Sorry a tart question

[Dias5boys]

Hi everyone, I am new to posting here but I have a question and need expert advice. I have been making candles, tarts, B&B for 5-6 years now, and a few days ago someone came ot me and asked me for a tart request. I was asked if I could make my tarts and possibly add some crisco or vasleine to the batch for her. I asked why and she said she was told these give tarts an awesome scent throw. Now my question is this...is this true? I use a votive blend wax for my tarts but I am always up to improving my items! So can someone tell me more about this?

Thanks so much!

Diane

[OverSoyed]

I've never heard of anyone trying that before. I'd assume it would have the same effect as soy (being an oil), but I think it would be a bigger mess than anything.

[*Dee*]

i know i have read on here about adding crisco, and coconut oil i think, maybe try searching for them key words. if i remember right the thread was HUGE.. but i think there was mixed results on if it really helped or not.

[Dias5boys]

Thank you for the replies. I have tried searching for those key words with no luck.(I must be doing something wrong) I did hear years ago about adding like a tea spoon of crisco to your wax but I never truely paid attention to it so I was double checking. I did hear of adding some soy wax to wax but unsure of the amounts. I am up to learning how to get a better scent throw but afraid to try this person request.

I will say what wax I use I use VB from candles and supplies. Any other possible suggestions. This one came highly recommended from Cindy the owner.

Thanks so much!

[ChrisR]

Many years ago adding crisco to your 100% soy wax helped with scent throw and sometimes it cut down on the frosting. With all the blended waxes out there now, you really don't need the addition of crisco. But, it really won't hurt anything to try it and see what results you get!!

[Dias5boys]

I did search the web and this board and didn't find much except for a few sites that said it can be added to straight paraffin. I figured I could maybe try it since she said she has gotten tarts from someone else again who kind of let it slip her secret was adding one of these to her wax. Maybe I will try it in a batch just for me, but I doubt I will end up doing this.

Thanks everyone for the replies.

Diane

[blazerina]

Just wanted to pipe in that I've done it on my tarts many times. A table spoon give or take... at times it seems to have helped, and at times I don't notice much of a difference. But I've never really done any kind of blind test where I used the same FO, wax, colorant, etc each time with and with out the crisco and properly compared it. But if I have straight parrafin I will usually add some anyways just to give it a friendlier aesthetic.

Crisco is just soy oil that is whipped up in a different form. Someone on this board has made a candle out of 100% Crisco just to see if it could be done, and I do believe the answer was yes! Lol.

My personal opinion is that it's a decent additive to have around in your arsenal. But don't expect too much from it. Much of what you hear, just as ChrisR said, was true at one time but things have changed so much. I think more than anything, it's more in the combination of perfectly coexisting factors that will make it do it's magic. Like some waxes don't do well with some FO's... Crisco is just another additive that you have to figure out. It may work fantastically in the right combination. But merely adding it at all isn't where the magic is.

Edited August 20, 2009 by blazerina

[Dias5boys]

Ok, I gave the crisco a try. I made 2 batches of tarts in 2 types of pillar/votive/tart wax using the crisco. I made one in cake bake and the other mango,peach kiwi. So now I have 4 bathes of tarts, 2 made normally and 2 made with crisco. The cake bake smells pretty much the same. There is just a hint more of cold throw with the crisco added to the wax. Test 2, a diiferent type of wax, normal batch cold through smells good, crisco batch cold throw is stronger. I am not sure if the cold throw is stronger now b/c they were just made yesterday and the other batches the night before those. I did not burn any yet, this is just cold throw results. I will keep you all posted when I do the melt down test.

Now I must say this, I will not be adding a teaspoon of crisco to my tart batches.(or vasaline either)

Not impressed but glad I did it!!

Diane

[Stella1952]

I've tried Crisco to help with texture and frosting issues, but never thought it had an effect on throw. Using USA to enhance scent throw & texture makes a big difference to me. Many folks swear by coconut oil, which also is a good additive. HTH