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White patches on candle

6 years ago

Hi all, I wanted help with this problem i am facing in candle making. I'm getting white spots and uneven coloring in my candle. I use wax by scrapping from normal household candles; crayons for coloring; aroma and pour into glass jars. The coloring is even initially but after leaving overnight these white patches come.
Another question, i also noticed that after cooling down the wax layer at top isnt even, it kind of sinks in from the middle (around where the wick is).
Any help to resolve above problems is appreciated. Thanks

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