How to Make Natural Ingredient Candles at Home
Paraffin is the most commonly used wax for making candles. It is stable at room temperature, cheap and easy to work with. Many people, however, prefer using natural waxes to make their candles. Beeswax is the most popular style of natural wax, but you can also use soy or other natural waxes. Natural wax is every bit as easy to work with as paraffin, and the process is exactly the same. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Wax Essential oil Cotton wick Pots of water Molds Sticks Pencils Vegetable oil Scissors
Instructions
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Make your molds. Anything cylindrical where the mouth is as wide or wider than the rest of it will work as a mold. You can use a cup, or a can with the top cut off. Rub a little vegetable oil inside to stop the candle from sticking.
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Create a double boiler. Put a small pot inside of a larger one. Put several chunks of wax in the smaller pot. Fill the large pot with water so that about 1/2 to 2/3 of the smaller pot is covered. Boil the water to melt the wax.
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Put in essential oil if you want to make scented candles. Let the oil diffuse through the wax.
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Make your wicks. Cut several pieces of cotton wick, each a couple inches longer than the candle you want to make with it. Straighten each wick and set them aside to cool.
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Pour the wax into a mold. You can use a mug, a paper tube with the bottom taped closed, or anything else with a regular shape for a mold as long as the mouth isn't narrower than the body. Unless you are using a paper mold, rub a little vegetable oil on the inside wall before you pour the wax.
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Dip a wick straight into the middle of the candle and wrap the end around a pencil or a small stick to hold it straight up. Leave the wax in the mold until it cools.
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Cut the wick off the pencil and take the candle out of the mold. If it is a paper mold, simply peel it off the candle. Otherwise, you can gently shake the candle and dump the candle into your hand.
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Tips & Warnings
Wax doesn't come out easily. Use an old pot that you don't mind getting waxy.
