Making your own soy candles, Continued.
Glass Containers:
Be careful not to use glass containers that are too thin and may crack from the heat of the hot candle wax and flame.
Also you're
going to want to start with at least a pound (16 oz.) of soy wax. So make sure your containers will support
that much wax. If you
have container candles in your house, look for the net wt., that will give you an idea of how much
wax will fit in what size container.
You can buy glass containers almost anywhere. A 16oz. apothecary jar will hold 14.5 oz.
of Soy Candle wax comfortably.
Soy Wax:
As I mentioned before, there are many different manufactures and blends of Soy Wax. Soy Wax usually comes in flake form.
You can buy
Soy Wax flakes by the pound at your local hobby store but you will probably pay too much for it. Maybe
$6.00 or $7.00 and in my opinion,
it's not that good. Search the internet for Soy Wax suppliers, I've also added a few links
on our links page. a lot of these suppliers
will sell Soy Wax by the pound, 10 pounds or 50 pounds. The more you buy, the
cheaper it gets. (around $1.00 per pound.) You can also
check Ebay for good deals. I'm not going to talk about all the different types of blends, but we use Cargill C3 Soy Wax. Out of all
the Soy Wax we've tried, we like it the best.
Wicks:
Wicks are another thing you need to get right. There are many types and sizes of wicks. The most important thing is to match the
size
wick with the diameter of your Soy Candle. The Soy Candle diameter of the Candles we sell are 4" because of that, we use
HTP 1212
wicks. The HTP series of wicks work well for Soy Candles. But you have to buy them a hundred at a time. You may
just want to buy your
wicks at your local hobby store. We suggest cotton braided wicks for your hobby. The back of the package will tell you what size to
use for your size Soy Candle. Don't forget to buy the wick tabs if they're not include with your wicks.
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Lynn's Country Candles
Quality soy candles at an affordable price!