What You Need To Know About Candle Making

There are many decisions to make before you begin a candle making project. You will need to decide which type of wax you want to use, whether or not you want to add essential oils to your candles, and what shape your candles should be. Making these decisions, doing the pre-planning, and having all of the materials ready will make your project much more fun and easy.

Some people are turning to the old fashioned techniques that include using bees wax and dipping the wick into melted wax. The technique for making candles this way is very easy. You will need beeswax and wick that is long enough to tie to a coat hanger plus the length of the finished candle, and a large pot. Adding essential oil to bees wax will produce a different scent than when it is added to other types of wax, so you will want to test a small amount of melted was with a small drop of oil to see if it is the scent you want. In most cases, sweet smelling essential oil will smell much sweeter when it is included in bees wax.

Candle making gets messy so cover the area where you will be moving your candle with newspaper so you do not have to scrape up dried wax after it dries. People who use this method often have a wooden cloths rack right by their stove so they don't have to move the hanger very far from the source of the wax. Tying one wick to each side of a wire hanger will make the wax dry faster than if you fill up the hanger with wicks. Dip both wicks in your melted wax and lift them out. The first few times you won't have to hang your candles on the rack as the wax will dry very quickly.

When your wax takes longer to dry, hanging the candles on the wooden rack will free up your hands so you can do other thing. People who use this method, often make something else at the same time so that they are busy when the candles are drying. Candle making the old fashioned way can be time consuming and a study in patience. So, if you are in a hurry there are many other ways to make candles that are faster and will give you the same rewarding results as the bees wax method. Finding the method that you are most comfortable with will make the project much more fun.

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