Gel Wax

Gel Wax

Gel wax is a translucent wax with the consistency of jelly. It is created using a combination of mineral oil and polymer resin, this gives the wax a slow melt rate and a long burn time. The finished candle and/or wax melt will have a longer burn time, making the wax good value for money, even though it is more expensive than other waxes. Due to the clarity of the wax, it is common to find gel candles with embeds inside, such as sliced dried fruits, small glass ornaments, glitter or anything that won’t melt at a temperature lower than the wax.

Our Gel wax is suitable for both candles and wax melts.

Melting

This wax has a higher melt point than paraffin wax and should be melted in a pot over direct heat. It does tend to bubble whilst melting, to avoid this heat the wax to a temperature in excess of 110 °C, but don’t exceed 125°C as the wax could burn.

Adding Colour

If you want to colour the wax, we recommend using dye chips or mica powders however if you add too much the may lose its transparency.

Adding Fragrance

Our Gel Wax will hold up to 6% fragrance oil. Please note, not all scents are suitable.

The scents recommended for this wax are called ‘Non Polar’ and have a flash point above 77°C.

Not using the right scent for gel wax can be hazardous. Unscented Gel Wax has a burn pool temperature of 130°C, this is well below the general flash point of 227°C.

However, adding fragrance lowers the flash point of the wax, potentially low enough to cause the wax to ignite, so avoid these fragrances, and be sure to test your gel wax candles in a safe controlled environment.

Wicking

We suggest a stiff zinc or paper core wick for the gel wax such as our TCR series wick. Use the size above the one you would normally use to compensate for the gel waxes slow burning properties. We recommend to prime the wick with gel wax as this wax tends to be poured at a higher temperature than paraffin wax.