One of the toughest things to do in lighter colored candles is get a uniform look from batch to batch when using a very small amount of dye. Colors such as ivory which for my application requires a tiny amount of dye, so small I just couldn't get exactly the same amount in every batch.
My solution for ivory was to melt two dye blocks of brown into 2 lbs of wax. I then poured this mixture into tart molds. Once the tarts were removed from their molds, I needed to conduct a test to see how much of one tart was needed to equal that miniscule amount of dye block I was using. To do this, I made a 10lb batch of wax and began adding (and keeping track of) small measured pieces of a brown tart. After each dye addition, I poured a tart full from the batch and placed it in the freezer to speed up the cooling. I added dye until the desired tone was acquired. In my case, I now use 1/2 of a tart for a 10lb batch and every batch is the correct color batch after batch.
Candle Coloring Tip
Submitted by Brian & Terry B... on Wed, 10/15/2003 - 19:32.
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