I am hoping for some help with this wax. I am using Accu-Soy 10 for containers and am experiencing cracking in the wax. The cracks appear on the top on either side of the wick and/or on the bottom (near the wick tab extending out to the side of the container) and up the sides of the container. This does not happen on every container that I pour but for the life of me I can't get this figured out. This is what I am doing: heat to 185, color w/liquid dye @ 180, fo @ 165 and pour @ 150 into warm jars. All the temps above are ballpark plus or minus 5 degrees. I have to work pretty quickly when I pour due to the wax cooling pretty fast. I am currently wicking with htp 104. I have poured several colors and fo. I cool the containers in my oven but have let them sit on the counter with a box over them and it didn't seem to make a difference. Any clue as to what I might be doing wrong?
Accu-Blend recommened pouring at 170-180. I tried that this morning, and the candle looks fine, nice & smooth. When I pour at 150, I have noticed that with large containers,4" diam or more, i would get the cracking around the wick and on the top near the sides. But i haven't seen it in the smaller 3"diam candles i make. One thing I do know for sure is that if you move your candles around too much when they are cooling, you will get cracks. The top and the bottom of each candle is the part that cools the quickest, and every time you move your candle, even if it looks completely liquid, your messing with the cooling process. I can only imagine how much your shaking up your candles moving them from the oven to surface level. I would try to just leave them alone after you pour them. Even bumping the table you have them on can mess up the top as well.
What you are telling me about moving the candles from the counter to the oven makes sense. I had always done this with the CBA wax and never had this problem but I am happy to give up this step and not move them . Makes my life simpler. Pete emailed me about the hotter pouring temps which I am going to do with my next pour. I really like this wax. I can pour sooner than with the CBA and it looks just as nice and without the frosting (so far). Thanks for the help.
. Makes my life simpler. Pete emailed me about the hotter pouring temps which I am going to do with my next pour. I really like this wax. I can pour sooner than with the CBA and it looks just as nice and without the frosting (so far).
