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I've read the term and think I may get it once in awhile in my plain(unlayered)cedar scented pillars made with igi4625. I notice that the day after I take them out of the molds I see big things thru the sides...looks almost like slices of fruit....hahah...only me....

I have wondered if I was not poking enough relief holes, or what. Is this air inside?? Is it unsafe?

It looks kinda cool, actually, but I don't know what I did to get it.

J.

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If you do a search for it in the gallery you'll find some perfect examples. Sounds like what you have. I get them also, same wax too. It's supposed to be trapped air/gas. Mine grow with time. There are some "fixes" you'll see in the posts. None have worked for me. Others have had luck. And nope, there's no way to create when it doesn't show up, as far as I know anyway.

Oh, and relief holes have no effect on fingernailing.

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