Candle making

You should keep the following in mind:

When making candles, you need a tall pot to melt your beeswax.

Pick a pot that's big enough to fit the whole wick you prepped in the first step. Your wax pot should be a few inches taller than the candle will be. Now, just like when you're making candles, slowly heat the beeswax in a double boiler over low to medium heat.

Once the wax is liquid, you can turn off the stove. The residual heat is usually sufficient. It is important that the wax is not too hot!

How to make your own candles

1. Now dip the weighted wick into your pot of liquid beeswax.
2. The first time, it has to soak up all the wax. That's the most important dive!
3. After about a minute, you can pull the wick out again and let the wax dry briefly.
4. Then dip them back into the liquid wax. This time, however, only briefly, otherwise the previous layer of wax will dissolve again. Be aware of the natural properties of beeswax: it heats up quickly and cools down slowly! It can be helpful to dip the candles in cold water to cool them down.
5. Repeat this process several times: dip – dry – dip – dry... With each dip, the candle grows layer by layer until the desired thickness is achieved.

As a guideline example: Round wick no. 2 for a taper candle with a diameter of approx. 20 mm

Be patient: Since natural wax varies greatly, it always takes a lot of trial and error to find out at what temperature the candle-making process works best.