kalamazoo Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 I am hoping someone will be able to answer this dilemma for me. I made some candles tonight (trying to make mottles), using straight paraffin, 5.3% FO and 5% Stearin + UV. I went downstairs about 2 hours after pouring them to poke relief holes to do a top up and could hardly push any holes into the wax - it was quite hard, when I did get a few holes into the wax, liquid came up out of the holes? Is this normal?? Sorry for the long question, but as I normally do rustics (use FO at 4.5% and Stearin at 7%) I have not encountered this before. Thanks so much for your replies.:smiley2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrycat Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 I can tell you that it is normal for some wax to come out of the holes. I would suspect that you waited a little too long to do the re-pour. I usually wait until the mold is slightly warm, then poke the relief holes and do my re-pour. Any wax that comes out of the holes will melt into the candle when the hot wax is added. Hope this helps! BTW, I never use straight paraffin or any additives! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 Actually that happens to me if I wait too long to make the relief holes (meaning hard to poke through the wax) and if I don't keep them open. Typically some wax comes up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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