The pour
How soy candles are made
We do not pour in a factory. We melt soy once, add the oil when the wax is ready, walk the line with a pitcher, and wait until the gold goes quiet.
Search how soy candles are made and you will find industrial tanks. Ours is a Fast Melt on a crate, a pitcher under the spigot, cardboard on the island. Sarah and Joey. One kitchen in Durango.
The morning, in order
- Vessels come in sleeves. We open what the day is actually pouring.
- Soy heats once. One hundred percent. No paraffin, no second trip through the pot.
- CandleScience fragrance oil goes in when the wax can hold it — not before, not twice.
- Wicks are already seated. We walk the row while the soy is still gold.
- Evening does the set. We do not tap the tops. We do not “fix” a surface still becoming a candle.
- We light one and write it down. Throw, tunnel, smoke. If it fails, it never meets the shop.
The long version lives on The pour, with the photographs. This page is the short truth for anyone comparing a kitchen to a warehouse.
Poured to order means your jar is often not sitting on a shelf. You pick the oil and the vessel. We melt what you asked for.
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Heat 100% soy wax once in the Fast Melt.
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Add CandleScience fragrance oil when the wax is ready.
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Pour into a wicked, label-free vessel.
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Let the soy set overnight without disturbing the surface.
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Burn-test the oil. Pack only what we would light in our own room.
How Hartisans pours a soy candle
Questions
- Are Hartisans candles handmade?
- Yes. Two people, one kitchen in Durango. Melt, pour, test, pack.
- What wax do you use?
- 100% soy. No paraffin blend.