I'd want it to burn all the way down to make sure that I'm not going to have the same problem with 80/20 that I had with 66/33, but for now, yes, that's a valid hypothesis, and a couple shades paler than all-bee.
Now that I've found a reasonable source for white beeswax, that does help the color issue. Still, because the chemical structure of beeswax is changes as it pales, if I buy that bag of white wax pellets, I should to run another set of burn-in tests to see if that affects the burn. The local candle shop was not precise on which soft soy they were selling as their container blend, but from the data I have, I believe it's EcoSoya CB 135 (itself not actually soy, but a blend of soy plus vegetable oil)--candlescience.com sells this as well, so I should employ it in the second round of testing.
As for dressing...I hadn't gotten that far. Right now, all I want is a reasonably white candle that doesn't put itself out and isn't made of dead dinosaurs. Typically, when I have a candle going, it's because some (number of) people want healing (etc), and every time I see the candle, I throw another small woo packet. I reckon white is best for this, with neutral colors not so bad after that.
At the very least, I can start thinking about dressing once I have a stable wax (or blend) together--color and scent are apparently easy, and we can always consider glass etching. 8-)
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Date: 2010-01-30 09:16 pm (UTC)Now that I've found a reasonable source for white beeswax, that does help the color issue. Still, because the chemical structure of beeswax is changes as it pales, if I buy that bag of white wax pellets, I should to run another set of burn-in tests to see if that affects the burn. The local candle shop was not precise on which soft soy they were selling as their container blend, but from the data I have, I believe it's EcoSoya CB 135 (itself not actually soy, but a blend of soy plus vegetable oil)--candlescience.com sells this as well, so I should employ it in the second round of testing.
As for dressing...I hadn't gotten that far. Right now, all I want is a reasonably white candle that doesn't put itself out and isn't made of dead dinosaurs. Typically, when I have a candle going, it's because some (number of) people want healing (etc), and every time I see the candle, I throw another small woo packet. I reckon white is best for this, with neutral colors not so bad after that.
At the very least, I can start thinking about dressing once I have a stable wax (or blend) together--color and scent are apparently easy, and we can always consider glass etching. 8-)
-- Lorrie