Georgia Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 Taking inventory after the heat fest yesterday I find that almost all of my pillars have some funkiness. They are shrink wrapped so some of the colors just bled inside the wrap. Most of the frosting is gone from the rustics. I was thinking of setting them on a separate table at my next show as a 'heat sale'. They look a little funny, but still smell good. Is it a good idea or bad idea?Personally, I make pillars for the looks, but most everyone seems to smell them first, then look at the colors, textures, etc so maybe they wouldn't care that they look funky? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southern.scents Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 You could do that or just melt them down and pour again. I personally don't like displaying damaged products. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgia Posted September 14, 2008 Author Share Posted September 14, 2008 Yeah, I was afraid of that answer. The problem is none of them are ONE color and I'm afraid if I remelted, they would be gray. I would have to rebatch them all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sockmonkey Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 Can't you cut them up and make some sort of wax "crumbles" out of them that could be sold as melts or vacuum fresheners?I think it's a bad idea to sell products in a less than desirable state as you have described. If it was only a little nick or something, then maybe a scratch and dent sale would be ok, but I can't imagine anyone wanting to buy a real messed up candle, unless you're selling them for a quarter or something, and if that's the case, what's the point--you'd still be losing money on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debscent Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 Can you cut them up to make chunk pillars or votives? I think with the rustics, chunk pillars would look really cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southern.scents Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 Ooooh. Really good ideas there. Crumble or cut them up for melts or make chunky pillars and votives out of them. They both sound like the best answer for your situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovy Chic Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 I think I'd unwrap them, smooth and blend with my fingers (wipe the fingers with a paper towel each time I wipe the pillar) and let them air dry. If all is well, I'd shrink wrap them again. You can come up with some beautiful, unique pillars this way and maybe save remelting and starting over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicky_CO Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 You can also take a wire brush to them and get some really neat looks. There are a lot of thing you can do beside remelting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jooniper Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 I have remelted multi colored pillars....initially the wax was kinda gray....green...whatever and made some really pretty ones ofter just adding a couple more drops of some color to the wax. The last one I did like this...turned out so cool!! I had comments on how cool it looked and of course I could not duplicate it to save my life! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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