leenabug Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 I use 435 wax which definately has to cure longer than other waxes. With several scents, not just vanilla. Anyway, i don't like to sell a candle that has not cured for atleast 2 weeks with this wax. For maximum strength, cure for 4 weeks! Anyway, i have some candles that need to be ready in 10 days. Yes I can get by, but I hate that "not just right " feeling! I once read about someone that put their candles in the fridge to speed the curing. How does this help? Any other things that help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicky_CO Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Fridge is not going to speed up cure if anything it will slow it down. I can not help you with curing faster I am a believer if I can not get a good throw in 3 days that FO is history no matter how good it smells out of the bottle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollyberry Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 wouldn't the fridge give problems with getting too cool and cracking etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leenabug Posted October 23, 2008 Author Share Posted October 23, 2008 Hmm, well I think I don't want to try that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 I can not help you with curing faster I am a believer if I can not get a good throw in 3 days that FO is history no matter how good it smells out of the bottle.I totally agree with Vicky on this. I don't have time to wait more than a couple days to sell my candles and I sure wouldn't expect to have any customers left if they had to wait 2 to 4 weeks to get and burn what they ordered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leenabug Posted October 23, 2008 Author Share Posted October 23, 2008 What I have done so far is keep a supply on hand of premade candles that friends and family choose from. Very rarely do I make a scent from an order. Some scents are good in 2 to 5 days, but even in those the scent is greater after a couple of weeks of cure. Since most of my customers are always getting a candle that has cured a couple of weeks, I am afraid they will notice the difference between a freshly made and a month old. For example, the blueberry cobbler is plenty strong immediately after being made, but a month later it will nearly gag you in close quarters. This thrills some people, some not. I just want to have a consistant product and the cure time in this wax(435) does affect the strength of the scent . I can use the exact same scent in a different wax and it doesn't act the same. Its what I don't like about this wax. Frosts and pits worse as well, but people have been happier with the scent strength in this wax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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