Basic Candle Making II "Molded Candles"

Hello again, we are going to start this new section with one of the most popular molded candle the "Votive". Now how many of you are always picking up three or four of these little beauties to add some wonderful aroma's to your home. Well now you can just make them yourself.

We are going to begin with what equipment you will need to get started. Double boiler or pan with water and coffee can, candy themometer, votive molds (may purchase these at any craft store that sells candle supplies), wooden spoon, wire core wick with wick tabs (may be purchased at any craft store with candles supplies), candles dye, candle wax.

Ok I dont go to all the bother of using parafin wax and then all of those additives. I jump straight to the pre-mixed wax that they have on the markets today, any of the links that I have provided that carry candle making supplies carries this wax, there are several different brands so I will let you make your own choice, I have used them all and they all work very well.

I take l lb of the pre-mixed wax, melt to 190 degrees, then I add my color, and then my scent. The wax will look darker in color while still liquid so take this into consideration when planning your perfect shade of blue or red, etc.

I usually add 1 oz of scent to 1 lb of wax, this is a fairly strong candle, I enjoy a good strong fragrance in my candles. After you have stirred in the ingredients,you may pour the wax into the votive molds, but the easiest way to do this is to take a ladle or bent spoon to form a ladle and spoon the wax into the molds, less spillage this way. Do not fill the votive molds all the way to the top, leave some room to add more wax in case your candle forms a sink hole. This is caused by the wax shrinking, most molded candles do this so dont feel bad, the only kind that doesn't is the new container candles wax called the "one pour", but this wax is far to sticky to use for molded candles.

Now that the wax has been poured take your tabbed wick and insert it tab fist into the votive mold, make sure the wick is up right so when the candle hardens it will be straight. Voila' you have created your first votive candle. The candles should be cool enough in a few hours to remove from the mold, let set for 24 hours before burning, this ensure that the candle has completely hardened.

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