escentiallysoy Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Hi all, I usually use dye wax flakes to color my candles. But I have to heat the wax up even hotter to add the color so that it can melt the dye flakes. This makes my processing time much longer. I thought about not coloring them and my family (pretty much the only people who get my candles at this point) really liek them colored. So I am looking for something more efficient. I have never tried liquid dyes. Do they work well? Do you have to heat the wax up to a certain temp to use them? And if you do use them and love them, any suggestions as to suppliers that would be great. Oh I use EZ soy wax flakes. . . I appreciate any help!! Thanks in advance!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella1952 Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I like the "eco-friendly" liquid dyes from JBN. I think Candlewic carries the same kind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntoniasCreations Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Hi all, I usually use dye wax flakes to color my candles. But I have to heat the wax up even hotter to add the color so that it can melt the dye flakes. This makes my processing time much longer. I thought about not coloring them and my family (pretty much the only people who get my candles at this point) really liek them colored. So I am looking for something more efficient. I have never tried liquid dyes. Do they work well? Do you have to heat the wax up to a certain temp to use them? And if you do use them and love them, any suggestions as to suppliers that would be great. Oh I use EZ soy wax flakes. . . I appreciate any help!! Thanks in advance!!!I use to use the block and had the same problem so I went to dye-free candles. But I just wasnt happy with them, after a while they just seemed boring to me, I really like colors. (please no one take offense to this, this is just my opinion.) So I got some liquid dye from Natures Gardens, and love it. Now these do smell some but I cant tell in my candles, even with my black cherry that I use quite a bit of red and some brown in it. I did hear that while you are heating up or wax you can heat up the dye flakes (this can be dont with your heat gun) so it will mix with the wax better. But I never did try this. GLAntonia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escentiallysoy Posted November 5, 2008 Author Share Posted November 5, 2008 Thanks for the input! Never thought about melting the dye flakes seperate, seems like it would be messy though. . . I think I will buy a liquid dye and see how it goes, do some testing. Have a great day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella1952 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 When we have used dye chips, we melt them in the pouring pot and add the FO to them. Then the wax is added and everything mixes mo' better. Since we add FO and dye to the pouring pots anyway, whether using chips or liquid dye, the only difference is preheating the pots on an old electric frying pan first to melt the chips. Not a biggie and no messier one way than the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escentiallysoy Posted November 6, 2008 Author Share Posted November 6, 2008 That sounds like a good idea. . . I may have to try that out first. Thanks everyone for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circle Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Liquid dyes reign as they take much less time. Count the drops (exact which you can't get from flakes) they work wonders, who wants to spend time trying to get flakes to be exact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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