Coconut #9 Luxury Wax | Calmaison (Calwax)
Maker's Notes:
- Made from a proprietary blend of coconut and soy waxes, along with a minuscule amount of FDA food-grade paraffin for body and stability.
- Gluten free, toxin-free, parabens-free, and phthalates-free
- Cruelty-free - Leaping Bunny Certified
- Easy to use, single pour wax, SMOOTH TOPS - no heat gun required.
- Bright white color
- Even, slow burn with excellent glass adhesion
- Amazing hot & cold throw
- Handles 8-12% fragrance load, although we've found 8-9% to be the best.
- No sinkholes.
Description:
A beautiful blend of coconut wax that is a true, one pour wax designed to achieve both exceptional hot and cold throw. We recommend smaller wicks and a 3-day cure time for a developed hot throw. Other characteristics include an evenness of burn and wax consumption, and excellent container adhesion for candles. This wax comes in slab form and is designed to be a single pour wax with very smooth tops.
Our USA made #9 Calmaison wax is gluten-free, toxin-free, paraben-free, and phthalate-free. The entire blend utilizes only FDA-approved waxes. This wax can easily handle an 8 - 12% fragrance load.
| Melting Point: | 124° - 128°F |
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Average Pouring Temperature: |
185° - 190°F |
| Curing: | We recommend a 3-day to 1 week cure time to maximize hot and cold throw. |
| Recommended Wicks: | We recommend CDN, Premier, LX, Zinc, HPSP, and Aroma Lite wicks. |
Please note: When shipping during warmer temperatures, the wax may soften or melt slightly. This will not affect the wax quality.
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- Prepare vessels first, or prepare while wax is heating up. ie wick vessels and secure with wick centering bars before pouring in hot wax.
- Cut wax into smaller chunks. Coconut #9 wax is a soft enough wax where you can use a butter knife to score it and break it into smaller pieces.
- Heat to 200 - 220°F degrees, remove from the heat source, add fragrance oil and dye, blend for 15-30 seconds and pour immediately.
- For consistently smooth results, it is recommended to pour hot at 190 - 200°F.
- For thick glass and or cooler room temperatures below 65°F, pre-heating the glass is recommended. For example, you can either place jars in the oven on the lowest setting, or use a heat gun to preheat jars.
- For smoother top surfaces (ie granite), it is recommended to heat lamp the surface after candle has set up or place candle on a raised cooling rack.
- The maximum fragrance load is 8-12%, but higher fragrance loads should be tested per fragrance.
- We recommend allowing a 1-2 week cure time to maximize the cold and hot throw.
How do you calculate the amount of fragrance oil to use?
First, you need to know what percentage of fragrance oil you want to use. The average usage is 6%.
Here is a basic formula:
(oz of wax using) x (% of fragrance oil you want to use) = (oz of fragrance oil needed)
For example, let's say you are using two pounds of wax and want to use 6% fragrance oil.
First, you'll need to calculate the number of ounces of wax you have:
2 x 16 (number of oz in 1 pound) = 32oz
Plug these numbers into your formula:
32 x 6% = 1.92oz
You can round up to 2oz for easy measuring on your scale.
Below, I created an easy fragrance load calculator where it will calculate the amount of fragrance oil needed in both ounces and grams.
- Prepare vessels first, or prepare while wax is heating up. ie wick vessels and secure with wick centering bars before pouring in hot wax.
- Cut wax into smaller chunks. Coconut #9 wax is a soft enough wax where you can use a butter knife to score it and break it into smaller pieces.
- Heat to 200 - 220°F degrees, remove from the heat source, add fragrance oil and dye, blend for 15-30 seconds and pour immediately.
- For consistently smooth results, it is recommended to pour hot at 190 - 200°F.
- For thick glass and or cooler room temperatures below 65°F, pre-heating the glass is recommended. For example, you can either place jars in the oven on the lowest setting, or use a heat gun to preheat jars.
- For smoother top surfaces (ie granite), it is recommended to heat lamp the surface after candle has set up or place candle on a raised cooling rack.
- The maximum fragrance load is 8-12%, but higher fragrance loads should be tested per fragrance.
- We recommend allowing a 1-2 week cure time to maximize the cold and hot throw.