Gemma3758 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Hi everyone, has anyone got any suggestions as to why my blue wax melts gradually go this horrible murky colour once lit? The throw is fine but it doesn’t look very appealing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandlekrazy Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Guessing it's a combo of the colorant and heat + fo. Certain colorants I bought did the same thing. I now use only a couple companies liquid dye and have way less problems. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura C Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 33 minutes ago, kandlekrazy said: Guessing it's a combo of the colorant and heat + fo. Certain colorants I bought did the same thing. I now use only a couple companies liquid dye and have way less problems. Hi @kandlekrazy, do you mind telling us which companies you buy your liquid dye from? If not, I understand. I haven't tried liquid dye yet but I think I will because it seems like it would be more accurate when weighing. I generally make small batches of candles or wax melts and with my dye blocks I just shave off some wax and sometimes it's not heavy enough to register on my scale so I can't easily duplicate colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonstar Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 2 hours ago, Laura C said: Hi @kandlekrazy, do you mind telling us which companies you buy your liquid dye from? If not, I understand. I haven't tried liquid dye yet but I think I will because it seems like it would be more accurate when weighing. I generally make small batches of candles or wax melts and with my dye blocks I just shave off some wax and sometimes it's not heavy enough to register on my scale so I can't easily duplicate colors. I've used a few liquid dyes from Lonestar ( hot pink & aqua ) and I've had no issues 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandlekrazy Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 (edited) @Laura CCandle Science is one, I have to find my bottles on the other one but off hand I want to say Aztec or Flaming was the other. Since moving I'm missing tons of supplies which I'm sure are in a box somewhere. There is a post somewhere about which liquid dyes work best in soy wax. Found it in my notes, they are from Candlewic and those are the dyes I was able to get deeper colors and they seem to keep the color best with less frosting. I don't dye very often only for special orders like weddings. Edited January 11, 2019 by kandlekrazy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura C Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 22 hours ago, Moonstar said: I've used a few liquid dyes from Lonestar ( hot pink & aqua ) and I've had no issues Thanks for the info @Moonstar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura C Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 10 hours ago, kandlekrazy said: @Laura CCandle Science is one, I have to find my bottles on the other one but off hand I want to say Aztec or Flaming was the other. Since moving I'm missing tons of supplies which I'm sure are in a box somewhere. There is a post somewhere about which liquid dyes work best in soy wax. Found it in my notes, they are from Candlewic and those are the dyes I was able to get deeper colors and they seem to keep the color best with less frosting. I don't dye very often only for special orders like weddings. Oh good, thanks for the info. I order stuff from all the suppliers you mention so I'll have to try their liquid dye next time I place an order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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