Advanced Candle Making Techniques

Here are some advanced candle making techniques and troubleshooting advice that may help you in those problem areas.

How do you get rid off all these bubbles?
If you already have the bubble there are a few things you can try to get rid of them.

You can try putting your candle in the oven on warm for about and hour. Or you can place your candle in a window that faces the sun. Be careful, though, with colored gel candles when doing this as you might have a fading. You can also place your candles under a heat lamp. But make sure your heat lamp is at least 12” from the top of the candle.

For surface bubbles you can use a heat gun, and can also do this for bubbles close to the glass. Make sure you keep your heat gun moving, you don’t want the glassware to get to hot in any one spot.

If you are using sand pour a thin layer over the sand and let set up. Then pour another thin layer let it set up this will keep the air trapped in the sand. Another option is to pour a layer over the sand put in the oven on warm and let the gel saturate the gel.

Finally, make sure all you embeds are clean and dry. You can soak items such as sea shells and glass in mineral oil the will help prevent bubbles.

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QUESTION and ANSWERS

Can I use essential oils in gel candles?
No unfortunately essential oils are not only not available in a non polar, but the flash points of the oils are way to low for use in gels.

Can I use any fragrance oil if I mix another wax with the gel wax?
No you still need to use non polar fragrance oils.

Can you mix gel and other waxes?
Yes you can. Adding other waxes can give you candles real life appearances.

What is a forever candle?
A forever candle is a candle using the double glass method.

What is double glassing?
It a method that enables you to use almost any item in your candle, they are also called forever or eternity candles. Double glassing is done by having a glass container inside another glass container the outer glass is fill with gel wax and any items you want placed. The inter container is where the candle really and it separates your flame from all the items in you outer container.

Double glassing is a safe way to have items like starfish, seahorses, silk roses and other flammable items in your candles.

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