Thank you so much for this! I watched so many videos on this from so many different people and I always just felt more and more confused and unconfident in my knowledge. It's great to finally find a good source of info and someone so educated with an in depth knowledge on the whole thing of candle making!
whenever I do not understand something or get confused,..( which happens a lot lol) .I always end up digging into your videos. Thanks for posting. Always worth watching .
Do you know how much time you saved me?? I thought I had to watch the temp for each fragrance I add. Amazing!! Thank you so much. Magic number 185-200 depending on wax... simple! 👍🏾 Great video!
There are so many blogs & articles, particularly from Europe, that claim you must add FO to wax below the FO flashpoint. Glad you made this video explaining the science behind this.
Well flash point does matter...not in terms of fragrance mixing temperature but in term of safety. I have personally observed my candle melt pool catching fire with low flash point oil. I faced the above issue while testing the hot throw of my beeswax candle in my usual 100 ml jar with lemon Essential oil but after 1 hour or so the melted wax pool ended up catching fire and it happened in all the candles I made with that oil. Same was observed with Grapefruit EO which had similar flash point I.e. 40° C. I did some further analysis and found that the average temperature of the candle melt pool was 180F - 200F and due to the pool ended up catching fire so I will say even though the flash point does not impact your fragrance mixing temperature but it still could be a fire hazard if it is ignored.
Absolutely! It's really important to keep temperatures under control and stir that FO in with passion to ensure the final product has no pockets of oil that could catch fire.
I love your videos!!! I can't thank you enough for all the content you have shared with the community! One little comment for your next videos: could you low down the volume of the background music? Sometimes it's just too hard to stay focus and not get distracted by the music, specially when you are explaining concepts. Music is the key to making a successful video and you are doing a great job! Keep it up!
Love your videos, thanks soooo much. I am learning soooo much from you. My son and I are planning on doing a candle company. We are watching a lot of videos and buying the kits, well we have bought two. This last time we bought vessels, wax, and wicks on our own. This weekend we will make the candles.
Hi thanks for your videos I find them well done and helpful. Just a comment regarding evaporation of anything in a liquid state - evaporation doesn't just occur when all of the molecules in the liquid is at its boiling point. For example if you leave a glass of water out it will eventually evaporate over time at room temperature. This occus when some molecules in the water have enough energy to evaporate. Checkout the concept of latent heat of vapourization and enthalpy. I suspect when working with higher temperature waxes like SOY GW464 there will some evaporation of the fragrance when mixed with the high temperature melted wax (around 85 C and upwards). You will smell the FO a bit stronger when pouring and stirring which could be due to this evaporation. I haven't experimented on the extent of the evaporatation and if this is significant enough to affect the quality of FO HT and CT. But a simple experiment of very accurate weight measurements before and after pouring might confirm this (will give you how much FO has evaporated). Just my point of view as a chemist turned chandelier. Keep up the good work man, find your videos helpful. Cheers
I agree. Please bring up in video for people to monitor their containers temp as most don't and I believe could be a reason or one of the reason containers crack. I also believe on flashpoint if the heat of the product goes beyond that fo flashpoint may cause the top to blaze. Again, I could be wrong but I always try to make sure my candles don't heat up past that flashpoint of fo I use.
this makes so much sense now, i used the flashpoint as a guide to add fragrance, and my melts hot and cold throw reduced a lot. can you tell me if its a good idea to use a lower melting point wax for melts. i was using 100% soy wax and im thinking using 75% paraffin and 25% soy mix,thank you
I just got into candle making. I've been so stressed about the flash points! Some are as low as 35C°. I just bought some Fragrance Oils that have NO Flash Point on the Lables or on the website. So I am trying to figure out when to add them to my Candles.... Please help. Is 185F° a good Point to add?
