- Here is the record of every candle pour in the Squirrel Candle production run. The record helps in ongoing quality control of the product 😀
Mold: Mark I
Pour: Apollo I (M1A1)
10 cups dry-measured shredded soy wax pillar blend
.5 oz carmal dye
.5 oz maple fragrance
Mixed @ 180 degrees
Pour @ 160 degrees
Cooled 6 hours:
Result: head came off when removed from mold, wax warm and not hardenned inside, bubbles, white layering on surface
Apollo II
Mold unstable, wax leak
Apollo III
Added 4 oz steric acid (dry measured) to recipe
Mix @ 175-180
Pour @ 160,
Heated mold with heat gun to the point of smoldering wick
Tapped sides no bubbles
Apollo IV
Same recipe
Remove from mold after 11.5 hours – still warm, wait longer to remove
Apollo V
Used mostly parafin wax in this pour, as a result candle is a brighter sheen and feels more rigid. Upon cooling, large sinkhole appeared at top of pour (expected). A second topping pour required to fill.
Apollo VI
Back to soy pillar blend wax
.5 oz red tint
.5 oz strawberry fragrance
parafin pillar wax
Result: extremely bright and extremely fragrant – remedies? This is parafin, it only requires 50% of dye that soy does. Still, I would use less than .25 oz dye on the soy candles
Apollo VII
.25 oz fuschia dye
.25 oz grapefruit fragrance
Soy pillar wax blend
Result: extremely bright, subtle fragrance
Apollo VIII
~.15 oz fuschia dye + leftover from Apollo VII
.25 oz grapefruit fragrance
Apollo IX
~.11 oz fuschia dye + leftover – lighter pink shade…. need to more accurately measure the amount that goes in
no additional fragrance added
Apollo X
1ml Coral Reef
1/4-1/3 oz Peach fragrance
Result: almost white color
Apollo XI-a:
Used remaining Coral Reef
Broken ear after pour
Apollo XI-b (repour):
Broken foot after pour, color is bolder than AX. Removing from mold too soon.
Moving forward, a topping pour has been required. This new blend from candlescience.com settles more that the ecosoya blend from amazon.
Apollo XII:
1/3 oz Black Sea fragrance
.25 oz Black dye
Apollo XIII:
1/3 oz Black Sea fragrance
1/8 oz Black dye
Apollo XIV:
1/3 oz Black Sea fragrance
1/8 oz Black dye
No Steric acid