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  Mixing waxes & oils for pouring

  Posted by PaulC on April 5, 2021 at 7:42 pm

  Hello guys! I am mixing 50-50 beeswax and oil based products into paper deadorant applicators. Having issues with tunneling and cracking even with different pour temps. anyone have any advice on this? thanks in advance for your help! 

  SlingerD replied 3 years, 8 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies

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  Abdullah

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  April 6, 2021 at 1:01 am

  Reduce the amount of beeswax

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  SlingerD

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  April 6, 2021 at 2:40 am

  I like to believe room environment plays a part as well. When I can keep my space at 70 degrees F with minimal variance throughout the pouring and cooling process, it helped a lot with temperamental soy waxes. When pouring beeswax products, I always pour below 160F, but my beeswax products are only 20-30% wax. Might also help to immediately place poured containers into a freezer. Part of the issue is uneven cooling since the waxes in contact with the cooler container walls will change state before the inner area. 

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