becky0404 Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 I ordered a bag of Glass glow from CS a little while ago to try. I have also tried the frost palm. When I made my frost palm containers, I added 10% soy to soften it up a bit because it was slipping right out of my container. I have a straight sided container. Adding the soy worked. Now, I just made a candle using the glass glow and also added the 10% soy but it is so hard and would slip right out of the container if it wasn't for my wick stikum holding it down!Is there a way to get this wax to adhere better to the container? Would heating the jar up before I pour the wax in work?(I did not do that). TIA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella1952 Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 Be sure to prewash the container in HOT water with a grease-cutting agent (like Parson's Sudsy Ammonia or a few drops of Dawn) to cut the residue from the glass manufacturing. Allow to air dry upside down.You could try heating your container also. Some folks have problems with this and some don't. Palm wax is by nature not very sticky... one reason people who pour into molds love da stuff! Beware, though: the more soy you add, the more problems you may incur with the crystallization... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becky0404 Posted September 19, 2007 Author Share Posted September 19, 2007 Thank you stella. I will try those tips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.S. Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 Thank you stella. I will try those tips.I washed the containers and it didn't help, I had the same problem. I asked CS about it and they said they hadn't heard of the problem before, but really didn't have any solutions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella1952 Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 R.S., it's only a suggestion! I didn't have much faith that it would help much because palm wax is just "that way." Try heating the containers... but I think as the temps cool off, folks are gonna hear their palm wax jar candles rattling more and more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lsbennis Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 I was having that problem alot...I mixed it with 10% 4627 due to its very "sticky" nature just to see what would happen...stopped the problem but changed the wax enough to take away from its beauty...oh well...just another day in the lab!!! :tiptoe: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violetsexoticcandles Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 I've noticed that, when poured into a small container, my glass glow did the same thing (fell right out when I tried to dump trimmed wick pieces into the trash). That being said, why can't Glass Glow be used for pillars? Sorry, I'm a newbie at palm wax so maybe that's a silly question. Probably burns different than the pillar wax or something, right?Violet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becky0404 Posted September 19, 2007 Author Share Posted September 19, 2007 Hhmm, so this does seem to be a common problem with the glass glow then. I got it fixed with the frost palm, maybe I'll just have to go back to that then. Thanks for all the input on this everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grama Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 I would say the best solution for that is to hot glue your wicks with high temp glue. That is what I do and I don't have any rattling or candles popping out of containers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella1952 Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 That being said, why can't Glass Glow be used for pillars?Sounds like trouble to me... just ask Lorrie...http://www.candletech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=58642 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carriegsxr6 Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 you may be pouring too hot and its causing too much shrinkage. try pouring 10 degrees cooler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becky0404 Posted September 19, 2007 Author Share Posted September 19, 2007 ok, I'll try that. thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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