A Great Resource for Beginning Candle Makers
Making your own candles is an increasingly popular pastime. While candles aren’t the household necessity they once were, candles have always remained popular. It’s even more enjoyable when you’ve made the candle yourself.
If you get involved with candle making you’re continuing an ancient tradition. Though we take it for granted, it took centuries of trial and error and experimentation to develop candles that were anything close to the quality of the candles we routinely enjoy today. Making your own candles honors that tradition.
But where to begin? Certainly no one should try reproducing a complex specialty candle that you might see a gift shop as a first project. However, making even a “simple” taper candle is much more complicated than you might think.
There are a wide assortment of techniques that can be used. Then you need to select which candle wax all wax blend you going to use from the dozens available . Each of these behaves differently. When you’re making a candle, you need to to select the wax that you think will work best.
{But experienced candle makers don’t stop there. They often use additives to change characteristics of the wax such as opacity or hardness. That’s another whole range of decisions that need to be made.
Then there’s the question of wicks. Picking the proper size is crucial, but their other considerations as well. Should the wick be primed? What’s the best weave for this candle? Cored or not, and if cored, with what?
As you can see, there’s a lot to know about just picking the right wax and wick. We haven’t even begun to talk about things like adding scent or different decorative techniques.
It’s pretty clear that all this might be a little overwhelming for somebody trying to get started making their own candles.
That’s where this new e-book I’ve discovered comes in. It’s called Home Candle Making Made Easy. It’s a great book.
It’s written by Jeff Beckwith who’s been a candle making enthusiast since he made his first candles in his grandmother’s kitchen using canning wax. Although he’s somewhat of an expert, he never comes across like that. Instead, it’s kind of like having a buddy tell you about silly mistakes they made so you won’t do the same thing yourself.
Having insider tips and secrets clearly explained helps you avoid an incredible amount of frustration and wasted time. This book gives you such information in an easy-to-read format.
Before you try making your first candle I highly suggest that you get this book. The small investment is well worth what it will save you and time, frustration and wasted materials. You will get the details at:
And if you want a short introduction to candle making, go to the homepage on Jeff’s site
http://www.candlemakingconnection.com/
Be sure to sign up for the free candle making mini course.
Candle making is a great hobby and I encourage you to get this book and discover for yourself how quickly you can become an expert if you start with the right advice.
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