First steps in the making of candles
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0.000 HBDFirst steps in the making of candles
# First steps in Candle Making ๐ฏ Let's see where it shall lead me... And also my first post in #HiveDiY   Today I made my first steps into Candle Making ... "Artisan Cirier" as we say in french. It may seem easy, and yes, it is, but it was a very first experience to see if I wanted to go further. My goal, in long term, is being able to craft high quality candles with **natural bio wax**, natural colours, and **natural bio essential oils**. If I succeed the whole process, I might even go one step further and learn to craft the essential oils myself too. #### For the final goal : ๐ฏ Selling my own brand. ๐ฏ I decided to make this post to remember the moment ๐ # Preparation  Bringing all materials and ingredients to the working place. The melting pot, the wax, the 2 recipients, 2 wicks, the wicks clips. Remind the usage of the absorbent paper to avoid wax stains. # Heating and Wicks positioning  I poured some wax into both the recipients to gather enough of it, then I poured it in the meltingpot. I used the electric hob of the kitchen to heat it, I had absolute no idea how long it would take.  When it started to melt down, I dipped the base of the wicks in the wax, to "glue" them in the center of the recipients. *Hint: This avoids the usage of those ulgy wicks stickers.*  Those twe pieces of wood allow the wicks to remain straight when the wax will be poured in the recipients. # The making of the candles  Nice, I finished the preparation of the wicks right on time, in only a few minutes the wax was completely melted, we shall now pour the liquid wax to it's final destination.  I was a tiny bit brutal, so I needed to recenter the wood sticks to be sure the wicks remained centered... The absorbent paper did its job, my wife won't be angry at me, lol ... And now, I just need to be patient until it cools down .  And voilร the final result. I can now cap the recipient and store them until I will use them. # Next time Of course, these two candles are the basics, but it learned me a lot already, I will soon be able to perfume them with essential oils, and dried flowers or plants. I will also acquire some moulds to be able to diversify, allowing me to prepare some catalog for **candles on demand** ... # Absorbent paper trick. I asked you to remind I was using absorbent paper. It's a "old generation" trick. When your candles melt on your favorite tablecloth, you can easily clean it by putting a piece of absorbent paper on the stain, and iron it for a few seconds. The wax will melt again and will be captured by the paper, leaving your tablecloth alone ... I hope this very simple experience pleased you, let me know if you want to see my progress with it... I will buy loads of soja and bee wax, some molds, and prepare another post as soon as possible, because I enjoyed it. I am eager to try with the oils too...  Best regards, โ[๐ด๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐รฏ๐๐](https://peakd.com/@itharagaian)โ Discord : https://dicord.principalityofbastion.org Website : https://principalityofbastion.org / https://bastion.city X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/itharagaian Mail : ``itharagaian@principalityofbastion.org`` ([GnuPG Publick key](https://principalityofbastion.org/itharagaian_0x4D2B8B9A_public.asc)) Founder of the Principality of Bastion | CoFounder of Hive-FR Community --------- | ---------- |  โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ Helping the Principality: [Hive Tips](https://hivelive.me/donate/itharagaian) | [Paypal](https://www.paypal.me/Lordolivier) BTC : `bc1qxtaam3mq62kpa0vlafjlpdfluqt6anh22qyu3k` DASH: `Xuetc3zEDQfx7WGHpJUtPdrgB4tQJEQbat` DOGE: `DD5MZYCeEA68D4FLNmqt51VUEg8mG3yeHR` LTC : `ltc1q32fq9ae55l0zmrqjc5h763s8x0y2dv7pwk699c` ETH : `0x710c5Ea59F8ae07b7C005C516B7865CDd94Fa52a` All donations are **appreciated and welcomed**, thank you. โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ 
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