TammyGCC Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Any tips on shipping candles in this heat. I am worried they might melt. Please help any one. Any suggestions would be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChandlerWicks Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Any tips on shipping candles in this heat. I am worried they might melt. Please help any one. Any suggestions would be great.I called CS recently & they said: Ship early in the week so the pkgs. are not left sitting over the weekend, other then that they should be fine. Sent tealights 4627 & votives 4794 from Ohio to Florida. A few Mac. Apple tealights were the only ones that had a tiny melty issue. They were sent during the worst of this heat wave also if that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam W Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 I guess it would depend on the average daily temp of where you are shipping to.......I'm in Phx & last summer I received an order of supplies via UPS - I stuck a thermometer in the middle of the box and the temp was 140*. I'm on a late-in-the-day delivery route and the box having been on the truck all day in the Phoenix heat, it got really hot. Had there been anything in the order with a melt point lower that 140*, it would have been soup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyGCC Posted July 31, 2011 Author Share Posted July 31, 2011 Thank you for all your info. I have been making candles for almost 3 years. Testing wicks, I didn't even consider the heat when it came to shipping. Now I am. It worries me, I am in Oklahoma. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorelei Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Tammy here in Texas when I get oils in the summer, they are completely hot in the bottle. That cannot be good. Nothing we can do about it but as shippers, I tend to only want to ship items that are candles in containers, and tarts in clamshell packaging. I mail at the beginning of the week and will only ship priority. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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