Candles

My husband claims that the weigh of the flakes is different from the fluid ounces that you get when you melt the wax.

You should get around 26 jar candles from the 10 pounds of soy wax.

i want to make a candle in a maragarita glass for my friend my friend but im not sure how…anything would be nice or any other cute ideas dealing with just margarita glasses?

You can buy the candle gel and wicks at craft stores. It’s melt and pour basically.

Im basically trying to figure out how to get my taper candles to look like this candle on the right of the image.

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this might just happen naturally but im not sure kinda new to candles
Can i cut them a specific way so this happens?

Most candles are made not to drip these days. Some will a little if they burn too fast to use up what they are made of. You have to shop around for ones that drip….I think most of the ones I’ve seen drip different colors as they burn.

I have several tall pillar candles that have burned part way down, but only in the middle. The wick is now too far down to cast any light, but there is still a fair amount of candle left. Any ideas?

If you are meaning the sides are too tall you can take a heated butter knife and cut them down to the size you want. You can shave off a little or quite abit, you just have to make sure your knife is HOT, so it cuts but doesn’t break. You can also take the hot knife and carefully round off the edges so it doesn’t look "homemade". Just take your time and go slowly at least until you get used to the method.

The pieces you cut off can go in a jar for on a candle warmer. That is if they have a scent. There would be no light, but the warmer would cause the wax chunks to melt and the scent to come out.

I will need about 20-25 lavender unscented candles to use on the tables for my wedding reception. Does anyone know of any good websites or even places to find these. So far I have looked at Michael’s and Walmart.

Partylite.com

I need it help with center pieces

Tulips all the way

I am trying to find out wich is the better wax for making container candles. So which do you prefer? Also what scent do you prefer?

Soy, I like that they burn clean. I like Apple scent.

My floating candles are sitting water… but the water is evaporating… and i hate it… HELP PLEASE!!!

thanks
my floating candles are in a candle bowl… the water is evaporating… is there anything else that i can put them in so that i am not constantly having to fill the candle dish with water?
I clean my bowls… dont get me wrong, but these particular candles are in one of the bathrooms… SO the water evaporates more than normal… Is there like oil or something?

YES YOU’VE GOT IT USE SOME SORT OF COLORED OIL IT’LL LOOK GREAT AND SMELL GOOD .

I have this idea for unique scented items but I wanted to know how are the scents put into the items. Like what if I wanted to make lip balm or candles that smelled like fried chicken and mashed potatoes? (Not really but that sounds lovely.)

Im not sure how correct I am on this but my boyfriends aunt makes scented candles that smell really good. I think she buys the frangrances in a bottol from a craft store and mixes it in while shes melting the wax for the candles. You can probably find them at hobby lobby.

yes!& more planet friendly