candle making?

[Jenalo]

anyone on here like to make candles? :thumbup:

[Cfloresgirl]

You know..I have always wanted to learn how to make them..I LOVE candles..have them all over my house..Do you make them often?

[Auntlily]

Ohh I 've always wanted to learn how to. But I take the easy way out and just go buy nice Yankee candles. I'm kind of hooked on fragrance oils right now. I LOVE the fragrance oils from the Body Shop!! The smell delicious!

[Jenalo]

Yea, I make them all the time. Im hoping to start my own business. Let me know if yall want me to teach yall how to make them. Theyre real easy to make and so much fun.

[Jenalo]

oh i love the oils too! just a couple drops of the oils and they smell your whole house!

[jsierra1982]

i made candles at a colonial village once...i was a kid though and they made us stand in a circle with a long wick and then walk around and around, and each time we passed the pot of wax we had to dip the wick in. it would be interesting to see how it's done the modern way.

[Cfloresgirl]

I would love to learn how! My hubbys boss's wife makes them around the holidays,I get them as gifts and they are so pretty and smell so good!
Yes sign me up I want to learn! :bounce:

[jeannie]

I would love to learn. I love candles. I like to have them in all the rooms. I once got this book "candle making for dummies" and let's just say my hubby looked at them and seriosly said "what the hell is that?" :bounce:So sad.:sad:

[Cfloresgirl]

I would love to learn. I love candles. I like to have them in all the rooms. I once got this book "candle making for dummies" and let's just say my hubby looked at them and seriosly said "what the hell is that?" :bounce:So sad.:sad:

LOL! Sounds like my hubby!

[arcoiris]

I volunteered to participate in a living history event back in high school and was assigned the role of "candlemaker". I'm not sure why I ended up being chosen for that job (type casting maybe? Did I just have that candle making look about me?) but I learned it and made candles at the event for 5 years or so. That seemingly unimportant skill came in handy this past Christmas when I had some custom made candle holders made for our advent service and, naturally, there were no 2 inch pillar candles in a 50 mile radius. So I pull out the trusty old kettle and had my father make a mold and made my own darn candles at 3 am the morning before advent starts. Not my best Christian moment making candles at 3 am and cussing a little, but that's what I get for procrastinating. They turned out ok in the end, but they were soft in the middle. My mold was too thick to begin with and I got in a rush and had the wax too hot. I know I'll have to do it again next year. Any pointers on how to make 2 inch pillars by mold without soft centers?

[J3NNI]

Yea how do you make pretty smelling ones? where do you buy the stuff?

[arcoiris]

There are fragrance oils that you add to the wax. Or, if you have fragrant candles that you like, but are in bad shape and no longer burn well, you can melt them down and add them to the new wax. I use beeswax, but I think most modern candles are made from parrafin. I don't know how to work with parrafin.

[J3NNI]

There are fragrance oils that you add to the wax. Or, if you have fragrant candles that you like, but are in bad shape and no longer burn well, you can melt them down and add them to the new wax. I use beeswax, but I think most modern candles are made from parrafin. I don't know how to work with parrafin.

have you tried soy wax?

[arcoiris]

No, I've never tried it. I learned on beeswax by a 200 year old method. I rather like just plain beeswax. Smells very nice.

[Jenalo]

I volunteered to participate in a living history event back in high school and was assigned the role of "candlemaker". I'm not sure why I ended up being chosen for that job (type casting maybe? Did I just have that candle making look about me?) but I learned it and made candles at the event for 5 years or so. That seemingly unimportant skill came in handy this past Christmas when I had some custom made candle holders made for our advent service and, naturally, there were no 2 inch pillar candles in a 50 mile radius. So I pull out the trusty old kettle and had my father make a mold and made my own darn candles at 3 am the morning before advent starts. Not my best Christian moment making candles at 3 am and cussing a little, but that's what I get for procrastinating. They turned out ok in the end, but they were soft in the middle. My mold was too thick to begin with and I got in a rush and had the wax too hot. I know I'll have to do it again next year. Any pointers on how to make 2 inch pillars by mold without soft centers?

what kind of wax were you using? different wax has different melting point. you probally got it too hot. most pillar wax need a second pour once the first pour is cool.

[Jenalo]

beeswax is a good wax. ive never worked with it though. i perfer parifin, the wax i use has a pretty good scent throw.

ive never used soy wax either, but i know soy is kinda hard to work with too. esp. for first timers, cause you have to test with the scents, being that soy is all natural, they dont hold much scent. alot of craft stores have small amount of supplies. i have my own small business so i buy my supplies wholesale. where i get my supplies you need a tax id to buy their stuff, i havent looked at other suppliers but you can probally search candle supplies on a search enginee and a whole buch of supplies will come up. aaacandlesupply.com, cierracandles.com and canjuncandles.com are a few websites.

[arcoiris]

You are right. I probably did have the wax way too hot. Better luck next time. It was the night before advent started so I had no more time to buy anything. I simply got candles in the colors that I needed, put them in a pot on the stove and melted them down and re-poured them. I know, terribly unproffesional. I'm used to beeswax, so I'm sure that parrafin was way too hot, like you said.

[jsierra1982]

Not my best Christian moment making candles at 3 am and cussing a little, but that's what I get for procrastinating.

lol it's ok arco we all have moments like that.

[Jenalo]

hey jw if anyone went to the website i posted last time to look around and buy some stuff??? let me know if yall did or if yall have any questions/problems!

[henry12345]

i do