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Making the scented snowman part 2
By admin | November 8, 2007
We continue creating the scented snowman.
Step 3 Giving our snowman a skeleton
In order to apply the wax texture to the snowman easily we need to put the snowman together so that the sections will not separate. We will use a wooden skewer to hold them together.
Cut your wooden skewer or dowel rod to size. This will all depend on the size of the Styrofoam balls you chose to work with. Once you have it cut to size stick it through the center ball like this.
This will allow you to attach the head and the base.
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Now that the snowman body is assembled and ready to go, it’s time to apply the snow like texture.
Step 4. Melting our Wax
Now it’s time to melt the wax that we prepared in step 1.The wax we have chosen for this example has a melt temp of 140- 150 degrees . It has a suggested pour temp of 185 degrees . It is important that we do not pour our wax at a temp that is too high, this will burn off our candle scent before the wax hardens.
Turn the burner on and bring the water in your double boiler to a slow boil. Add your wax to the top pan.
Do not put the wax in the boiling water.
Important Tip! The wax will turn from a solid white to a clear liquid. Wax expands as it is heated so make sure that your top pan or pour pan has plenty of room to allow for the wax to expand. Once the wax has achieved a nice temp of 185 degrees , we bring the heat down on the double boiler.
Step 5. Adding our candle scent
Most waxes will only hold one ounce of scent per pound of wax. But for this example we will use a little more. In my previous examples I was very adamant about not using to much scent due to that fact that it can irritate your skin, but in this example it will be okay because if the wax can’t hold the scent it will be absorbed by the Styrofoam balls in the center. I am going to use one ounce of my favorite scent. This should be enough to create a nice aroma!
Using an accurate scale we pour the desired amount of scent into a small plastic cup. We then add our scent directly to the melted wax.
Dispose of the plastic cup that you used to measure the scent. If you leave it on your workspace, the small amount of scent that is left left in the bottom of the cup will eat through the plastic and could stain your workspace or burn your skin.
Beware most candle scent is very concentrated and can burn or irritate your skin. Avoid direct contact with your skin and your eyes. We would recommend wearing gloves. ANY cinnamon based scent seems to be extremely easy to irritate the skin so be careful.
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