Ready for a fun candle making project? OK, let's see how it goes. In this article we will first review the art of making candles with "The Complete Book & Candle Maker Kit", an original Lark kit that I recently bought experiment.
What was an exciting moment that when the postman rang the door, greeted me with a smile to pronounce these words: "A package for you." My first steps in the creative world of light kits. Let's wait no longer and start filling our home withCandlelight.
Unpacking Candle Kit
First Comes First: Let's unpack the set and everything was ahead of us to get familiar with the contents. What we have here?
- 3.5 kilograms paraffin
- 1 diving plugs
- 4-ink dye-chips
- 3 meter wick
- 6 Metal Weights
- 1 block of vanilla-scented candle
- 1 reusable rubber candle molds in the form of hives
- 4 pages of instructions
- 1 copy of the full Candlestick Maker --Techniques. Projects. Paper Inspirations by Norma Coney.
The book is 128 pages of beautiful images full of light and contains a number of other projects than the ones we do with this kit. A lot of inspiration and ideas. Now we need to talk about the additional material is not included in the candle kit to complete the two projects from The Complete Book & Candle Maker Kit, which include: Hand-Dipped Candles and Bee-Hive votives.
Other materials that you need:
--Double boiler set-up (Note 1)
- Dipping Vat (Note 2)
- Spoon or stick for stirring wax
- Candy thermometer to monitor temperature wax
- Scissors
- Cool-water bath (Note 3)
- Piercing Device
- Tapestry needle
- Paper towels or old towels
- Spoons
- Clean paper
- Hook or other drying apparatus hanging candles while cooling
- Pliers
Note 1 The double-boiler setup
If a double boiler bottomis needed, do not take it literally! In fact, it would be a shame, a beautiful piece of kitchen equipment will be damaged. In essence, what you need is a pot, not too high and rather broad, that it will fill with water.
Then you can practice your diving vat (cavities) with wax, and set the container in the water to melt the wax. Thus, the wax is removed to keep from direct heat sources, so the temperature does not fluctuate wildly and the wax melts slowly.
An old, rarely used pot or find at the thrift shopWork as well as a double boiler bottom. Expect the interior of the double boiler scratched up and finally coated with wax.
Note 2 Dipping vat
The dipping vat (s) go into your double boiler bottom.
The size of the candles will make you what size of dipping vat, you need to determine. For smaller sets candles (eg, birthday candles or small, decorative cones hang on the wall), you can use soup cans, tomato paste cans, or a normal 8-ounces. Food can.
Formore rejuvenated, is the ideal method to all your wax in a large juice can melt (like a big, can 46-ounce metal juice, etc.) and wind up the wick so that the two candles hang fairly close together. Then you can also dive out of a candle can be.
If you want to make really large candles, you must use a very large and very vat nudists.
Three lbs. Can make a lot of wax candles, but if you try to fill a really large coffee can, the wax will not go as deep as you wouldfills a thin milk carton, for example.
Always make sure that your dipping vat have tight seams, before you fill it. Simply fill with water and check first to leak.
Note 3 The cool water bath
Almost every type of container is used for this work - you just need a tub or bucket that is deep enough to bathe the entire length of you in cold water cone.
In the next article we will begin the first project, a step-by-step process of creating, the Bee Hive VotiveCandle.
Stay tuned for more action with light kits!
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