185 is usually the best temperature to add for vegetable waxes and most paraffins. Check out this article which lays out a suggested temperature for most of the major waxes: armatagecandlecompany.com/blog/the-alex-method/
Hello, thank you for sharing such important knowledge, i live in a chill area, that makes me get poor glass adhession if i don't heat my glass before pouring, i heat my glass by put hot water under my container, and one of my customer said that my candle don't smell that strong, i read some articles and said to low my fragrance mixing temperature (before that i go with 185°F) to prevent the fragrance to dissapearing. I wonder what is your opinion about this, because since i lower my temperature, some fragrances are just hard to mix with the wax ㅠㅠ
I'm devoted to adding fragrance at or above 185°F for everything - but it's important to also consider that wicking, containers, FO choice, room currents, and many other factors also impact hot throw. I have another video about that subject you might find helpful! th-cam.com/video/2L3sc6gfwAQ/w-d-xo.html
Love watching your videos but this video is spoilt with the music in the background that's too loud and a distraction from hearing you talk. Thumbs up on the video but less music in the background
I’ve literally been sleeping on your videos LOL! You have the best way of explaining everything and you have helped me so much just watching a couple of your videos. (Ive been testing and stuck on melt pool issues and your other video helped) I’ve watched soo many videos on candle making and you have made it so easy to understand on a deeper level of thinking. Thanks so much! I definitely need to support your business. New subscriber 😊
Hello! What about essential oils together with soy wax? For example, the wax I use melts at 48ºC and pine e.o. has a flashpoint of 40º So, I'm not sure to use it... Is it going to volatilize? Or I'm worry about getting fire on the melt pool. I have use essential oils before. I made a candle with lavander and other with orange and both went well, but maybe not all the essential oil are good (or healthy) to burn. I know it's safer using fragrance oils for candles but they are not 100% natural
Every essential oil is going to be different - experiment to see how well they perform. Typically they're much harder and more expensive to build well performing candles from compared to their synthetic counterparts.
I've been using essential oils for a bit more than a year now, in the beginning I used to pour my e.o at 185 degrees but I did find with some e.o as citrus ones the hot thow was weaker as if I poured my e.o at a lower temperature. So I would say it makes a difference. Another thing is as soon as pour my e.o i would stir for a longer time 45 to 60 secs, so I blend the wax and e.o.as much as I can. it Really is try and error.
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Thank you so much for this! I watched so many videos on this from so many different people and I always just felt more and more confused and unconfident in my knowledge. It's great to finally find a good source of info and someone so educated with an in depth knowledge on the whole thing of candle making!
There's a lot of "stuff" out there.... glad you liked mine!
Great info, very well explained!! Saw the link in the group. :)
Thanks so much! Definitely old news to a pro like yourself though haha
whenever I do not understand something or get confused,..( which happens a lot lol) .I always end up digging into your videos. Thanks for posting. Always worth watching .
You're the best!
Do you know how much time you saved me?? I thought I had to watch the temp for each fragrance I add. Amazing!! Thank you so much. Magic number 185-200 depending on wax... simple! 👍🏾 Great video!
You got it!
There are so many blogs & articles, particularly from Europe, that claim you must add FO to wax below the FO flashpoint. Glad you made this video explaining the science behind this.
That’s what I’m here for.
Great explanation on Flashpoints thanks!
Well flash point does matter...not in terms of fragrance mixing temperature but in term of safety.
I have personally observed my candle melt pool catching fire with low flash point oil.
I faced the above issue while testing the hot throw of my beeswax candle in my usual 100 ml jar with lemon Essential oil but after 1 hour or so the melted wax pool ended up catching fire and it happened in all the candles I made with that oil. Same was observed with Grapefruit EO which had similar flash point I.e. 40° C.
I did some further analysis and found that the average temperature of the candle melt pool was 180F - 200F and due to the pool ended up catching fire so I will say even though the flash point does not impact your fragrance mixing temperature but it still could be a fire hazard if it is ignored.
Absolutely! It's really important to keep temperatures under control and stir that FO in with passion to ensure the final product has no pockets of oil that could catch fire.
I love your videos!!! I can't thank you enough for all the content you have shared with the community! One little comment for your next videos: could you low down the volume of the background music? Sometimes it's just too hard to stay focus and not get distracted by the music, specially when you are explaining concepts. Music is the key to making a successful video and you are doing a great job! Keep it up!
Love your videos, thanks soooo much. I am learning soooo much from you. My son and I are planning on doing a candle company. We are watching a lot of videos and buying the kits, well we have bought two. This last time we bought vessels, wax, and wicks on our own. This weekend we will make the candles.
I'm stoked to see how they turn out.
