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Palm Wax SPECIAL PRICING NOW!
Palm wax is a natural candle wax developed to give a good burn. The varieties we stock are reliable - they mould well, with reliable patterning and shape. The crystals will form on the outside of the candle when poured between 90 and 95 degrees C.
Our products are sourced from manufacturers who are part of RSPO, a world-wide organisation assuring sustainable agriculture.
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Palm Wax 'Icicles'
Newly arrived, this is the most beautiful natural candle wax we have stocked. When poured 90-95 Celsius the naturally occurring pattern appears as the wax cools - be sure to use moulds that tolerate the higher pouring temperature. See some simple tips for palm in the projects section. Use aluminium candle moulds for best results. Palm wax is a natural candle wax developed to give a good burn. The 'icicles' is a reliable wax - it moulds well, with reliable patterning and shape. The crystals will form on the outside of the candle when poured between 90 and 95 degrees C.Also great for candle sand - just shake in a bag with some colour and essential oil and pour into a glass around a wick!The melt temperature is rated at 60-65 degrees C.Palm Candle Wax is 100% Natural Palm Oil. The palm tree produces fruits in bunches which are harvested and sent to palm oil mills to undergo sterilization, bunch stripping, oil extraction, oil clarification and purification. The crystal structure is formed by the differing rate of solidification of the palm fats.
Palm waxes are often the first choice in Natural Candles for a number of reasons-Our products are sourced from manufacturers who are part of RSPO, a world-wide organisation assuring sustainable agriculture. Why sustainable palm oil? Driven by ever increasing global demand for edible oils, the past few decades have seen rapid expansion in the production of two major edible oils, soyoil in South America and palm oil throughout the tropics and stretching into the sub-tropics. From the 1990s to the present time, the area under palm oil cultivation had increased by about 43% , mostly in Malaysia and Indonesia - the world's largest producers of palm oil. It is this rapid expansion that has been able to provide the world with its increasing demand for vegetable oil and because of the palm's productivity at a price that is affordable to rising needs in third word countries.However the rapid expansion has naturally put pressure on the environment and on socities where the palm is grown. While better managed plantations and oil palm smallholdings serve as models of sustainable agriculture, in terms of economic performance as well as social and environmental responsibility, there is concern that not all palm oil is always being produced sustainably. Development of new plantations has resulted in the conversion of large areas of forests with high conservation value and has threatened the rich biodiversity in these ecosystems. Use of fire for preparation of land for oil palm planting on a large scale has been reported to contribute to the problem of forest fires in the late 1990s. The expansion of oil palm plantations has also given rise to social conflicts between indigenous communities and growers in some places. Hence sustainable palm oil is seen as a way forward to continue to supply the world with its much needed vegetable oil without harming the planet and its people.
1kg $7.00
5kg $25.00
10kg $50.00
25kg $79.50
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