Shirlee Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 This is the second question I am asking for a friend of mine who decided to try making candles. Yesterday she bought some burgundy colored tapers which were on sale at the Dollar Store. She chopped them up, removed the wicks, & melted them down. She then added "candle scent" from Hobby Lobby & poured them into jars. When the candles hardened, they "sunk" in the middle. She thought this could be remedied by simply pouring some more wax into the depression. However, it sunk again. What could be causing this?Blessings,Shirlee in KY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricofAZ Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Depends on the wax. Some are a "multiple" pour wax and she has no way of knowing what she got at the store. However, it is great that she is experimenting and learning. I started out on "unknown" types of wax that I bought and enjoyed the daylights out of the learning process. Now I have pounds of bad experiments that are slated for making firestarters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 The taper wax is meant for tapers, pillars and votives, not containers. If she's gonna make containers, she needs to get proper wax and wicks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirlee Posted September 30, 2010 Author Share Posted September 30, 2010 Thank you both! Needless to say, I'm a relative newbie at candlemaking myself so I am learning a lot here too! Blessings,Shirlee in KY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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