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Valentine’s Day candle creations tutorial part 3
By admin | January 13, 2008
Valentine’s Day candle creations tutorial part 3
Step 5 Adding candle dye
We have chosen a liquid candle dye because it is easy to use. Beware, this dye is highly
concentrated and will stain clothing and counter tops. WEAR GLOVES!
We add our dye directly to our wax. We will mix the dye with a wooden skewer until it is distributed evenly.
Step 6. Adding candle scent
Most waxes will only hold one ounce of scent per pound of wax. Do not try and add more scent than this. The excess scent will seep through the bottom or sides of the candle and could burn your skin.
We will use the one-ounce per pound formula for our candle. If we have two ounces of wax, we will use .1 ounces of scent.
Using an accurate scale we pour the desired amount of scent into a small plastic cup. We measure the temp of our wax and make sure it is still at the desired pouring temp. 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 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.
We stir the scent into our wax with the wooden skewer making sure it is distributed evenly.
Step 7. Pouring the candle
Simply place the wick pin inside the mold. The purpose of the wick pin is to create a hole in the candle for threading the wick. I don’t want to pour the whole candle at first. I just want to pour enough to seal the bottom just in case the hot glue did not seal it. Once it has cooled and hardened, I will fill the mold up completely. You might notice some wax seeping through the paper mold. Don’t worry about i, it won’t affect the candle.
Step 8. Repour
Now that our candle has cooled and our wax has shrunk, we need to fill the void that appeared. Reheat our wax to 190 degrees . When the wax has reached our desired temperature we pour it into the mold and fill the void. Now we wait again. By doing our repour at a hotter temperature it allows the wax to properly adhere. Make sure to fill the mold completely to the top.
Step 9. Demolding the candle
Ahhhh… All that hard work is about to pay off. It’s time to reveal our masterpiece.
Once the candle has cooled completely we need to get it out of the mold. Cooling time can vary drastically by candle size and climate so you will have to experiment.
Just simply peel the paper away from the candle.
Step 8. Wicking our candle
Remove the wick pin from the candle by pressing it on a hard surface.
If you have problems removing the wick pin, you can always put a light coat of vaseline on the pin prior to pouring the candle. This will aide in removal later.
Insert the top of the pre-tabbed wick through the bottom of the candle and thread it up until the tip of the wick pokes through the top of the candle.
We now have a great Heart shaped candle that makes a great Valentine’s gift.
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January 22nd, 2008 at 3:39 am
I did this and it was great….I don’t know how I found your sight, I started reserching back in October and then due to a death in our family in Nov and Christmas I am just getting back into it, but what a fantastic idea I belong to a candle group on yahoo, the candlemarkersurvival@yahoo.com and there is some new forum/digest the only reason I am telling you is I love you ideas and how you help, would you mind if I tell other newbies in our group about this websight?
Thanks so much your awesome :clapping:
Jeneen
January 22nd, 2008 at 11:24 am
By all means go ahead and tell the group. That’s why we created this site. We want people to share the information.