How to make your own one pour container wax blend

Making your own one pour container blend can be a little tricky
but if you're patient and willing to experiment you can achieve results.
For many candlemakers buying one pour candlewax is just not possible
as it is not available in their country and the cost of importing it is just not
financialy viable which simply leaves no other choice but to go the diy route.

If you have never worked with this kind of wax then you might wonder
what the fuss is about, well in short the benefit of one pour candle wax
is that it sticks to the sides of the container after it has cooled and gives
the candle an almost flat top with just one pour.

This simply speeds up the candlemaking process making things so much
easier for those that make money from candlemaking. Faster production
means more product to sell with less effort and reduces cost on electricity
or gas because you dont have to maintain or reheat wax to top the candles
up in order to achieve a relatively flat surface.

In order to make a one pour blend you will need a base wax and one or
more other waxes and additives. The base wax should be of such a nature
that it hardly shrinks when it has cooled down completely and it should stick
well to the side/s of the container.

There is one very well known wax that comforms to the above and that is
gel wax. If you blend gel wax and paraffin wax together in the right percentage
(I use 60%gel, 35%paraffin and 5%stearin) you get a simple and very easy to
make one pour container wax blend that takes both fragrance and dyes well,
however you will have to experiment as there are many different types of gel
and paraffin waxes available and not all will neccesarily conform to my own
personal formula. If you like you can also play around with some beeswax in
your formula. It is also very important to get the right candle wick for your
wax and container size but this might take some experimentation on your part.

There are other ways of making one pour container blends using natural
waxes but for some natural wax can be very difficult to come by not to
mention that they are pretty expensive as well. I am planning to do a post
on how to use natural wax to make a one pour blend and how you can find
or source natural wax easily in your own country in a future post so stay in touch.