🕯Lighting up my world🕯
Candle Making First Attempt.
A couple of years ago I purchased a couple of candles from a Viking re-enactor.
I've been hoarding them, guarding them jealously and not burning them.
I know they aren't meant to be a keepers item but I just didn't want to not have them.
Since then I've been collecting little slabs of bees wax from market vendors and finally got around to looking in to making some of my own candles.
This meant several trips to ALL the op shops around town and up to 60k away.
Still haven't got everything I need so I used some of my kitchen equipment.
Definitely going to get the complete kit so I don't have to meticulously clean said kitchen equipment again. Also I used the kitchen stove top as I wasn't confident enough to use the gas ring outside. But for next time that also is a must.
The kitchen is clean now and so it is time to document my progress.
I am pleased with my first attempt and I hope you are too (whoever reads this).
Wax in SS pot in a bane of gently boiling water. SS pot needs to be taller for proper sized candles.
Candle wicking (from Spotlight 'cos it's too darn fiddly to make your own) and nuts for weights or the wick will float when dipped.
An old cutlery stand will suffice for a setting rack for now. I'll need something taller.
Dipping two at a time was slow and at this stage I could have done 4 because they were so thin.
The first coating.
Little tails of wax dribble that will be cut off soon.
One of my original purchases that I set a match to once to see how good it would be. ❣
Getting there, this is the other one.
Cutting off the tail. I did this a couple of times as they formed. The wick ended a little further up the candle.
The end result compared to the original. Not bad for a first effort. Definitely need a longer pot.
So that's it. I have a bit of tweaking to do but I think I'll keep on making candles.