Sep 14 2006

How do you make wax to make candles?

Published by Jennifer at 5:25 am under Candles

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Jessyka G asked:


I don’t own any candles so I cant really burn any down.How do you make wax to make candles?
I want to make natural wax I don’t have any money so I want to make it from ingredients in my backyard or kitchen. So Than I can make some candles.

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4 Responses to “How do you make wax to make candles?”

  1. # hayles_83on 16 Sep 2006 at 2:13 pm

    Bees make wax. I don’t think you can actually make wax. And the only other thing you can do is purchase wax in the form of little beads that you melt down and then put into moulds or whatever you like.

  2. # HyperDogon 19 Sep 2006 at 4:15 pm

    If you want to make wax, you’ll need some crude oil. Then you’ll need to build a refinery to fractionate the oil into various products such as gasoline (yay!), a variety of oils and tars, and finally to paraffin, or “wax”.

    So, the bottom line is, if you want to make paraffin candles, you’ll be much better off buying it. It also comes in large blocks that you can break or cut into smaller chunks before melting.

    You could also use beeswax, but again, unless you’re ready to start bee-keeping, it’s going to be easier to buy the wax than to make it.

    One caution, when you’re melting wax, use an electric hotplate or stove, not a flame; if you overheat the wax in the presence of a flame, it will generate vapors that will very likely catch fire. It can even happen with an electric stove, so be sure and keep the temperature down to only what it takes to melt, not so hot that it “smokes”.

  3. # partner88on 22 Sep 2006 at 12:47 am

    good video tutorial

  4. # Christin Kon 22 Sep 2006 at 10:08 am

    You can’t “make” wax. You can use natural wax, made by bees–that you purchase–(beeswax) and mix it with paraffin you buy in the grocery store (look where they sell the canning jars). You should experiment with different proportions of paraffin to beeswax for the results you like best.

    It is really best to read up on the process of candlemaking before you try it–there are some HUGE problems you can run into if you don’t know what you’re doing. It’s very messy, and you run the risk of burns and fires–wax is flammable–and can explode if heated too high.