cybersix Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 I was curious, the description says: vegetable wax, holds 10% of fragrance and it is biodegradable. Melt at 194°F and add colors and fragrance at 167°F.It can simulate snow flakes if rapidly cooled in freezer.Does anyone of you recognize in this wax something you use? Or experimented? It's not palm wax? They say only it's vegetable wax, I don't know where it does come from... TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugenia Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 Sabrina, sounds like Palm, but FO load is pretty high, perhaps a blend?e Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie D Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 You say, you don't know where it comes from but do you remember where you bought it? This sounds like a real interesting wax. And yes it sounds like a palm wax. (I love Palm Wax) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 I agree, it sounds like palm wax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie D Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 But Palm wax takes on its characteristics when it is cooled slowly. The slower the better. I even warm my molds and put them all together side by side to cool as one big candle. The results are amazing!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizbizzyb Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 Not being funny...but is this a riddle?Where did you buy it from, they didn't tell what type of wax it was? Maybe contact the supplier you bought it from and ask for more info.Sounds like a cool wax though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybersix Posted December 7, 2005 Author Share Posted December 7, 2005 Hi all and thanks.Sorry I don't know what "riddle" means, but here in italy things are very different.I always buy wax in a store a mix of paraffin and stearin, believe it or not nobody knows what percentage of the two, nobody knows fragrance retention, melting point.Here wax is simply wax.So this supplier (who sells supplies for a lot of hobbies and craft) wasn't able to tell me more about this vegetable wax. So I thought I would give it a try and discover by myself.The strange thing is that I knew about this wax after googling "palm wax". Among results there was the link to this.Who knows!! Here candlemaking it's not so "scientific" as in USA, I've never heard instructions on how to burn a pillar correctly for example. A candle is lit or not lit, stop.Oh by the way, there are not so many fires as you can think!!Now I'll try to make two small pillars, uncolored adn unscented, without wick, one slowly cooled as you say you do with palm wax adn one rapidly cooled as the instructions say, adn compare results.Thanks to all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizbizzyb Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 If it came from a craft store...then chances are they wont know. Is there a label on the wax, where you can get the manufactures name off of it and maybe give them a call for additional information about the wax? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybersix Posted December 7, 2005 Author Share Posted December 7, 2005 Hi! Label carries only the name of the store, when I have a little time I'll try to call them again and see if I can understand something more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizbizzyb Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 Sorry, you can't find out more...good luck with this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybersix Posted December 7, 2005 Author Share Posted December 7, 2005 Thank you very much! Hope it's a nice wax! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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