacie. I was adding 3% but the instructions that came from the supplier said 5-10%, which did seem rather high. I'll try 3% as one of my others did crack. Am loving this forum & having great fun with candles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julwid Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Those look great. I could not live without my heat gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candlesandkeepsakes Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 What does the coconut oil do? I don't do a lot of soy but I am curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerinarkansas Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 Heat guns are a candlemakers friend. Pretty candle. GInger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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