Comments on: The Fall Soy Pillar Candle Experiment

By: Hannah g

Hannah g — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 01:39:49 +0000

In reply to Lyschel. I should add that as I was heating the wax it was bubbling the whole time and once it reached 180 degrees I took it off the heat, so perhaps it was a problem with the air bubbles. Also the mold was ceramic and cool, I didn’t heat it up any before pouring the wax in.

By: Hannah g

Hannah g — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 01:22:57 +0000

In reply to Lyschel. Curious how you made your pillars with your soy blend wax.. I tried it with that ratio and the candle cracked in half and I don’t understand why?

By: SoyCandleMakingTime

SoyCandleMakingTime — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 20:42:47 +0000

In reply to Amber B.. Thanks!

By: SoyCandleMakingTime

SoyCandleMakingTime — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 20:42:23 +0000

In reply to Pam. Yes, that would work fine, and I wish I had thought of that when I made these! lol I did a Christmas candle and poured less wax in some snowflake molds and they turned out perfect. :)

By: Pam

Pam — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 16:09:59 +0000

What if you poured the leaf only half way in the mold so it wasn’t so bulky? I like how this came out. Thanks for sharing!

By: Amber B.

Amber B. — Sat, 09 Sep 2017 06:04:27 +0000

Beautiful fall candle! I really love the idea of painting the dye in the sides of the mold with a q-tip. That created a really unique look. Great job! Looking forward to more candle experiments.

By: gilda

gilda — Sat, 09 Sep 2017 00:24:02 +0000

Thank you so much for your tutorial!

By: Lynn Burish

Lynn Burish — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 04:35:38 +0000

Very nice Fall Candle ! I was also thinking of attaching an embed on a pillar! So I am glad you shared your project idea with us! I would like to see how you do with a white pillar with blue dye and snowflake embed! I bought a tiny Cherub Angel silicone mold to do a wax embed for a Christmas Candle. Should be a FUN Project. I will be using Paraffin though….the Ecosoya Pillar Wax is great EXCEPT when I burned 2 pillars…each time they got a crack along the sides about halfway down. Don’t know why…

By: Lyschel

Lyschel — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 18:18:32 +0000

I love how they turned out! Yes, it would have been super cool if the leaf pattern had stayed but what you got was fab! I wonder if you poured cooler if the leaf pattern would stay?

I have only been making pillars with paraffin because the soy is so tiresome. I created a soy/beeswax blend that worked really well. It is 1lb CC Votive soy/4oz Beeswax/1oz Palm stearic acid. It creates a beautiful candle that you molds in as it burns. Unlike so much of the soy pillar stuff that “blooms” out. Although I do see that the one you used seems to be behaving ok. Until the end with the blow out. But honestly, that was the very end. Maybe I will have to give it another go.

Thanks for posting 🙂

By: Coco Adams

Coco Adams — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 14:26:11 +0000

Thank you for this tutorial. I’m going to try this. I think your experiment produced a beautiful and unique gem. Love it!