Coconut soy blend or straight soy for 8oz jars at 8 percent fragrance

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About to buy a 25kg box and I would rather not buy the wrong one twice. I make 8oz jars for gifts and a small market stall, 8 percent fragrance load, and my…

cure_rack_cody · Accepted Answer

Blend, if strangers are paying money for them. Straight soy at 8 percent in a room that swings four degrees will give you frosting, wet spots and uneven tops, and you will spend more time fixing surfaces than making candles.

At gift scale for yourself, straight soy is fine and the price difference is real. The line for me is whether somebody is buying the look.

clickertrainbee · Answer

Buy 5kg of each first. A 25kg box of a wax that does not suit your fragrances is a very sad thing to own for a year.

probe_to_ground · Answer

Coconut soy takes fragrance better in my experience noticeably stronger cold throw at the same load, and cure time felt a day or two shorter.

weekend_margin · Answer

Whichever you choose, stick with it for six months. Changing wax means all your wick testing starts again from zero.

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