| If you can make soap at home, you should find | | | | slipknot in it, and use a needle to poke a hole in |
| candle-making a breeze. Again, it should be easy | | | | the gasket sponge. Insert wick's unnoted end of |
| to find the supplies you need close to home. Look | | | | the wick into the metal washer, and slide it along |
| for beeswax or wax, Kemamide release powder, | | | | to the slipknot; slide the gasket down to rest |
| candlewick, a gasket sponge, metal washer, and | | | | against the washer. With the candle mold upside |
| wick bar, as well as the coloring agent or | | | | down, slide the wick's unnoted end into the wick |
| fragrance oil you prefer. Have silicone spray, a | | | | hole, and then pull it taut until the gasket comes |
| candy thermometer and ice pick handy, and | | | | to rest at the bottom of the mold. After you |
| vegetable oil. In terms of equipment, you can use | | | | turn the mold right side up, slide the wick's |
| the kitchen stove, a double boiler, and a candle | | | | unnoted end into the wick bar's hole. Settle the |
| mold. | | | | wick bar at the top of the mold, and pull the wick |
| Spray the candle mold with silicone spray. Break | | | | taut. |
| the block of was into small pieces; the best idea is | | | | Add scent to the wax. Stir the wax, to make |
| to put on safety goggles, and use a hammer | | | | sure that the scent is well distributed throughout |
| inside a box to keep chips from flying. Weigh the | | | | the wax. Pour the wax into the mold. As the |
| wax chips, to make sure you have one pound, | | | | surface of the wax shrinks, pour more wax |
| then put the chips in the top half of a double | | | | without exceeding the top of the first pour. Let |
| boiler and fill the bottom half with water. | | | | the candle cool eight hours. |
| Keep an eye on the wax's temperature! Most | | | | Untie the slipknot, and slide the washer and |
| waxes have a flash point at about 400 degrees F, | | | | gasket off the wick. Until the wick from the wick |
| which means this is the temperature at which | | | | bar, and slide the wick bar off the mold. Gently |
| they can catch fire, but the wax won't heat | | | | pull on the wick to remove the candle from the |
| beyond 200 degrees F on a double boiler. Add a | | | | mold. Cut the wick off flush from the bottom of |
| spoonful of release powder, and let the wax sit in | | | | the candle, and trim it on top. But kept he unused |
| the double boiler for half an hour. | | | | wax, you can use it again for your next candle! |
| Prepare the siliconed candle mold. Cut wick, tie a | | | | |