2rottndogs Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 I know that every so often you can get a "bad" batch of soy... does the same hold true to paraffin?Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam W Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 I've wondered that myself. This past summer, the wax I've used for over a year just would not hold the FO like it used to. I went through 3 cases and kept scratching my head and went as far as to test another brand of wax. Needed more wax to finish Xmas orders so I order a couple more cases (didn't want to switch during the season and have to retest everything) and these last two cases are performing ok. I'm not having the horrible weeping anymore...so I don't know if there was an issue with the wax or if it was just the summer heat---but didn't have the weeping problem the summer before so I'm still confused as to what was going on:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissMary Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 I haven't gotten one, and cannot speak from experience, but from my research here at CT, you can get a bad batch of any wax since it's a compound and there's always a possibility of too much or not enough of a component in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 I've only cut into some water in container waxes. Generally my slabs are dry, but the last few cases on the last batch we got had a lot of air pockets when breaking up. No water, fortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trae Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 I got 2 bad bathces of J50 at separate times last year. It was yellowish in color instead of the nice white that it usually is. The throw was still good in the finished candles but the wicks drowned out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane42 Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 We received a case of 4630 that was a little "off" in color and did not perform the way it had in the past. We finally pushed that one aside - used it for some wickless jars. The scent was still good, but the wicking was all wrong. When we received our next cases, all was back to normal.Not a very nice thing to do to two newbies...like we weren't confused enough! Anyway, I really don't want to go through that again, but I am sure the possibility is always there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2rottndogs Posted February 7, 2008 Author Share Posted February 7, 2008 Thanks everyone... for whatever reason, I thought that paraffin wouldn't alter... now I know that possibility is there.Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sudsnwicks Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 So far I haven't had any problems (knock on wood), but I have read here about people finding water in their wax. I think if there's something wrong with it, which could happen with any wax, it's best if you could try to get a replacement from the supplier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugtussle Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I've found water in my wax several times, just dry it out. I definitely had BAD 6006 remember my panic last summer, black goop and wouldn't burn. I'll say it again, you must test every new batch #. IMHO, many of our wicking, throw problems come from BAD wax. Carole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2rottndogs Posted February 7, 2008 Author Share Posted February 7, 2008 Once the water dries out, does the wax work the way it should? Or does it burn a bit off?Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugtussle Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 The wax burns fine. Any little bit of water left settles to the bottom of the melter. Carole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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