Round - 3" x 9" - Palm Wax Teal & Blue

December 16, 2011 (last modified: December 30, 2011)

This candle was made using Starburst Palm Wax. It is an all-natural wax that looks like fiberglass when it hardens. The wax was dyed teal. After about 15 minutes of cooling I added blue dye flakes to the top. The heat gradually melted the blue dye, but most of it just stayed at the top. Two pours were required, but when using this wax for candles under 6" I can usually get away with only one pour. Palm wax has a higher melt point, so I use #5 square braid wick, which creates almost a perfect 3" melt pool.

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Hexagon - Magenta Mottling

December 16, 2011 (last modified: December 30, 2011)

This candle was made using leftover wax from previous candles. The wax is 140° F paraffin wax which had previously been dyed blue and had parol oil added to create the mottling effect. I added some scent and enough red dye to make it this color. The wax was poured @ 160° F. After the wax had cooled I filled the sink pit with the left-over wax which is why there is the darker band at the top.

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3x3 grid of square 3" x 6"

December 16, 2011 (last modified: December 30, 2011)

I started this candle by making red, yelow, and blue chunks. The red chunks are scented with frankincense oil, the yellow chunks are scented with sandlewood oil, and the blue chunks are scented with myrrh oil. The scents go together very well. I then used a square 3" x 6" mold and made chunk candles pouring the 140° F paraffin wax at various temperatures. It was an expirement of sorts to see how chunk candles turn out at different temperatures. When all the candles were cooled I used soft paraffin to fill the pits.
After an hour or so of burning all the candles melt together to form a gigantic melt pool. I used a cloth belt for the first few burnings to make sure all the candles stayed together. I've now burned it down an inch or so and have taken the belt off, they hold themselves together perfectly. There was a while during the winter where our heater wasn't working very well. When I came home from work I would just light this candle and the whole apartment would get warm in no time :-)

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Unity Candle & Runner-up

December 16, 2011 (last modified: December 30, 2011)

These are the candles I made for my wedding. Both of them are made using 140° F paraffin wax along with parol oil to create the mottling effect. The parol oil is added to the wax before pouring and mixed well. Then when the candle is cooled enough to form a skin on top, dye shavings were added and melted in with a butane torch.
My wife picked the pink candle to be our unity candle. The other one is now decorating our apartment.

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Square - Glowing Blue Cross

December 16, 2011 (last modified: December 30, 2011)

This candle was made using a glow powder additive from readysetglo.com. I poured the 140° F paraffin wax into a glass dish. Using a salt shaker I evenly spread the glow powder. It sinks very quickly. When the wax was cool enough I cut it into 1" chunks. I did the same thing for some non-glowing chunks of various colors. I carefully arranged the chunks upside-down in the mold, and poured some un-dyed 140° F paraffin into the mold at about 155° F.
The candle cooled in only a few hours. Being a chunk candle it didn't stand perfectly straight, so I used a cheese grater to flatten the bottom.

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Hexagon - 3" x 6" - Glowing Stripes & Chunks

December 16, 2011 (last modified: December 30, 2011)

This candle was made using a glow powder additive from readysetglo.com. I added the powder to 140° F paraffin wax, and poured it into a glass dish. Using a whisk I whipped the wax into an oatmeal consistency. This helps suspend the additive in the wax to achieve a consistent glow. When the wax was cool enough I cut three strips that would fit the mold. I re-melted the leftover wax and made small chunks to fill the rest of the candle. Finally I poured some blue-dyed paraffin @ 160° F over the chunks.
The candle took about 3 hours to cool. It came out of the mold very easily. It shines so brightly you can do shadow puppets with it!

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Square - Glow in the Dark

December 16, 2011 (last modified: December 30, 2011)

For Christmas my wife gave me some glow powder from readysetglo.com. I added the powder to 140° F paraffin wax. I also added paraflint, which helps the wax to carry light better. The glow powder doesn't stay suspended in wax very well, so as the wax was cooling I whipped it until it achieved an oatmeal consistency. When it was thick enough, I poured it over a square candle I made earlier.
The candle turned out alot better than I expected! It holds its glow for 6+ hours. I usually wake up before the sunrise, and the candle still dimly glows from the night before.

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Rounded Star Multi Color-Leach

December 16, 2011 (last modified: December 30, 2011)

This candle was done by leaching three dyes together as the candle was cooling. I started by pouring 140° F paraffin wax into the mold. When it had cooled enough to form a skin on top, I added the dye shavings. I put the yellow, red, and blue shavings on different sides, and then used a butane torch to melt them down and swirl them around. When the candle had cooled I filled the pit with black wax.

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Round - 3" x 9" - Blue Color-Leaching

December 16, 2011 (last modified: December 30, 2011)

This was a unity candle I made for a friend's wedding. It is 140° F paraffin wax with paraflint added. After melting everything together at very high temperatures, I let the wax cool to about 150° F before pouring. When the candle had cooled enough to form a skin on top I added blue dye shavings and melted them in with a butane torch. Because the wax was poured at such a low temperature in combination with the paraflint additive, it has an almost fuzzy texture. When the butane torch was used to melt in the dye it raised the temperature of the wax at the top, giving that area a smooth texture. This candle was difficult to get out of the mold, and left alot of material stuck to the inside.

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Round - 3" x 9" - Green & Blue Color-Leaching

December 16, 2011 (last modified: December 30, 2011)

2.2 lbs 140° F paraffin wax
2.5 Tbsp of Paraflint
0.5 oz "rain" scented oil
I poured the wax @ 215° F. It has to be hot to fully dissolve the paraflint into the wax. When it had cooled enough that blowing on it created goosebumps, I dumped a bunch of dye shavings on top. Usually I would use a butane torch the melt the shavings in, but here they melted on their own and eventually sank down into the wax. The next day the candle was dry, but there was a huge cavern (the hotter the poured wax, the bigger the cavern). I reheated the leftover wax to fill the cavern and add another centimeter of wax on the top. When the candle was fully-cooled it came out of the mold very easily.

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