flcandles Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Hi everyonei have a ton of differn't color taper candles that have no scent, some are colored but mostly there white.I dont know what kind of wax it is other then its a hard wax:rolleyes2 . I know i can reuse these for firestarters,ect. but is there anyway i can make votives with these if i add a addtitve for them to be able to hold a scent...Im assuming that its straight parrafin and there was no need to add additives when the company made them since they are suppose to be unscented.I hope that was worded right. Anyway if someone know whats i can do with them please let me know. My firestarters isn't a #1 seller so i would hate to save all these tapers strictly for that reason if i can add something to them to make votives or something:confused: I know im not giving alot of info on them but maybe someone can tell me something Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candle Makin Momma Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 if they are a taper, then they are most likely hard enough to make a votive already. All you can do is give it a try Good Luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flcandles Posted October 17, 2007 Author Share Posted October 17, 2007 Thank you candlemakinmommaDo you think they will hold a scent?I will try anyway. I already have vybar Im wondering if i should add some... Your right im going to try it and add some scent and see if i get a cold or hot throw. Thanks again:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazerina Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 I started off making my tarts with straight Para... I can't really say if the throw was GREAT as I wasn't really knowledgable enough to determine what 'great' was, lol. But even para will take scent. Have fun with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flcandles Posted October 17, 2007 Author Share Posted October 17, 2007 Thanks again to you both for your replies... i will start off with tarts instead of making votives and see what happens.Thanks again:cheesy2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topofmurrayhill Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Normally tapers would have an additive. The additives we use to hold scent were originally used (and still are used) to simply harden wax.Sometimes tapers have only stearic, in which case a little Vybar wouldn't be a bad idea. See how the tarts do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flcandles Posted October 18, 2007 Author Share Posted October 18, 2007 Thanks Topofmurrayhill... Im actually going to make some tarts today and see how it goes. I guess i should start off with 1/2 tsp of vybar because im not sure if there is even any in there. Thanks againI'll let ya's know how they turn out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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