8-GRAN-ONES Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Have any of you noticed that before you burn a new candle the smell will be good..and once you have burned it..in some candles the candle has a almost burnt tire smell?Of some kind of weird smell...This is not in all candles, really just very few, but when it is there you really notice it...but once you start burning it again, you don't smell it.. I hope I am not the crazy one here:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Bug Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Hi. Are you sure it is the wax? I think several types of wicks I have tried have an unpleasant smell after burning. Not sure is this is your situation, but a thought. Beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8-GRAN-ONES Posted September 30, 2007 Author Share Posted September 30, 2007 that could be..but I use the same brand of wicks for all my different FO'sI was thinking it could be a certain chemical in the FO maybe??Because very few are that way..what is odd ...when you reburn it,,you do not smell it..just when it has cooled down...but I does not make for a very good sniffer, for someone to smell...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tizimarezie Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Are you using straight soy? When I used strictly soy (no blend) there was one FO particularly that would smell horrid when it was burning. It had a bad chemical, fuel smell. Oddly, before it was burned, it was one of my favorite FO's because I mainly used it in tarts prior to candles....and I used a different wax for tarts. So, bottom line...it might be your container wax combined with the FO. They may not like eachother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh-MYo Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 I think I know what you mean. I have always thought it was just me. You describe a burning tire smell sort of. I would say it reminds me most of that smell when we had to clean the old cream separator after it had been sitting all day and the butterfat was going rancid and reacting with the metals. I suppose most people here dont even know what a cream separator looks like.Personally I smell it more when its burning. The FO is definitely noticeable but its not covering the other smell. In brand new unburned ones, not at all. Possibly because of the curing and the FO being on the surface of the candle.I guess everybody's smeller is different, sensitive to different things. Not better or worse, just different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8-GRAN-ONES Posted September 30, 2007 Author Share Posted September 30, 2007 You know as you mentioned cream..it seems like the ones I noticed that smell in was some of the creamy FO's...Now not every one of the creamy FO's do that..but when they do... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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