Bees Wax Candle Making
Bees
Wax Candle Making
My
family and I went over to a friend’s place the other day, they keep bees and we
find wild bee hives that need removing for them. They had lots of wax from those hives, so they
invited us over for a candle making afternoon.
You
will need; Bees Wax, (obviously), something to melt the wax in (It must not be
aluminium though-I think), candle wicks, scissors to trim the wicks with, newspaper to
cover the table and floor with, masking tape, something spiky (a pen), candle
holders to pour the HOT wax into (meaning they must be heatproof), a jug to scoop and pour the wax with and a knife to scrape off all the wax that will
harden on the jug.
First
melt the wax this may take a while..... So while waiting cover the table and
floors with newspaper. Now get your candle holder and put a cross of masking
tape over the top and spike a hole in the centre of it. Then thread the wick up through the hole in the middle.You may need to unstick them to do this. Stick together/screw up the bits of masking tape going towards
the centre so the wax can be poured without going all over them. The metal bit (on the bottom of the wick) should rest on the bottom. If you hold the wick down and
pull up the tape slightly when you let go the tape (unless you made a massive hole
in it) should hold the wick to the bottom. You can get any others you are going to do
ready too.
When
the wax is melted, scoop some out and pour a little into the bottom of the
candle holder .......... Wait until firm ........... Then, fill up the rest of the candle holder
with wax. Be careful not to splash any onto yourself as it is HOT! (Yes I was
silly enough to find this out). Then you
will probably have to scrape all the wax that has hardened onto your jug off. Repeat
the process till all you wax is gone.
Next
we get to do something really, really fun, guess what it is............wait for
it, wait for it................ Exactly Wait!
When
you have finished waiting and the candle has hardened a bit, the tape can be
taken off. Then you will get to wait another twenty four hours for the wax to
finish hardening. After this joyous waiting
time, you can enjoy your nice smelling environmentally friendly Bees Wax Candle.
Also
I found that apparently the wicks need to be kept trimmed to about 1 cm but not
to short! And candles should never be left unattended.
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