How To Make Beeswax Candles

• Canned Goods

  • 1 Stock pot

• Liquids

  • 1 Water

• Tools & Equipment

  • 1 Deep container
  • 1 Wax paper

• Other

  • 100 % pure beeswax (approx. 3-5 pounds
  • Bowl
  • Wick

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Description

Ingredients

• 100% pure beeswax (approx. 3-5 pounds)
• Wick
• Deep container, such as a metal tin or glass jar
• Stock pot
• Bowl
• Water
• Wax paper

Directions

• Roughly chop the beeswax into large pieces. Place into your deep container (I used a glass gallon jar).
• Over medium heat, heat up a large stockpot full of water.
• Place the deep container into the large stockpot. This creates a double-boiler of sorts and allows the beeswax to gently melt in the heat of the water.
• Cut a piece of wick to double your desired length. For example, I wanted 6-8″ taper candles so I cut a 16″ piece of wick. Both ends of the wick will be dipped into the beeswax and you can easily hold it up by the middle.
• Once the beeswax is melted, pinch the wick in the middle and let the ends of the wick hang down. Slowly dip the ends into the wax. Dip into a bowl of water (this will ‘set’ the wax). Shake any excess water off and dip once again into the wax. Repeat the water-wax-dipping-cycle until the candle reaches desired thickness (our tapers were about ¾″ to 1″ thick).
• Cut the bottom inch of the candle off to create a straight bottom. Dip once more for good measure.
• Hang or lay on wax paper to dry. Let set for 24 hours before burning, baby.