How To Carve Candle Wax

Try to keep water drops off the candle as you dip.

How to carve candle wax. You normally will have around 15 to. Then the candle carver dips the candle into various waxes that have been colored with specially formulated dyes. Also after dipping the candle into coloured paraffin wax you may dip also in normal white paraffin wax.

If you go through a lot of dip and cool cycles you will notice that some excess wax might form at the bottom of the candle. But seven minutes is a long time. Candle tunneling can occur in any candle regardless of the quality or type of wax but it is more likely to happen with cheap candles.

Candle tunneling occurs when only the center of the wax right around the wick melts and burns down. Determine your total fragrance load. Melt enough wax in each vat to cover the candle when it is dipped and add the dye gradually to get the color you desire.

The simple Candlefun special candle carving tools will help a beginner to carve beautiful candles on the first day. I use my hand to wipe them off. The more wax you have the more round the star becomes and harder to carve.

The carved candles are truly a permanent collectible lifetime unique product of your own. Now with a toothpick or a small knife begin to slowly carve your candle. Press the base to the candle.

Bend the smaller cuts down and under. The less wax you have the less blankets of heat you have to keep your candle warm as your carving. Place a sealed bag filled with gravel in the bottom of each of the pop bottles and fill the bottles three-fourths full with candle wax.