Blue Wax Dye for Candles1 kg

Blue Wax Dye: Infuse Your Candles with Vibrant Hues

Unleash a spectrum of serene shades with our Blue Wax Dye, a premium quality coloring agent sourced directly from Germany. This highly concentrated dye, designed specifically for wax, delivers a stunning blue hue, allowing you to create candles that are as visually captivating as they are luminous. With its broad melting temperature range and precise concentration guidelines, achieving your desired color intensity has never been easier.

Description and Key Features

Our Blue Wax Dye is a solid, highly pigmented product, meticulously crafted to provide superior color saturation and consistency in your wax creations. Unlike liquid dyes, these pigments are designed to color the wax rather than dissolve into it, ensuring a rich, opaque, and even distribution of color throughout your candle. Its formulation allows for seamless integration into various wax types, including paraffin, soy, and beeswax, within a melting temperature range of 45°C to 65°C.

Key features:

• Vibrant Blue Hue: Delivers a clear, consistent blue color, ranging from delicate pastels to deep, rich tones depending on concentration.
• High Concentration: A little goes a long way! Achieve intense coloration with minimal product, making it highly economical.
• Easy to Use: Simply add the dye to your melted wax. Its solid form minimizes mess and allows for precise measurement.
• Versatile Melting Point: Compatible with common wax melting temperatures, integrating smoothly into your candle-making process.
• German Quality: Manufactured in Germany, ensuring adherence to high production standards and consistent quality.

Versatile Applications and Usage Areas in Candle Making

The Blue Wax Dye is an indispensable tool for any candle maker, from hobbyists to professional crafters, offering extensive possibilities for color customization and artistic expression:

• Pillar Candles:
  • Solid Coloration: Achieve a uniform, consistent blue throughout your pillar candles, creating striking standalone pieces. The recommended concentration is 2-4 grams per 1 kg of paraffin for a solid, opaque color. This allows the blue to be vibrant and evenly distributed, perfect for creating mood-setting pieces.
  • Layered Candles: Combine blue with other wax dyes to create beautiful layered designs, adding depth and visual interest to your pillars.
• Container Candles (Jar Candles):
  • Aesthetic Appeal: Infuse jar candles with a captivating blue to match interior decor, enhance a theme, or simply add a pop of color that's visible through the glass.
  • Themed Candles: Ideal for creating candles with nautical, winter, or calming themes, where the blue color plays a central role.
• Carved Candles:
  • Intricate Designs: For the creation of highly detailed and multi-layered carved candles, a higher concentration of 10 grams per 1 kg of paraffin is recommended. This increased pigment load ensures that the vibrant blue stands out sharply in the intricate cuts and layers that characterize carved candles.
  • Contrast and Depth: Use blue as a primary or secondary color in carved designs to create stunning contrasts with other hues, highlighting the sculpted details.
• Tealights and Votives:
  • Subtle Accents: Add a touch of blue to small tealights or votives for subtle color accents in arrangements or as part of a larger decorative scheme.
• Wax Melts/Tarts:
  • Aromatic Décor: Color your wax melts blue to signify a specific scent (e.g., ocean breeze, blueberry), enhancing the sensory experience even before melting.
• Specialty Candles:
  • Dipped Candles: Use the blue dye to create beautifully colored dipped candles, either solid blue or with a gradient effect.
  • Floating Candles: Craft blue floating candles for elegant water features or centerpieces.

Concentration Guidelines:

• 2-4 grams per 1 kg of paraffin: For full, solid coloring of standard candles (pillars, containers, votives). This range allows for adjustment based on desired intensity.
• 10 grams per 1 kg of paraffin: Specifically for carved candles, where a much higher color saturation is required to make the carved layers distinct and vibrant.

Experimentation within these ranges allows for a wide array of blue shades, from soft sky blues to deep navy, catering to any creative vision.

Non-Nicotine Recipe: "Ocean Serenity" Blue Container Candle

Create a beautiful, non-nicotine blue container candle that evokes the peacefulness of the ocean. This recipe uses paraffin wax and is designed for a medium-sized jar.

Instructions for Preparation:

1. Preparation: Ensure your work area is clean and covered to protect surfaces. Have all your tools ready. Attach the wick tab to the bottom of your wick if it's not pre-tabbed, and secure it to the center bottom of your container using a wick sticker or a dab of hot glue. Use a wick centering device to keep the wick upright and centered at the top of the container.
2. Melt Wax: In a double boiler or a heat-resistant pouring pot set in a larger pot of simmering water, melt the paraffin wax. Heat slowly until the wax is completely liquid, reaching a temperature between 70°C and 80°C.
3. Add Blue Wax Dye: Once the wax is fully melted and at the correct temperature, add 1.5 to 2 grams of Blue Wax Dye. Stir gently but thoroughly for at least 2-3 minutes to ensure the dye is completely dispersed and the color is uniform. Start with a smaller amount and add more gradually until you achieve your desired shade of blue.
4. Add Fragrance Oil: Remove the melted wax from the heat. Allow the wax to cool slightly to around 65°C to 70°C. This is the optimal temperature for adding fragrance oil, as it helps prevent the scent from burning off. Add 25-35 ml of your chosen fragrance oil (5-7% of the wax weight) and stir well for another 2-3 minutes to ensure even distribution.
5. Pour Wax: Carefully pour the colored and scented wax into your prepared container. Pour slowly to avoid air bubbles.
6. Cure: Once poured, leave the candle undisturbed to cool and solidify completely at room temperature. This can take several hours or overnight, depending on the size of the candle and ambient temperature. Avoid moving it during this time.
7. Trim Wick: Once the candle is fully cured and hard, remove the wick centering device. Trim the wick to about 0.6-1 cm (1/4 - 3/8 inch) above the wax surface.

Recommendations for Application and Use:

• Dye Concentration: For solid coloration of paraffin, aim for 2-4 grams of Blue Wax Dye per 1 kg of wax. This recipe uses approx. 1.5-2 grams for 500g of wax, which is within the recommended range for vibrant color. Adjust based on your desired intensity.
• Wax Type: While this recipe specifies paraffin, Blue Wax Dye is also compatible with other wax types like soy or beeswax. However, the final color intensity and hue may vary slightly depending on the natural color and properties of the wax base.
• Melting Temperature: Ensure the wax is within the 45°C to 65°C range when adding the dye to ensure proper dispersion and coloration. For fragrance oil, a slightly higher temperature (65-70°C) is often optimal.
• Wick Selection: Always choose a wick size appropriate for your container diameter and wax type. An incorrect wick can lead to tunneling, excessive smoking, or poor burn performance.
• Curing Time: For best scent throw and burn performance, allow your candle to cure for at least 24-48 hours (or even up to 1-2 weeks) after pouring before its first burn. This allows the fragrance oil to bind properly with the wax.
• Safety First: Always follow proper candle-making safety guidelines. Never leave melting wax unattended. Burn candles on a heat-resistant surface, away from drafts and flammable materials. Keep out of reach of children and pets.