How To Make Beeswax Candles From Raw Beeswax
Melt the beeswax in a double boiler.
How to make beeswax candles from raw beeswax. Fill sauce pot with water just enough to cover bottom half of glass measuring cup place on medium heat while water is heating cut beeswax into chunks with sharp knife put chunks of beeswax in glass measuring cup. Once you have clean beeswax you can get ready to make some candles. Do not heat your beeswax over high heat or it could ignite. How to filter beeswax for candle making other projects.
Return the pitcher to the hot water to keep the wax melted. Place the jar into the microwave oven for approximately fifteen to twenty minutes or until all the wax it melted. Pour a small amount of wax into the bottom of each jar so that there is about a half inch at the bottom. How to make beeswax candles.
Place this measuring cup into a pan filled with a few inches of water. A sheet of beeswax is wrapped tightly around the wick producing beautiful wax candles. Of beeswax in your large glass measuring cup. Use a glue gun to stick the wick to the bottom of the jar.
Using a kitchen scale measure 12 oz. Or use a combination of these methods. Place raw beeswax chunks into a glass container with a wide mouth such as a canning jar. Use pencils or dowels to propstabilize the wick.
Stir gently with a bamboo skewer until the coconut oil is melted and incorporated. The impurities sink to the bottom of the jar and the clean beeswax remains on the top. Remove the clean beeswax from the jar. One method of making beeswax candles to create candles made from rolled sheets of beeswax.
I melt my beeswax in a metal pouring container set inside another pot with some water in it to make a double boiler. If you dont have a double boiler you can use a stainless steel bowl set inside a pot of boiling water. Melt beeswax over medium heat. Attach the wick to the jar with super glue.
Hold the wick in place with strips of masking tap. Once the beeswax is completely melted remove from heat and add the coconut oil.