What are some techniques for avoiding sink-holes?

Post Body

I made 5x 100% soy candles with various fragrances (poured fragrance at srund 60C, and poured the candles into room temperature candle jars at around 80C. The toom temp on that day was around 30*C.

I had fans on to help cool the space down, as it was a crazy hot day, however noticed I had sink-holes near the wick. Not a problem I’ve experienced before with this soy wax and same glass jars, on days with less heat. Any ideas on what could have caused this?

Also, is it possible to re-melt the candle in say, an oven to get a smooth surface again? I don’t have a heat-gun, and a hair-dryer seems too aggressive.

Thanks in advance.

Author

Account Strength

100%

Account Age

3 years

Verified Email

Yes

Verified Flair

Total Karma

11,556

Link Karma

7,201

Comment Karma

4,188

Profile updated: 1 week ago

Posts updated: 1 month ago

TheTinnyKing

Subreddit

r/candlemaking

Post Details

We try to extract some basic information from the post title. This is not always successful or accurate, please use your best judgement and compare these values to the post title and body for confirmation.

Posted: 2 years ago
Reddit URL: View post on reddit.com
External URL: reddit.com/r/candlemakin...