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Sinkholes :(
well i recieved my wax supplies and started up . I made a blueberry cobbler candle which had a slight sink hole by the wick but really not to bad. and i think in that case i know what i did wrong. Today i made 2 French Vanilla Container candles and when i last check they had substantial srhink holes by the wick. I even poured at 120 to try to avoid this. the wax is the C3 wax from
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I used the fragrance for 1LB of wax 2 TBS which equals about 1 oz Just wondering if any have any ideas on this. I know w few things im gonna try tomorrow on the next pour
aslo for personal candles this is no real issue i can remove wax from the top so i get a good burn but Candles for gifts this wont do at all
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It seems alot of people heat up their wax hotter than I and pour hotter. I used to have a problem with holes, when I stopped pouring so hot I stopped having the problem and the hardly ever have to use my heat gun at all. I melt the wax, usually is about 140degrees when melted. I add my fragrance at 120degrees and pour between 90-100 degrees. I pour when the wax looks a little like cream of wheat, they sit much better this way!! hope this helps!
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I cannot tell a lie, a few of mine have gotten sink holes in them and when the wax was still soft I nuked them in the microwave. I did seem to work fairly well don't nuke them for a long time a couple seconds seemed to work for me. Don't give up on soy, it is so much better for the environment than paraffin, just keep trying, I have notticed sometimes the weater has a lot to do with what the wax does when it cools.
Re: air ! again, it seems
[quote="belle"]Posted query about air under trouble shooting & got no reply-- maybe you /this 'site' will be better. I do NOT get sinkholes around the wick with soy wax as the directions say I might. ( told to poke holes around wick & repour) I get them all around the sides. I poke there, repour, etc. & they look AWFUL. I need to be able to sell them. Lost job. ( & insurance). Would a heat gun damage a vintage stem ? I know zero about heat guns. It would add to my costs and thus my selling price to buy one. What about a curling iron. Stop laughing ! I can come up with, some believe, sort of zany ideas, which frequently work out well.
I am a beginner - should I switch to gel or parafin. Want an ivory color (clear ok) and vanilla or 'linen' ' fresh air' scent. Thanks for all info you can send. Pardon typos, please. belle[/quote]
You shouldn't poke holes in anything, nor should you have to re-pour. I melt my wax to 180 or so, add my color almost instantly, and then let it cool to about 140, and add my oil. I OCCASIONALLY get little sink holes, but not very often. C-3 soy wax is a single pour wax. You're candles look awful because you poke hole in them would be my guess. And besides, if there is a little sink hole next to the wick, who cares?? It's a hand poured all natural candle. If I do get a sink hole, I leave it alone. People LOVE my candles and come back for more all the time.... it's what soy wax does, which all take over all the chemicals in parriffin any day. Relax, and let it be. Don't poke holes in anything, and you shouldn't have to re-pour. When I talk about a "sink hole" I mean a little tiny pea sized-dime size hole next to the wick. What kind of soy wax are you using??? ?
air ! again, it seems
Posted query about air under trouble shooting & got no reply-- maybe you /this 'site' will be better. I do NOT get sinkholes around the wick with soy wax as the directions say I might. ( told to poke holes around wick & repour) I get them all around the sides. I poke there, repour, etc. & they look AWFUL. I need to be able to sell them. Lost job. ( & insurance). Would a heat gun damage a vintage stem ? I know zero about heat guns. It would add to my costs and thus my selling price to buy one. What about a curling iron. Stop laughing ! I can come up with, some believe, sort of zany ideas, which frequently work out well.
I am a beginner - should I switch to gel or parafin. Want an ivory color (clear ok) and vanilla or 'linen' ' fresh air' scent. Thanks for all info you can send. Pardon typos, please. belle
Sinkholes
Thanks that is exactly what I do. I do not make any candles in advance they are all made to order and when I deliver the candles they are frost free. I have never had a candle that has had frost on it.
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:? Using heat gun to fix sinkhole is nice but what I noticed is if you are selling the candles and if it sit for sometime the top of jar, sometimes even all the sides get frost. (Those white spots that look like snow flakes). This is caused by the hygrogen introduced to soybean oil when they process the wax. :shock:
Soy candles are really need to be pampered all the times. My best recommendations are make your candles when you have orders. :D Show samples that is in very nice condition and appearance. :lol:
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What I do is take my heat gun and remelt the top layer of wax and it fills in the sink hole. When it cools and hardens usually the hole is gone, but sometimes I have to heat it a second or third time.
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brothers & sisters,
sinkholes/cracking around wicks are usually cause by the soy wax ingredients used by the manufacturers. the higher the meltpoint of soy wax the more it cause sinkholes. this is due to the amount of hydogen manufacturers introduced to soybean oil. i use the lowest melt point i can get which is 95ºF. this kind of wax is not easy to store if you are selling the candles. they need to be in temperature no more than 90ºF. the best solution is to add a little additive. i use small amount of beeswax to solve the storage problem. too much beeswax will never solve the problem since beeswax tend to shrink too.
hope this recommendation help you.
CandleMasters :roll:
Me too!
I'm having the same problem with my containers! I'm using EcoSoya Pure and I get huge "caverns" around my wicks. I've started to poke relief holes around the wick and do a second pour. I thought one of the advantages of soy was that you didn't need to do a second pour.
I've tried pouring temperatures of 95 - 125. (The sink holes are smaller at the lower temps, but still there.)
When replying to this post, please let me know if second pours are usually needed.
HELP US!
Carrie