How To Make Hand Carved Candles

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How to make hand carved candles. One Stop Candle has the ultimate idea for you in simple but very visually impressive candle carving designs. My daughter and I make these candles in our kitchen. The making of hand-carved candles is extremely beautiful to watch.

Finally you want to dip the candle in a glaze that will protect your decorative carved candle by keeping everything in place. Step by step DVDs or personal candle carving lessons will teach you all of the techniques and secrets that will make you a successful carver within 1 day. When you look at these masterpieces it is hard to believe that these are ordinary paraffin candles.

Lift out then let them cool. The candles are dipped into liquid wax to build up layers of colour. We start by pouring a star shaped core and then dipping that in 25 - 40 layers of colored wax.

Depending on the size core you use you have to presoak it in wax for anywhere from 30 seconds to 2 minutes to make sure the cold core doesnt cool your candle off as your carving it. This is a 55 cut and carve candle. Its best to cool the candle rapidly by dipping it into a vat of water that is at room temperature.

Once the candle is cooled dip it into another vat. Warm up the base of the candle using a pan or hot water and then rapidly spin the candle to level the base. It is made from paraffin and finished with an acrylic glaze.

The melted wax temper. I add stearic acid to the wax in both the core and the colored dipping wax. Dont use too much pressure.