Basics of Candle Making

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The art of making candles is quite interesting and easy as well. To get started on the creation of these basic candles, all that is needed are several ingredients and stress-free equipment plus tools that can be found in the home kitchen or garage. The variety of candles differs with the size, color, height or also the scent if any. The color and scent are added when there is the melting of the wax.

Making the candles require some materials and equipments like paraffin and wax, this can be bought in any craft store in a granulated form of wax. Color dyes to give the finished product a certain look and these can be found in the form of powder and disk. Because of their concentrated nature, the dye should be used cautiously. There is also need to have the stearic acid for shrinking the melted wax during cooling. The acid should be measured carefully during mixing. Burning wicks need to be of the correct size or they will be too smoky if big or burn poorly if small.

The user should have a wick holder, a thermometer for temperature regulation and a double boiler for melting the wax and/or mixing the dye and stearic acid. Spoons to stir the wax, knives to cut the wax, lead weights for keeping the wick at the center and molds for design which are ready made are other equipments. To begin making, the double boiler should be placed with the outside filled with water and the wax placed in the inner container. This is so because wax is flammable at a certain temperature and should not come into contact with direct heat.

Then in another pot, the dye can be mixed with the stearic acid and the mixture should not be boiled. The acid is used in shrinking and hardening the wax. The wick should then be tied a small knot to the wick holder or pencil and at the other end the lead weight should be tied and placed in the mold.

The temperature of the boiling wax should be measured to ensure that it is at 1900 before adding the acid and dye mixture. After adding the mix, stir them together checking that the temperature does not exceed 1900. 90% of the mixture should be wax and the remaining 10% should be the acid. Then the mixture should be applied in the ready made mold and it should be left to shrink and become hard. When the mixture has cooled completely, separate it from the mold. After following the procedure carefully, the end result should be a piece of candle.

Here is an article about Making Scented Candles I picked up from the blog called How To Make Gel Candles

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