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Soy Candles in Jelly Jars?I would like to know how to make soy candles in jelly jars. Linda from Mi

 

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Fake Coffee Candle?How can I make a fake coffee candle?

 

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Making a Candle Making Kit?I need a candle making kit. I have no supplies right now. I will need everything it takes to make candles. I am also interested in making pillows, sewing, flower arrangements, etc.

 

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Can you add fragrance oils to used candle wax?Can you add fragrance oils to used candle wax? I am looking for something or some way to get my home to smell like a candle shop around the clock.

 

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Can I Use Baby Food Jars For Candles?I was wondering if anyone knows if you can use baby food jars for candles? I want to do a project similar to sand art, using candles. I want to shred different color candles, put in a wick, and layer the shaved candles into baby food jars.

 

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Making Textured Candles?Has anyone ever heard of "whipped candles"? When I was 14, my friend's mom used to use a large mixture to make these "textured" candles. She would sell them to make money for the holidays. I remember them like it was last week.

 

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Adding a Scent to Candles?Adding a Scent to Candles. How do I add scent while making a candle?

 

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Homemade Candle Scents?Homemade scents for candlemaking. My best suggestion is to use a few drops of essential oil. Find the scent you like best and use that. Essential oils should mix with the wax and retain their scent.

 

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White Haze When Making Candles?I recently started making candles again. My question is after the wax has hardened and I release the wax from the mold, there is a white haze on top of the wax. I tried and remelted the wax on a lower temp. thinking the wax was too hot when poured, but I got the same results. Any tips on how to fix this? Thank you.

 

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Taper Candle Molds?I am looking for 1/2 inch taper candle molds. They must be 1/2 inch on the bottom, and can be any length. Thank you.

 

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Advice For Making Gel Wax Candles?How to make gel wax. And how do you calculate how much you need to fill a certain size container.

 

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Making Indoor Ice Candles?Does anyone know how to make indoor ice candles? Not the real ice candles for outdoors.

 

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Homemade Gel Candles?Does anyone have a recipe for making your own candle gel? I don't want to buy it ready-made if it is cheaper to make it myself.

 

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Making Massage Candles?Where can I purchase cocoa butter, almond oil, coconut oil, shea butter to make massage candles?

 

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Homemade Candles?A month or so ago, we decided to try to recycle a bad candle (too big, would extinguish itself). We boiled it down (*always use double boiler method) and used washed juice containers (the ones for frozen juice) for the molds, with leftover waxed linen cord for the wick.

 

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Making Candles With Drizzled Colors Down Sides?I vaguely remember making candles where we would drip a colored candle, crayon, or some material onto another bigger candle. The end result was this candle with all different colored "drops" all the way around and down the sides.

 

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Using Leftover Wax from Scented Candles?Any suggestions for using left over scented candles once the wick is gone and can no long be burnt? Thanks.

 

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Removing Candle From Broken Jar?Just bought a really nice candle and before I could get in the house with it (in the sack) I dropped it and the whole side and corner of the jar shattered. Can anyone please suggest the best way to save my candle without ruining it. Please help.

 

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Making Candles from Old Wax?I am making candles from left over candle wax. Does anyone know an alternative way to get rich colour in them apart from buying candle dyes? Many thanks.

 

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Candles Made from Recycled Wax Burn Down Much Faster?I have been making candles from leftover candlewax, but they are burning down very quickly. Does anyone have any idea what the problem can be? Many thanks.

 

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Homemade Candle Wicks?I have been making candles from leftover candle wax. As there are no craft shops near me to buy candle wicks, I have used string dipped a few times in wax. The problem I have is they burn well to begin with, but then they go out.

 

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Making Your Own Sage and Citrus Candle Scent?I am trying to duplicate the scent of Yankee candle "sage and citrus". Does anyone have any suggestions? Thank you.

 

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Candle Wick Very Thin and Flame Struggling?I bought a large "Kathy Ireland" home baked jar candle yesterday. I paid more than I normally would for a candle. But it was so pretty and smelled so good. I burned it yesterday for about three hours.

 

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Cast Iron Mini Skillet Candle Molds?I have a question, and I hope I have found the right category for this. Does anyone know where I can find those mini cast iron skillets? I am referring to the tiny ones that you can pour a candle into.

 

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Easy Candle Making Instructions?I am looking for the easiest way to make candles. Thank you.

 

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What Can I Use for Candle Molds?I'm a starving college student and I love crafts and want to start making candles, but I don't want to purchase molds. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what to use instead?Also, how the heck do you insert the wick?

 

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Reusing Old Candles?Does anyone know what to do with a candle that has the wick burnt out, but lots of wax left over? I would like to do something with them, as it seems such a waste to just throw all that sweet smelling wax out. I would also like to know how to make a candle wick.

 

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Scented Candles Have No Odor When Burned?When making candles: after the wax melts I put my dye chips in. Once that is melted I add scent. Then I pour it into the molds and I take them out the next day. They smell good, but when I burn them there's no scent.

 

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Using Coffee Cans to Make Candles?Can I use a large or small coffee can to make candles?

 

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Adding Scent to a Melted Candle to Reuse?I use a vanilla candle on a warmer. The candle melts down, but then there is no scent left. Someone thought if I put in a new wick, that the scent would come back. What does putting in a new wick have to do with it when I don't light the wick anyway?

 

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Making Candles in Glass Jars?Are glass jars safe to use for candle making? I thought it would be fun to make a candle that looked like the product that was in the jar, such as salsa or jam.

 

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Refilling Glad Candle Holder?I want to melt that wax down and put it back in the Glade candle holder. I have about 20 Glade candle holders that are about 1/2 way filled with wax, but cannot be used because the wick is burnt down.

 

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Homemade Candles Don't Stay in Containers?I make candles from margarita glasses sometimes and they get loose and fall out. What am I doing wrong?

 

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Putting a Tea Candle Inside a Large Candle?How can I make a hole in a large candle and put a tea candle in to glow and save the large candle?

 

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Decorating Tea Lights?I have seen tea lights which have a thin tartan pattern material on the top (like thin paper). Has anyone come across these as I would like to do the same with my tea light candles?

 

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Making Candles from Leftover Wax?I love to reuse my old candles by melting the leftover waxs together to make a new candle, but as the wax is cooling with a wick in the center, the wax climbs the walls of the candle jar, leaving a big pit in the middle. This does not happen when there's no wick.

 

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Glaze Not Sticking to Candles?What do I do when the glaze doesn't cover my candle? It seems to just drip right off. I use a dipping glaze.

 

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Making a Large Candle Mold?How do I make a table size candle by using a cement?

 

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Recycling Used Candles to Make New Ones?How do I melt the candles that are too low to burn and add to another candle to make a new one?

 

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