Experiments

Experimenting with Beeswax Candles – straight from the Bee!

August 7, 2011
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I’m a newcomer to candle-making and Peta thought others might be interested to hear my story!  So here goes! I fell into this almost accidentally when my husband recently started beekeeping and he began presenting me with beeswax as a byproduct of extracting the honey!  So I thought ‘beeswax candles and honey – that’s Christmas [...]

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Advent Candles: the Countdown begins!

August 23, 2010
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We’ve been planning to create an advent candle kit for the run-up to Christmas and so we’ve been researching the best possible materials to ensure consistent, quality results as easily as possible. The first step was to source some high quality taper candle moulds. Taper candles can be created in two ways: the hard way [...]

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Making Beeswax candles for kids

March 15, 2010
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We’ve had a successful first test of candles made from sheets of beeswax. It’s certainly a very easy way for kids to make a nice gift and to keep them occupied over weekends or school holidays. We’re currently sorting out the suppliers and precise makeup of our MakingYourOwnCandles kit for kids but it’ll certainly be [...]

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Pillar Candle Experiment #1

March 14, 2010
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We’ve been experimenting with a pillar candle mould in response to those customers who’ve asked for a greater variety of candle sizes and types in our kits. As you can see, our first candle is burning away successfully. This confirms that our choice of wick was the correct one and that we guessed the dye [...]

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Experimenting with moulds

March 12, 2010
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We have finally found what we think is a worthwhile mould for pillar candles. The mould is made from metal, just like our votive moulds, but is, of course, bigger. You also make the candle upside down, by pushing the wick through a hold in the bottom, sealing it up and pouring in the wax. [...]

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