Vegetable candles with soy wax. From soy wax it is possible to easily make natural DIY candles. Among the containers that can be used for the home making of candles, there are the classic glass cups or glass jars with low edges, which can make up the packages of pickled or oiled foods and which are easily recoverable.
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From the soy wax you can easily make DIY plant candles. Among the containers that can be used for the home making of candles there are the classic glass cups or glass jars with low edges, which can make up the packages of pickled foods or in oil and which are easily recoverable.
Thanks to their use it is possible to obtain decorative candles of medium size, but what supports can we use if we want to obtain smaller candles, similar to those commonly for sale? Through Etsy, the famous online space dedicated to the sale of vintage items and homemade creations, you can buy soy wax candles which they see as their gods base bottle caps of metal, like those typical of liquor bottles.
You can draw inspiration from them to make them with your own hands. It will be sufficient to get some soy wax, recover metal caps and wicks for unwaxed candles, unless you are sure that they have been prepared with vegetable wax, or cotton thread suitable for making wicks. Unwaxed wicks can be found in hobby and DIY stores, as well as the soy wax, with a little luck. Otherwise, both the wicks to be waxed and the soy wax can be found for sale online through the French shop Aroma-Zone.
Soy wax is a wax of completely vegetable origin, free from harmful substances or derived from petroleum, obtained from soybean oil. Its utilization for the making of candles and the related combustion is completely safe. Care should be taken when purchasing organic, pure and GMO-free soy wax. Soy wax is sold in blocks or flakes. It is advisable to divide the blocks into flakes with the help of a knife before melting the wax.
How to prepare the wicks
If you have purchased wicks to be waxed, you will have to proceed with their preparation starting by determining their size, which must be about 1-1,5 cm greater than the height of the cap chosen as the base for the candle. Once the candle is ready, the wicks can eventually be shortened with the help of scissors. You will have to proceed by melting the soy wax in a double boiler in a saucepan.
It dissolves rapidly at a temperature usually between 40 and 50 degrees. You will therefore have to dip each wick into melted waxuntil it is completely covered and then placed on a sheet of aluminum foil. The wicks will need to cool before use. To speed up this process, it is advisable to transfer them to the refrigerator.
How to make candles
When the wicks are ready, fix them to the base of the caps by pouring a little wax on the lower part of the same. The operation will be easier if you have the appropriate metal supports to insert at the base of the wicks. At this point you will have to melt the necessary amount of soy wax in a bain-marie depending on how many candles you want to make. When the wax has melted, you can add to it 10-20 drops of your essential oil favorite, so that you get an aromatic candle.
it is also possible color and decorate your own candles using powdered spices or dyes for safe cosmetics and candles, such as micas or mineral oxides. By pouring the wax into each candle, make sure that the wick remains upright. Fill each cap just below the rim. The candles will be ready for use when they have cooled down.
The process seems laborious, but in reality it is quite simple and quick. Try it!
Marta Albè
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