kindredscents Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Ok...i know about frosting and such but i was wondering what you all do to try to stop the frosting. are there any secrets to it. i have attached a picture of the candle...not all my candles turn out this way...just the ones with cinnamon in it. any suggestions?thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuminousBoutique Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Color certainly triggers it in my soy.. i dont color my candles because of it, customers dont seem to mind. I know there are all kinds of tricks out there- but I've never been able to eliminate it in my colored container soy. Never have an issue with it with pillar blend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wessex Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 I've been testing soy blends in containers, and have found that for some reason, pouring hot gives me no frosting or wet spots. I have tried several colors (and no dye) and found that the same blend will not frost when poured hot, but frost to some extent when poured cooler. I have not poured an FO with cinnamon yet. I have several that are almost a month old and still no frosting, very strange, as I had thought pouring cool was the way to go. Of course, for the majority, hot pour needs the tops retouched more so than the cool pour, but that makes sense to me. BTW, the blends have contained GB464, GB444, CB135, GB115, C-3, and 4630 (paraffin). Of course, not all together, LOL.Cheers,Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella1952 Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 (edited) There is TONS of previous discussion about preventing frosting available by searching the forums for your wax. FOs and dye both play their part in causing or exacerbating frosting. Some people pour very cool with great results; others pour hot. Some people temper their wax; others don't. Some folks don't dye their candles; some eliminate FO. Some add certain additives; others don't. Some soy waxes are more prone to frosting than others. Some people "embrace" the frosting; others give up and switch to a parasoy blend. Some folks preheat their glassware; others don't. Some folks prewash their glasswre; others don't... For every person's personal solution, there is another who says they tried that and it didn't work or they have no frosting issues.You simply have to read, take careful notes on what you are doing when melting/pouring, note the FO/supplier, dye & amount and figure out what works best for you. Good luck! Edited January 13, 2011 by Stella1952 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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