Hi Sonceria – I usually just take a thin skewer and run it around the wick a couple of times and that eliminates most of it. Not sure what causes it and it doesn’t happen all of the time, but this does handle it. If you get to the cooled candle and there are gaps still, you can always use a heat gun to lightly melt the top and fill in the gap. It looks fine when it is done.

I think it has been probably at around 150 – so wayyy to hot, huh?

What temp do you normally heat the wax to?

Hi Again – Wow – Sorry it took me so long – ha ha – You can tell I didn’t see the answer huh? I am still having the problem – They look wonderful when they cool and I get them labeled and then they start to frost – some of them almost immediately. Most end up looking like your picture. It’s a shame too since I have some wonderful combinations. I don’t know what happened because I have made soy wax candles for years, and never had this problem with the same fragrances, wax and dyes. I have tried the little dye buttons, the larger dye blocks but have not tried liquid or powder. I may be getting them too hot to melt. I have been using a roaster because I make so many at once, where I used to do these in just pour pots over double boilers. I will try another batch (small one) and reduce the heat on the wax. Thanks so much for your help – I laughed when I saw the pic at the top because it looks just like my candles.

Carol, I’m so sorry it took so long for me to reply. I thought that I had already replied to your comment here, but I guess I didn’t!

I would say it probably isn’t the fragrances, but more likely the colors. What brand of dye are they and are they liquid or some other form? Also, when do they change colors? after sitting for awhile or while burning? is it more of a fading of the color?