For this second review article, we will continue to experiment with the art of making candles with "The Complete Book & Candle Maker Kit", an original Lark kit that I recently bought. Ready? OK ... Let's get started!

1. Prepare the wick

We have an opening for the wick in the center top of our rubber shell Make-back beehive shape.

Around the hole, a carpet on which the needle-thread the wick or even an awl or icepick can do the job would.

You couldNeed to traverse a pair of pliers to the tip of the wick. Let 3 / 4 inch of the wick protruded the tip of the tool.

Easier said than done!

Firstly, I never managed to thread the wick in the hole of the needle, I had selected from my sewing kit. I must admit, it was not a carpet needle, but a small hole book. Guess I was suffering. Therefore, a small metal back in the toolbox found in the garage to pick. ;-)

Great! The hole is made. The wick is now.

Have you enoughWick at the bottom of your candle so that you keep the wick around a pencil wind (or dipping anchors contained in the kit), just when you're pouring the wax.

2. They are creating a form

Standard size drinking glasses, plastic containers or cans will be available as a form of work.

I chose a drinking glass and delicate head of the tool to install and plugs wrapped up the wick on the immersion.

Check the manual, I noticed it called for acool-water poured onto the form, after the wax to cool, so I grabbed a large wok-like dish.

3. Pour the Candle

There is no reference to the instructions on how much wax to melt the wax melter, so I decided to melt, the volume of a cup and it turned out, it was okay as I had a little bit extra.

Check the temperature of the wax, it should be around 190 degrees Fahrenheit. It is now time for the fragrance and color to add color. I scrapped the vanilla barwith a knife and had a couple of layers dip into the melting pot and has a yellow color chip.

Pour the candle. Would be a good idea to wear rubber gloves to protect your hands from the heat.

Reserve some wax for the topping-off process. If necessary, adjust the wick to ensure that it is properly centered in the mold.

After 2 or 3 minutes, rather than ensuring the tool into the cool water bath and that there was no tip.

As you can see in the picture above, my mold-Tip! and I lost a fewGrowing in the cool-water bath.

But is is to think about what I should have done, pour water into the glass before the onset of the mold and pour the wax. Would not that have required great dish!

Would not it have been easier? I would have avoided manipulation of form, after the wax was poured. If you have any comments please do not hesitate to publish in the area below the comment.

After two hours I took the candle from the cold bath and separated the excess wax aggregated to the candle.With scissors, cut the excess length of the wick at the bottom.

4. Top of the candle

The wax has reduced significantly during cooling and carved a well at the bottom of the candle. These must be filled with liquid wax. How long does it take to make good to the cases depends on the size of the candle. Best to check each 10 minutes or so.

5. Remove the finished candle from the mold

After two hours I took the candle from the mold. It turned outslightly.

If you do not begin to wait so long for another candle you can experiment with shapes found.

There is a section in the book (p. 32) that talks about these forms, you can find in the house. For example: milk carton, cardboard juice cans, rigid plastic containers (shampoo bottles), cocoa containers. The results are unpredictable, but there is little attempt to melt, you can always lose a candle. :-)

6. Takes care of your shape

Pour boiling waterto form, to remove excess wax, but never in a depression!

Go out and bring your water with you.

Voila! here we are with a cute small hive candle.

It has a really fun experience, have been creating this candle.

The draw back I would point out, there are at least two types of kits have been.

Also, although the description is on the box states that this candle can kit for 10 candles with the 3.5 pounds of wax around a bitlittle guidance would have appreciated in terms of measurements, but I think the fact that it can be melted down again when it is done too much volume, it is irrelevant.

A good point is that it can be done without a mess.

Stay tuned for Part 3, in which we create taper candles with this easy and fun Candle Making Kit: The Complete Book & Candle Maker Kit.