Soy Wax Candle Forum - Online resource for soy candle makers

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Hello everybody!!!
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I'm just new to this forum and lovin' it. wink

I'm also like most of everybody here that new to soy candle making. I love to burn candles all the time and somebody give me an idea that why not make my own candles. idea

Then I research over internet. I found what I need. Now in a two month period I have a soy candle business I called my own Candlemasters LLC, lol as I read all the problems in these forum I want to share my solutions. idea and I developed my own additive for this problems we all have. I called it SOY-C101 it is additives used by giant candle manufacturers twisted but I made it through my own hands on experience until I (hope) perfected it. wink Well it work to my candles.
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If any of you brothers & sisters in candle making industry want to give it a try just pm me and I'll send a sample with complete instructions on how to use it and if it works on your candles and decided to use it to permanently eliminate most if not all the problem in soy candles I'll give you the price and and goodbye to this headache in soy problems.

Thanks a lot and God Bless Us All

Santi
CandleMasters LLC

[quote="Lamabuba"] is there any place to buy organic soy wax?[/quote]

Good question. Most soy wax is extracted from the soybean using [url=http://www.eco-usa.net/toxics/hexane.shtml]hexane[/url], and although there is [i]very, very little[/i] hexane left after processing the wax is still not completely organic.

You might try contacting some organic soybean farmers in your area to see if they make wax. It will probably be more expensive than mass-produced soy wax, but if you want to go 100% organic that is the only way to go that I am aware of.

As far as how to get started and what tools to use, most soy wax distributors on the Internet provide instructions on how to use their brand of soy wax. Many of these distributors also sell wicks, containers, and fragrance oils.

Look around for the best prices, volume discounts, and remember, shipping costs will be a big portion of your outlay so finding someone close to you or who gives a shipping discount is a big plus!

Other tools you will need are a good scale (something that can measure in fractions of an ounce), something to melt your wax in (a double boiler or, if you want to use your microwave, a set of liquid measuring cups), and a candy thermometer to measure the temperatures of your wax when you heat it, add the fragrance, and pour into the container. You should be able to find all of those things at a local big box store.

Good luck and happy candle making!