My candle making guru, thank you so much 🕯
Hi thanks for your videos I find them well done and helpful. Just a comment regarding evaporation of anything in a liquid state - evaporation doesn't just occur when all of the molecules in the liquid is at its boiling point. For example if you leave a glass of water out it will eventually evaporate over time at room temperature. This occus when some molecules in the water have enough energy to evaporate. Checkout the concept of latent heat of vapourization and enthalpy. I suspect when working with higher temperature waxes like SOY GW464 there will some evaporation of the fragrance when mixed with the high temperature melted wax (around 85 C and upwards). You will smell the FO a bit stronger when pouring and stirring which could be due to this evaporation. I haven't experimented on the extent of the evaporatation and if this is significant enough to affect the quality of FO HT and CT. But a simple experiment of very accurate weight measurements before and after pouring might confirm this (will give you how much FO has evaporated). Just my point of view as a chemist turned chandelier. Keep up the good work man, find your videos helpful. Cheers
Can you do a video that focuses more on candle fires? There’s been a lot of those recently.
Great idea. Safety is so important!
I agree. Please bring up in video for people to monitor their containers temp as most don't and I believe could be a reason or one of the reason containers crack. I also believe on flashpoint if the heat of the product goes beyond that fo flashpoint may cause the top to blaze. Again, I could be wrong but I always try to make sure my candles don't heat up past that flashpoint of fo I use.
this makes so much sense now, i used the flashpoint as a guide to add fragrance, and my melts hot and cold throw reduced a lot. can you tell me if its a good idea to use a lower melting point wax for melts. i was using 100% soy wax and im thinking using 75% paraffin and 25% soy mix,thank you
Does all this apply to essential oils as well? I want to make more candles with essential oils.
Thank you for this video! I learned a lot watching your vids. Kudos!
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I just got into candle making. I've been so stressed about the flash points! Some are as low as 35C°.
I just bought some Fragrance Oils that have NO Flash Point on the Lables or on the website. So I am trying to figure out when to add them to my Candles.... Please help. Is 185F° a good Point to add?
185 is usually the best temperature to add for vegetable waxes and most paraffins. Check out this article which lays out a suggested temperature for most of the major waxes: armatagecandlecompany.com/blog/the-alex-method/
Hello, thank you for sharing such important knowledge, i live in a chill area, that makes me get poor glass adhession if i don't heat my glass before pouring, i heat my glass by put hot water under my container, and one of my customer said that my candle don't smell that strong, i read some articles and said to low my fragrance mixing temperature (before that i go with 185°F) to prevent the fragrance to dissapearing. I wonder what is your opinion about this, because since i lower my temperature, some fragrances are just hard to mix with the wax ㅠㅠ
I'm devoted to adding fragrance at or above 185°F for everything - but it's important to also consider that wicking, containers, FO choice, room currents, and many other factors also impact hot throw. I have another video about that subject you might find helpful!
th-cam.com/video/2L3sc6gfwAQ/w-d-xo.html
Love your videos, thank you for your help 👍
You're super welcome!
Love watching your videos but this video is spoilt with the music in the background that's too loud and a distraction from hearing you talk. Thumbs up on the video but less music in the background
You're not wrong. It's actually super annoying lol
I’ve literally been sleeping on your videos LOL! You have the best way of explaining everything and you have helped me so much just watching a couple of your videos. (Ive been testing and stuck on melt pool issues and your other video helped) I’ve watched soo many videos on candle making and you have made it so easy to understand on a deeper level of thinking. Thanks so much! I definitely need to support your business. New subscriber 😊
AWESOME! Welcome! Feel free to point others to the material if you think it would help them.
@@ArmatageCandleCompany Already did 😊
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Hello! What about essential oils together with soy wax? For example, the wax I use melts at 48ºC and pine e.o. has a flashpoint of 40º So, I'm not sure to use it... Is it going to volatilize? Or I'm worry about getting fire on the melt pool. I have use essential oils before. I made a candle with lavander and other with orange and both went well, but maybe not all the essential oil are good (or healthy) to burn. I know it's safer using fragrance oils for candles but they are not 100% natural
Every essential oil is going to be different - experiment to see how well they perform. Typically they're much harder and more expensive to build well performing candles from compared to their synthetic counterparts.
I've been using essential oils for a bit more than a year now, in the beginning I used to pour my e.o at 185 degrees but I did find with some e.o as citrus ones the hot thow was weaker as if I poured my e.o at a lower temperature. So I would say it makes a difference. Another thing is as soon as pour my e.o i would stir for a longer time 45 to 60 secs, so I blend the wax and e.o.as much as I can. it Really is try and error.
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Can somebody make a resume of this video to read?? My English is not perfect :( and there is not enougth information about this in spanish. Thanks
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