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Fri, 01/27/2006 - 20:07 — Anonymous

I am in the process of starting soy candles and I want a heavly scented candle. I have read where candle companies use up tp 12% fragrance oil; I have spoken with soy wax companies and they say that percentage is too high and unlikely. Could someone please shed any light or secrets with additives to acheive a highly scented soy container candle.

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Thu, 02/23/2006 - 23:49 — Anonymous

Highly scented soy wax candles

1 oz to 18 oz of (melted) Soy is the recommended starting point - I ususally only add more than if it is a very light fragrance.

Adding more doesn't always equal a stronger scented candle (oddly enough) in fact some chandlers find that adding the max amount (1.5 oz per lb ie: 18 liquid oz of soy) sometimes results in LESS scent throw.

Nobody knows why this happens but it does.

I have made the mistake of adding too much of a strong scent and had the seeping problem on top. This isn't good as those FO pools can ignite and cause a BIG flame across the candle surface, something you don't want to happen to a customer.

PS - It is critical though to add your FO (fragrance oil) at the correct temparature - the standard is 175o farenheight and stir for several minutes, stirring several times more during the cool down period - and pouring "cool" ie: around 100 - 105o to prevent cracking and frosting.

Boutique

Thu, 02/23/2006 - 20:35 — wjreece

Highly scented soy wax candles

It depends on the strength of the fragrance oil... some are more delicate than others, some are heavier.

I generally start with 1 oz fragrance oil per 16 oz melted wax.

Test, test, test... some fragrance oils incorporate better into your wax than others as well... meaning that your wax may handle 2 oz of fragrance oil before bleeding.

I wish there were a magic number I could throw out there!

Thanks,

Will R.

Wed, 02/22/2006 - 16:26 — Anonymous

Fragrance and soy

Thank you, I always wondered why some soy candles have oil sitting at the top of the candle. What percentage do you recommend?

[quote="wjreece"]Hi!

Sometimes too much fragrance oil will cause your candles to bleed... in other words, you will see droplets of fragrance oil seeping from your candle.

Your best bet is to buy uncut fragrance oil or concentrated fragrance oil and keep the amount you put in to a minimum. Your other alternative, is to use essential oils which are very strong.

Thanks!

-Will R.[/quote]

Sat, 01/28/2006 - 08:37 — wjreece

Highly scented soy wax candles

Hi!

Sometimes too much fragrance oil will cause your candles to bleed... in other words, you will see droplets of fragrance oil seeping from your candle.

Your best bet is to buy uncut fragrance oil or concentrated fragrance oil and keep the amount you put in to a minimum. Your other alternative, is to use essential oils which are very strong.

Thanks!

-Will R.

Sat, 01/28/2006 - 08:36 — libertylover

Highly scented soy wax candles

Welcome,

Between 6 to 9 % is usually the percentage.

1 to 1.5 oz. fragrance per 1 lb. (16 oz.) soy wax.

Lynn