How to Use A Large Wax Melter | CandleScience | Candle Making Tips 

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Hi! It may be that the burner dose not heat enough to get to the higher temps but I would also recommend making sure the thermometer you're using is correctly calibrated as this can sometimes cause incorrect readings.

We recommend adding dye to the wax at 185°F

For the dye, you can add it at the 185°F point with the fragrance or at the beginning of the melt! If you add it with the fragrance, just be sure to stir well until the dye is fully incorporated into the wax. You could also add dye at the beginning to allow it more time to melt. You can weigh the wax before the melting process as the weight of the melted wax will be the same. 16 oz of unmelted wax, for example, will still weigh 16 oz when it's melted. If you would like to be super precise about pouring the same amount of wax into each container, you could pour the wax into the jars while they are on a scale but you should not typically need to weigh the wax after it has been melted if you weighed it out beforehand.

Holding the melted wax at a very high temperature over a long period of time could potentially result in some scorching and then some discoloration. We'd suggest heating the wax according to the wax manufacturer's recommendation as different waxes can react to heat in different ways. Not using dye or fragrance in the melter itself can also help with discoloration as both dye and fragrance can cause a color shift in wax over time. Regularly cleaning out the melter can help as well as this can remove any excess wax that might be stuck.

To weigh out a specific amount of melted wax, you could pour into a pitcher directly on a scale. Or, once you know the weight of your pitcher, you can pour the wax in from the melter, weigh it on a scale, and then just subtract the weight of the pitcher.

Hi! The price of this melter is currently $243.81 but unfortunately, we are only able to ship within the US at this time via USPS and UPS.

@@candlescience that’s quite the mark up in price over a year. $244 to $1355 😢

You can find this particular melter on our website, it holds up to 65 lbs of wax! www.candlescience.com/equipment/melter-65lb/

Unfortunately we only ship within the US, but we hope to expand our destinations in the future. Canada will certainly be our first shipping destination outside the US. 🙂

Im from Croatia, can i order this melter?

@@candlescience please ship to Canada soon😭

This melter holds 65 lb of wax and its ship weight is about 58 lbs!

It does have a dual heat range of 50° to 250°F, so it would likely be able to heat the shea butter to your desired temperature but we haven't tested it for this specific use, unfortunately, so we're unable to say whether this melter would be the best option.

@@candlescience ok thank you

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