In the previous article, 👉What Are the Effects of Oil Content on Candle Quality? (Part 1) , We clarified the basic concepts of Fully Refined Paraffin Wax and oil content, and discussed how they affect the candle's hardness, appearance, and fragrance. However, to be honest, these only determine whether a candle looks good and smells good. What truly influences a candle's market acceptance and its ability to pass long-term customer repurchase tests are its burning performance, color stability, and the overall compatibility of the production line. These aspects are often more difficult to control and more prone to problems than appearance.
Therefore, in this second article, we will take a more practical, factory-production-oriented approach, further dissecting the crucial role of Fully Refined Paraffin Wax oil content in burning time, flame size, and smoke point control; we will also discuss why colored candles are particularly "picky about paraffin wax," and how Junda Wax helps clients avoid significant trial-and-error costs through one-stop raw material supply and process guidance. If you are currently making candles, preparing to make candles, or are current
I. The Impact of Oil Content on Burning Performance: Affecting Flame Size and Wax Consumption Rate
Oil content directly determines the "temperament" of a candle's burn. If Fully Refined Paraffin Wax has a high oil content, the wax is softer and melts more quickly upon contact with a flame, resulting in a significantly faster burn and a larger, brighter flame. However, this also makes it more prone to smoke or unstable flames. Conversely, Fully Refined Paraffin Wax with a low oil content is much more stable. Its denser structure and more consistent ignition point result in a clean, stable flame that doesn't flicker or produce excessive smoke, and the wax consumption rate is more controllable. Therefore, candles requiring long and stable burning times, such as religious pillar candles, long-burning candles, and festive candles, generally use Fully Refined Paraffin Wax with a low oil content. Junda Wax has many customers from South America, the Middle East, and Africa who consistently order Fully Refined Paraffin Wax with a low oil content, valuing its long-burning performance and consistent burn rate during transport and use.
II. Oil Content and Coloring Performance: Colored Candles Are Particularly Affected
Colored candles are actually more sensitive to oil content than ordinary white candles, because the brightness and evenness of the color are entirely related to the stability of the wax structure. If the oil content of Fully Refined Paraffin Wax is too high, the wax will become softer and oilier, making the color appear darker and grayer, and the pigments will be more difficult to fully integrate. Over time, slight layering may even occur. Some inferior colored candles made with high-oil-content wax will develop an oily sheen on the surface after a period of time, resulting in a mottled and uneven color, greatly diminishing their quality. Low-oil-content fully refined paraffin wax, on the other hand, completely avoids these problems. It has high hardness, a stable structure, and provides more even coloring, resulting in a cleaner and brighter color. Junda wax, which exports colored prayer candles and festive colored pillar candles to Africa and South America, primarily uses Fully Refined Paraffin Wax with low oil content. This not only provides excellent coloring, resulting in a full and vibrant appearance, but also prevents fading, sweating, or oil seepage even when stored at high temperatures. This is especially important for long-distance sea transport, hence the very high repurchase rate of this type of wax from customers in these regions.
III. How does Junda Wax help customers choose the right fully refined paraffin wax?
Frankly, many candle manufacturers don't have dedicated technical personnel. When choosing paraffin wax, they often just say, "I want a softer wax" or "I want a whiter wax." However, what truly determines the candle's effect are more professional parameters such as the oil content, melting point range, burnability, and combination with the wax wick. Therefore, we don't just sell Fully Refined Paraffin Wax; we act as technical partners for our customers. We need to help them optimize their entire solution to the most stable state based on their candle type, molding method, color requirements, and fragrance diffusion needs. For example, Junda Wax offers fully refined paraffin waxes with different melting points and oil contents depending on the intended use, ensuring that pouring wax, pillar wax, tea wax, and scented wax all have the most suitable raw material selection. We also recommend matching wax wicks, including cotton wicks, wood wicks, and paper wicks, to ensure stable burning, no smoke, and no wick collapse. If customers need color or fragrance adjustments, we can also provide candle dyes, fragrances, and fixatives, and explain the approximate proportions for better results. For clients expanding their production capacity, we can even provide complete candle manufacturing equipment, such as wax pouring lines, candle stick machines, tea candle machines, and various cooling devices, helping them upgrade from manual production to automation. More importantly, we provide complete candle production formulas and key process parameters, enabling them to consistently produce qualified products even without technicians. In fact, many overseas clients initially only came to buy a small amount of paraffin wax, but later discovered that we could help with everything from raw materials to formulas to equipment, gradually turning into "one-stop shop buyers." This is not only more stable but also more worry-free, allowing them to focus more on marketing and sales rather than repeatedly trying and failing in the factory.
Choosing the right Fully Refined Paraffin Wax with the appropriate oil content lays the foundation for candle quality. Whether you're making scented candles, colored candles, bottled wax, candle sticks, or religious wax, the oil content deserves careful selection.
If you want to select the most suitable Fully Refined Paraffin Wax for different products, we can provide sample testing and technical parameter guidance at any time; if you want to start making candles from scratch, we can also provide a complete solution from paraffin wax, wax sticks, dyes, fragrances to machinery and equipment. Feel free to contact us anytime, and you are also welcome to visit our factory to see our equipment, test wax, and make samples—we are always committed to providing candle manufacturers worldwide with a more stable, better, and more complete supply system.
