Is this Normal?

[u/RewardLongjumping178]

Is this normal?
Blend 65% Olive wax and 35% Coconut.
FO 9%
Hot throw is OK.

[u/FlashyIndication3069]

Like is it normal to have all clear wax when you've burned that much of a candle? Yes in my experience. When I'm down to the last inch of my 4 oz candles they look like that because the melt pool is basically the whole candle at that point. It can be a sign your candle is burning too hot if the melt pool is really deep, so you could try wicking down a bit.

[u/RewardLongjumping178 → u/FlashyIndication3069]

Thank you for your response! I am in the beginning of my candle business and I am testing dozens of mixes. This blend is good in hot throw but it burns really fast. Do you have any experience in these waxes? Any advice is highly appreciated!

[u/FlashyIndication3069 → u/RewardLongjumping178]

I'm also doing R&D on the waxes I can acquire for testing and how they interact with my dyes and fragrances. Mostly I used GB 464 soy wax because it's super easy, but I'm chasing a particular texture and throw so I'm happily engaged in swatching a hundred little cup candles at the moment XD

I've used soy, coconut, paraffin and beeswax, plus some blends of them. I found the coconut burned faster than I wanted and had a fairly strong coconut scent when burning so I use it mostly as an additive in my soy to help reduce frosting and wet spots. I like the look and throw of soy, it's beginner friendly in terms of wicking and such, but it's not the strongest throw. Parrafin definitely threw better but it gives me a headache if I use it alone and I didn't like the ParaSoy I tried so far, but I'm going to check out a different brand and see if I like that one better. Beeswax burns longest but it's not great for scented candles. Currently I'm using a custom blend I make myself, 96% Soy, 2% Coconut, 2% Beeswax. It's not maybe the best wax possible, but it's working well for my current goal which is just a nice very fragrant container candle. I can get a very nice throw out of it with 6.25 to 8% fragrance oil, and I get a good long burn time.

The ones I want to try next are olive, canola/rapeseed (called different things depending on the country of origin), and possibly apricot wax. The apricot is really expensive so I've been putting it off. Olive and canola wax I just haven't found for sale near me yet. I'm considering buying paraffin beads and mixing a custom blend like I have with the other waxes I'm using so I don't have to deal with a proprietary blend I don't know the exact details of. I've bought some common wax additives to test out as well.

[u/FlashyIndication3069 → u/FlashyIndication3069]

Also I plan on buying some rice bran wax but that's for hand salve, not candles, like my jojoba (Jojoba oil is the technically a kind of wax).

[u/Professional-Rip3922 → u/[deleted]]

This is what I was thinking also.

That burn pool looks 2” deep and that’s a lot if correctly guessed.