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Making Gel Candles for Fun & Profit

There are a few items you will need to the release of the molds.Submerged
gather before you can start making your Objects: In order to submerge objects in
gel candles. The most basic are supply your gel candles they must be resistant
containers, gels, pans, wicks, and of to burning and melting. Items that work
course, your kitchen range. Below is a well are buttons, marbles, toys and
detailed list of the items you will need, jewels. Do not use highly flammable
and most of these items are available at items. Some objects will float so you may
your local craft and variety have to add the items as the gel cools
stores.Containers: It's best to use a and thickens. This is where the craft
heat resistant glass, but there are also sticks or knife comes in handy. You can
many types of glass and push items down that float to the
acrylics.Materials: Gel Wax, Paraffin top.Heating Wax: Paraffin should be
when specified in a recipe, candle scent, heated to 130 degrees F to 140 degrees F.
candle dye, wick, wick clip, and wick The melting point of gel wax is between
base.Supplies: Craft sticks, knife, 160 degrees and 170 degrees F. If you are
spoon, candy thermometer, pliers, small melting Paraffin you should always use a
sauce pan, double boiler for paraffin double boiler. Gel wax can be heated
when used, cooking oil spray, non-stick directly on the burner set at a medium to
cookie sheet, ice cream scoop, ice pick, low heat. Tip: Tear gel into small pieces
Potato peeler for the dye, stove burner, to control the amount of bubbles.CAUTION:
small deep metal pans, and molds.Wicks & Always be careful when melting wax. It
Clips: Use large bleached wicks. Gel is highly flammable. Make sure your area
candles burn longer than paraffin candles is well ventilated. Never leave
so a large wick is required for the unattended or around young children
additional burn time. Do not use wire without supervision.Clean Up: Use dish
wicks these will leave debris in the gel. soap and hot water to clean utensils,
Use a metal base clip and crimp it to one counter tops and tools. Run paraffin
end of the wick with pliers or use a under hot water then under soapy water.
small washer.Dyes & Scents: Candles dyes You can scrape wax off counter tops, or
are great to use because their color is use small amounts of turpentine to aid in
translucent. Crayons can also be used if removal (be sure to test first).For free
the proper dyes are not available at your Candle making recipes & tutorials visit
local stores. Candle dyes come in you learn to create your candles create a
different forms, from wax squares, to business plan and decide on what market
liquids and powders. You can mix colors to target for your product. You could do
to form additional colors. theme candles such as weddings,
Scents are fun to add to make the candle birthdays, etc. Possbily decide on making
fragrant. Scents come in the form of oil recipe candles, or whatever great ideas
based liquids, pellets and wax solids. you may have.Then discover where to sell
You add scent before pouring the candle your candles such as craft shows, sell
this avoids evaporation.Additives & them on ebay, create your own web site,
Release Agents: If using paraffin, add take them to work, set up trade shows,
stearic acid to increase the hardness and contact local gift shops and talk with
raise the melting point. Use spray others about selling or starting a new
cooking oil or silicone spray to aid in business.




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