Pie crust, including lattice pie tops

[Blest2BAmerican]

I'm venturing into making gel pie candles and am wondering what type of wax should be used for making the pie crust/lattice tops? Are they easy to make or is it better to purchase them ready made?

Thanks for any input.

[FragranceOilHeaven]

Hi!!!

I make my own pie toppers for my gel pies and I use IGI 4761 from CandleScience! It's a one pour for the toppers. http://candlescience.com/wax/igi-4761/

For color, I melt approx. 2 lbs. at a time - I use 7 drops of Ivory Liquid Candle Dye and 1 Maple Dye Chip.

Hope this helps!!

Kim

Fragrance Oil Heaven

[Blest2BAmerican]

So any type of votive wax would work for the toppers? What kind of gel is used for the pies??

[FragranceOilHeaven]

Not any type of wax is good for wax embeds, pie crusts, toppers...I use this wax because of the high meltpoint. This was is recommended for wax embeds and pie toppers. Other votive/pillar waxes have a meltpoint of approx. 130-145 where this wax has a meltpoint of over 160.

I use either MP or HP Penereco gel. Personally I do not recommend using the LP gel. Also with the gel, you must only use gel safe fragrance oils that have a flashpoint of 175 or higher...and deemed gel safe. Some fragrances have a flashpoint of over 175 but will cloud your gel, these FO's are not gel safe.

I hope this helps you!

Kim

Fragrance Oil Heaven

[Blest2BAmerican]

Kim, thank you for answering all of my questions. I appreciate you taking the time to do so.