7 Candle Making LIES That Somehow Keep Spreading

Candle making is both fun and challenging... let's try and keep it from being confusing by debunking some common misconceptions. Thanks for watching. Let me know in the comments some other misconceptions you are familiar with!
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[@diegooland1261]

What's bugging us are people who go into a thrift shop, buy random jars or cups not built to be candles, then make a video about how they use the jars and cups for candles.

[@BlackTieBarn]

100%

[@jenniferciaccio2940]

I know a candle maker who does this. Not only do they use solely thrifted vessels, they use dried flowers in them too

[@FC-ds9ve]

A local maker in the city I’m from makes candles in tea cups. Like the kind that go on saucers. They were selling for a while in a local shop and it freaks me out, not just thinking of how fragile those kind of tea cups are but how unbalanced they are. 🫣

[@diegooland1261]

@@FC-ds9ve sounds like an unnecessary exposure to legal risk. I'm not a lawyer but as someone who sells candles, I try to be aware of my legal responsibilities. And slapping a label on the bottom isn't going to cut it.

[@FC-ds9ve]

@@diegooland1261 I agree. It makes me really nervous that they sell candles to the public that way.

[@IsSalty]

One of the big ones that annoy me is when the Soy fanatics proudly tell everyone they avoid paraffin because it's a petroleum product, completely blind to the fact that their own soy wax goes through a massively extensive production process using... YOU GUESSED IT FOLKS, petroleum products. For example, in order to get the soy bean oil out of the bean/husk, they are soaked in petrochemicals (typically hexane). They are then hydrogenated (using hydrogen, most of the hydrogen used today comes from hydrocarbon conversion, which starts with fossil feedstocks) From my experience, 99% of the people who are anti paraffin, know sweet fa about how their own wax is made, or even where the wax resources were farmed. Greenwashing in the candle industry is rife.

[@rajivdesilva6687]

Great comment It will be great an energy audit of converting crude oil from the ground to fully refined paraffin wax vs the same for soya wax from processing from planting, oil extraction, decolorizing and purifying and finally hudrogenating. If you consider a candle as an apparatus to release and dose a fragrance or volatile to your living space. Soy wax ups the ante with an immediate + 1% or greater demand and cost side increase on fragrances and essential oils. The presence of C-H-O in hydrogen and oxygen does contribute to improving the combustion reactions and for a more efficient burn. Analogous to a higher octane gas. You add an aromatic fragrance with benzene or phenolic chemistry and that will make your blend more difficult to burn and possibly to form soot and mushroom due to graphitizing. The candle industry benefits from the once fill capability of soy waxes compared to a crystalline paraffin wax. Yes, the candle industry is green washing and creates a more false narrative.

[@astraea926]

Big time. Wasted months of testing because I was following eveyone saying to avoid Parrafin due to it being so harmful etc. Wasn't until I opened up and actually educating myself on the reality!

[@IsSalty]

@@astraea926 The only gripe about paraffin that I have is that it's not a renewable resource, but with that said, the way that we harvest soy globally (admittedly mainly for animal agriculture) is also really damaging. Ultimately Paraffin is by far the highest quality wax in terms of Price/Scent Throw/Stability and overall performance in all temperatures, nothing is in the same league as a high quality paraffin. Personally I'm using a custom blend of Rapeseed/Coconut/Paraffin. Ultimately I do want to drop paraffin because of it not being renewable, but that will likely be a while in the future, at present there are no "sustainable" waxes that come close to the performance of Paraffin. When it comes to sustainability, I'm instead focusing on packaging and the vessels to try to be better. So many soy wax users talk about how it's eco friendly then ram their packaging full of plastics.

[@Jane-West]

Great timing! I was just rewatching the 2024 business guide! Thanks for all you do Wade!

[@BlackTieBarn]

Glad to help!

[@abscentaroma]

thank you for #5. all the emphasis and misleading information about melt pool can create an awful lot of frustration for people trying to learn the craft.

[@BlackTieBarn]

💯

[@erz00na]

I started watching your videos about a year ago+ when I first started my business. Spent all year testing trying many waxes and wicks and ensuring my candle is not only safe but theoretically correct in terms of wax/wick FO balance and not being pigeon holed into the terrible pretenses like “soy wax is safe” and “Paraffin blends are evil!” Almost ready to finally start selling product now that I am confident in a sound candle to sell. Thanks for all you do!

[@kevinalanfischer]

Wade, you got real mad about the melt pool rate haha - SAME

[@BlackTieBarn]

🤣🤣 i did. Lol

[@chastaparker]

Great Information...as usual! Always appreciate your videos and it's great to see your business grow!

[@anabs_wrenandrita]

Fantastic video! You could easily do hours on the science of candles. I’m here for that! 😂 when I initially started the melt pool had me baffled. I didn’t understand how it could be a one rule fits all type of thing.

