Elapid Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 I'm trying to bake some BLACK candles using color chips. I put 4 per pound and they come out like a black plumb color. I'm trying to make some solid black "8 ball" candles and am having a hard time getting a solid black, the white wax tones the color down too much. I was thinking about adding a deep red and and Green to try and get the color right. Anybody have an Idea on how to get a solid dark black? Thanks for any help on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicky_CO Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 I have never achieved black with chips or block. To get my blacks I use liquid I get mine from Peak and I can get a jet black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debratant Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 I also use liquid...as the chips just didn't achieve the black I wanted. I finally was sucessful in achieving a perfect black by using Peaks liquid black...and using approx. 15 drops pp.HTH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 It usually took 5-7 chips to get black for me. Much easier with liquid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elapid Posted February 4, 2009 Author Share Posted February 4, 2009 Thanks for the replies, I'm trying to make some 8 ball candles and just can't get them black enough with chips. Looks like some black liquid dye will be on my next order, I guess I will need a bunch of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella1952 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 What kind of wax are you using? It's very difficult to get a true jet black with soy wax... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elapid Posted February 7, 2009 Author Share Posted February 7, 2009 I use 4625 paraffin on my molded candles. I was trying to get the color using color chips, which I have a ton of, but I think you need to use liquid color to get a true black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 How many chips have you used to try to get your black? Thing is, you can add colors to it to try to get it darker too, but depends on what it's looking like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elapid Posted February 8, 2009 Author Share Posted February 8, 2009 I finally got the color I wanted using liquid dye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darbla Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 How many drops did you end up using per pound? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elapid Posted February 8, 2009 Author Share Posted February 8, 2009 I ended up using 8-10 drops added to the wax I already had 6 black chips in, but I was trying to get Hi-gloss black. I re-melted the wax I tried with the chips the first time. I might be able to go with less, but I didn't want to have to melt the wax a third time. It came out true black this time. I was thinking about using some dark red chips added to the wax to get the black and I might do some "testing" with this next time. Apparently jet black is not an easy color to get with any wax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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