Are you addicted to soy candles? Would you like to know how to make them? I'm going to instruct you on making soy candles in containers. Soy candles are simply wonderful for any gift giving occasion! Make them in containers, as soy votives, soy tealights, wax tarts and chunk candles. Now let us begin....
Supplies:
A digital kitchen scale. (You may also use a non digital scale)
A candy thermometer
A rubber spatula that can withstand high heat for stirring the wax
A metal pour pot for candle making
Metal cooking pot
1lb of soy container wax
1 ounce of candle fragrance oil
Dye made for soy candle wax
Two 8oz Mason jars. You can also use other canning jars
Two candle wicks. HTP 105 or CD-18 work well
Two Wick Stickers to stick the wicks on to the bottom of the jars
Two particularly long chip clips in order to keep the wick centered within the jar while the soy candles are setting.
Instructions:
Get all your candle supplies together and put wax paper down on the work surface to make it easier to clean up afterwards.
Set your containers on top of the wax paper
Adhere the wick stickers to the bottom of the wick tab.
Centering each wick in the containers, press securely on the wick tab to make sure the wick stickers adhere firmly to the bottom of the container. If the jars are too cold, the wick stickers may not stick well, in which case you may need to warm up the jars.
Place the pour pot on the scale and zero it out. Then pour one pound of the soy container wax into the pour pot.
Now place the cooking pot on the stove burner and put about 1 1/2 inches of water in the bottom. Place your pour pot into the pot of water and put the stove to medium low.
Place the candy thermometer inside the pour pot. Put a timer on for around 10min in order not to neglect the wax and keep an eye on the thermometer.
Once the thermometer reaches 180 degrees, take out the pour pot and place it back onto the scale and zero it out again.
Now you can add your 1oz of fragrance oil by weight. Then make sure to mix it well with the spatula.
Then you need to add the candle dye before the wax cools under 165 degrees. If the wax has cooled too much before adding the dye, you can put the pour pot inside the cooking pot again and heat it back up on medium low heat to 170-180 degrees.
Stir well and then let the wax sit and cool.
It is time to pour into the candle containers when the soy wax gets to 95-110 degrees.Mix a few times yet again first.
Steadily pour the soy wax right into your mason jars. Pouring slowly sees to it that you dont have any air bubbles. After you have filled your mason jars you should cautiously arrange the chip clip on each individual candle wick to make it centered in the container during cooling.
The candles should cool for at least an hour, maybe more before taking the clips off. Then you can trim the wicks to about 1/4 of an inch.
Now let the soy candles cure at the very least 24 hours before burning them. A couple of days is best.
Supplies:
A digital kitchen scale. (You may also use a non digital scale)
A candy thermometer
A rubber spatula that can withstand high heat for stirring the wax
A metal pour pot for candle making
Metal cooking pot
1lb of soy container wax
1 ounce of candle fragrance oil
Dye made for soy candle wax
Two 8oz Mason jars. You can also use other canning jars
Two candle wicks. HTP 105 or CD-18 work well
Two Wick Stickers to stick the wicks on to the bottom of the jars
Two particularly long chip clips in order to keep the wick centered within the jar while the soy candles are setting.
Instructions:
Get all your candle supplies together and put wax paper down on the work surface to make it easier to clean up afterwards.
Set your containers on top of the wax paper
Adhere the wick stickers to the bottom of the wick tab.
Centering each wick in the containers, press securely on the wick tab to make sure the wick stickers adhere firmly to the bottom of the container. If the jars are too cold, the wick stickers may not stick well, in which case you may need to warm up the jars.
Place the pour pot on the scale and zero it out. Then pour one pound of the soy container wax into the pour pot.
Now place the cooking pot on the stove burner and put about 1 1/2 inches of water in the bottom. Place your pour pot into the pot of water and put the stove to medium low.
Place the candy thermometer inside the pour pot. Put a timer on for around 10min in order not to neglect the wax and keep an eye on the thermometer.
Once the thermometer reaches 180 degrees, take out the pour pot and place it back onto the scale and zero it out again.
Now you can add your 1oz of fragrance oil by weight. Then make sure to mix it well with the spatula.
Then you need to add the candle dye before the wax cools under 165 degrees. If the wax has cooled too much before adding the dye, you can put the pour pot inside the cooking pot again and heat it back up on medium low heat to 170-180 degrees.
Stir well and then let the wax sit and cool.
It is time to pour into the candle containers when the soy wax gets to 95-110 degrees.Mix a few times yet again first.
Steadily pour the soy wax right into your mason jars. Pouring slowly sees to it that you dont have any air bubbles. After you have filled your mason jars you should cautiously arrange the chip clip on each individual candle wick to make it centered in the container during cooling.
The candles should cool for at least an hour, maybe more before taking the clips off. Then you can trim the wicks to about 1/4 of an inch.
Now let the soy candles cure at the very least 24 hours before burning them. A couple of days is best.
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