I have been making candles for years...way before they became a "fad"...and before I started following the path of bei ng a Witch.
I got tired of throwing away all those candles that burned down and left behind so much wax. Especially the fragrant ones. I would melt the wax in a tephlon coated sauce pan, and in mixing different fragrant candle waxes that were left over, I created many new fragrances...pretty cool.
What I do is re-use the container in which the original candles came in. Ex:those little glasses that the Glade candles come in, or pretty much any container....I used bowls, and put three wicks in...I usually by wick at the hobby store. I've never used regular string dipped in wax. I am not too sure how it would burn.
Quick hint:
If you need to fragrance your house quickly, like lets say you have company coming over, and you want your house to smell as if you burn fragrant candles all day, every day.....take the left over pieces of fragrant candles, (or even a new fragrant candel), and melt it in your sauce pan on a very low flame....as it melts down, it breaks up the fragrant molecules and puts fragrance in the air. As soon as the wax is melted down, turn up the flame, and bring it too just a boil...quickly remove from heat.....take your pot and walk from room to room....the wax should be smoking at this point, emitting fragrance into the air.
The smell will last for days in your home..(provided you don't have every window open...lol)......It's a really quick way to utilized fragrant candles, and get a quick air fix...
There is one more trick you can do.
If you don't feel like melting your wax down...take all the left over pieces of candles you have left....use a hand shredder (a cheese shredder), and shred the candles down to tiny pieces.....take a container in which you want to use to burn the candle. Pour the pieces of wax in the bowl almost to the top...then just stick you wick in the middel..(it will stand on it's own)...oh yeah, after pouring the pieces of wax in the bowl....compress with your hand, just to compact the wax pieces together a bit...then put your wick in. Light the wick, and the candle will burn, and burn slower than a regular candle. It will melt the candle down as it burns....
any more ideas, just ask me...or if you have any great suggestions, please let me know...
Oh yeah one more thing....in reference to put hot wax into molds, and worrying about getting the candle out when it's dry....there is a neat way of making sure it comes out and also adding fragrance to your candle.
Before you pour your hot wax into the mold, coat the mold with any fragrance oil.......(just like if your were buttering a can pan).....this way when you pour your wax in it will not stick to the mold as it dries. It should slide out with no problem, and it will also now be coated with fragrance.
If it doesn't come out easily, take the mold, (can, etc...) and dip it in very cold water...give a few taps around the sides, and it should slide out easy..
Ok, I've talked enough now..LOL..........Have a fantastic day, and an even better tomorrow!
Blessings,
SCORPION GODDESS
I don't think it's meant to do that!