[@BlackTieBarn]

🤗 absolutely

[@MoniqueGonzales-vr9mi]

Thank you for the information! I paid for a boot camp but I am still having issues with my burn tests 😢 I kept looking for a full melt pool within the first hour and wasn’t getting it so I wicked up and by time that candle burned down my vessel was SO hot!!! I feel like I am back at square one. But again thank you for the information!!!!

[@jillgross6232]

Great information, Wade. All of what you said is true! 😂 Have a great week! ❤

[@BlackTieBarn]

Thanks! You too!

[@oboealto]

Excellent tips, thanks for sharing!

[@andreaturner4504]

Well said, thanks so much for your insights- especially the melt pool info!

[@BlackTieBarn]

😀 glad you enjoyed!

[@JuracyJohnson]

Thank you!! great info

[@williamdecker3989]

Always great content, Wade🕯! Wax suggestion for Tucson, AZ! I may wanna try molded paraffin candles since everyone seems on container kick right now.

[@ethelsmith-ames6089]

Thanks for the information.❤😂

[@BlackTieBarn]

No problem!!

[@speakonitwithannie670]

Great video. I order my wicks from BTB and I have ordered a few of the oils. Three words, quality, quality, quality!!!

[@BlackTieBarn]

Thanks so much!

[@sharon09turner]

Will you consider teaching us how to make our own fragrance oils? I can’t buy huckleberry fragrance oils in Canada. All the places that has it, don’t ship internationally 😢 I’m native and we go berry picking for huckleberries and I would love to learn how to make it.

[@dl6490]

Thank you from the UK 👍😎

[@MisterWhatWhat]

Long-time fan here. Thank you for this video! If y'all haven't tried the FOs he sells y'all should, great quality FOs and the 2oz sample sizes is perfect.

[@BlackTieBarn]

Thanks!

[@user-mo5sf1dw3m]

I’m thinking about purchasing a jar that needs to be double wicked. I have the premiere sample pack for testing. Do I use smaller wick sizes or do I stay at a higher wick x 2?

[@kayavost4867]

Wow dude you know your stuff. Sick mate😌

[@BlackTieBarn]

Thank you 🙌

[@PhoenixNoir46]

Adding too much fragrance made my soy wax too strong when burning and the wood wick soot a lot. I had to learn that the scents were strong and didn’t need that much.

[@philipbaker5334]

Thank you! I am wanting to start a candle business but I was very tempted to fall down the path of using as much fragrance as the wax could handle.

[@BlackTieBarn]

Completely understand

[@Maira-bb8qn]

Hello, I really enjoy your videos. I was wondering if you could advise me on a decent essential oil and fragrance.

[@muckhappy9760]

Great video. Would really like to see a video on vessel temperature throughout the life of the candle. There is a a lot of varying guidance out there but knowing best practices would be great. Example if a ceramic candle has a life of approx 30 hrs on a 3 wick candle and burns at a high of 130 during the mid cycle but then 150 degrees during the last burn is this ok?

[@samavery7969]

Apologies if this is a stupid question, when testing FO load, do people just test in % increments or might there be a need for half % testing to find optimum load?

[@denysehuezo4364]

Im glad I jumped off the apricot coco wax - way too expensive.

[@toyamichelle]

We approve all of these messages!!!💯💯💯

[@BlackTieBarn]

🤣😀

[@mariaromatica]

Love it ❤

[@BlackTieBarn]

Thank you! ;)

[@mohamedaflal]

Thank u

[@BlackTieBarn]

Welcome!

[@cheryldavies9618]

I use just soy wax I did a few pillar candles I made fab cold throw but no hot throw I used 10% fo

[@dorothydefranco6952]

I saw a video that showed them setting the wick straight by waiting until the wax has set a bit, then pull the wick through the soft set wax until it's standing in the center. Is this a good way to set the wax without a wick clip?

[@kraftingkats587]

wait, isn't this one of the ways to test which wick is best for a particular candle?

[@BlackTieBarn]

Your can do that but it's slower and less accurate and you need go then use a heat gun to fill it back in and smooth it out

[@BlackTieBarn]

Not one I recommend

[@vanillamint7854]

interesting.

[@sallymoore6920]

Can you do a video update on the store?

[@BlackTieBarn]

I would but I'm Transitioning to tie into the warehouse. Both were only a mile apart and made more sense to combine them once I had the warehouse space. 😀

[@user-mo5sf1dw3m]

Do all candles need a 2 week cure... I’ve heard yes others say no.

[@BlackTieBarn]

Nope :)

[@iamlordus]

Wait, even for coconut apricot (calwax) waxes or is this just for soy? ​@BlackTieBarn

[@Soulful_Spirit_Candle_Co]

No not all waxes need a 2 week cure time , I’ve had to make a candle the day before for a customer and thankfully I had no complaints, normally I cure my candles about 3 days , I do not cure my wax melts at all , there hasn’t been a need .