starfox1 Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 My first customer order dried with crystals on it. I used red block dye and I never used so much color before. Could it be the dye that is making the crystals form? I have always had smooth tops with a cave in- now my first deeply colored one seems to have red sugar granule looking crystals on the entire top. Ok so there is 2 questions here:1. Why is this?and 2. I am afraid to heat gun it because I don't want to destroy the wick. Should I melt and repour? If so can I just melt it on a candle warmer and pour it into a new container or should I heat it back up to a certain temp.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anita1 Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 Hi,I dont think you will ruin the wick?I don't have a heatgun but wenn I want to smoothen a top then I use my hairdryer. I never ruined the wicks wenn heaten it carefuly?I think I would try thatWhy did you use more dye now?Did you stire it long enought in the pot?Sorry for my English hahaha.:rolleyes2Anita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharon in KY Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 Poke a couple of holes and do a repour on top. Don't know why it happened. I always do re-pours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starfox1 Posted August 31, 2010 Author Share Posted August 31, 2010 Poke a couple of holes and do a repour on top. Don't know why it happened. I always do re-pours.A repour as in melt more wax and try to match the same color and pour right on top?What I ended up doing for this one is using a hairdryer. I made a tinfoil tip myself and wrapped the wick with foi up since my last wick ended up all droopy after the hairdryer.It worked okay but was time consuming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scentlady Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 You have to test your dye, fo and wick combo before you take orders. Why did you use more dye? I don't know what caused the crystals but changing the amount of dye can certainly change how your wick burns and may even clog it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soy327 Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 Make a new candle with the amt of dye you are used to using and burn the bad one yourself. I just made a couple of candles this week and got more dye than I wanted, but they were testers:laugh2::laugh2:It happens. oh I would go to walmart and invest in a real heat gun (in the paint section). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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