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Process Essay: The Art Of Candles

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The Art of Candles
Candles are seen everywhere and add a nice touch to a facility with their wonderful smell and color. Have you ever thought how they may be made? The process is quite complicated, but in the end, you get a wonderful result and a great gift. Here is a little insight on how it is done and how the process works.

First, before you even begin to start your candle you have to make sure you have the proper supplies listed above. Here is how they work. The burner gets plugged in to get heated up, so warning it will get very hot make sure you are using oven mitts or something to protect your hands before proceeding with this project. Proceed to put the 1.5 pound of wax into the pouring pitcher, but do not put the pitcher on the stove …show more content…

So first you are going to put your pouring pitcher onto the burner and let it melt giving it a stir every few minutes. Once the wax has heated up to 185 F. Now add your preferred amount of dye. The fewer drops you use the lighter the candle will be, but do not use more than 8 drops of the dye. Mix the dye in the melted wax until it is even and colored. Now remove the wax from the heat and then wait until it is a little cooler. When it reaches about 170 F add the fragrance and stir it in and sniff the aroma of your sweet candle. Spray the molds one more time, but don’t use as much as the first, but make sure the mold is coated. Now here comes the boring part wait until it reaches 125 F and the slowly pour the melted mixture into the molds making sure the bottom is sealed and not leaking. When you reach the top of the candle about .5 inches from the wick bar stop, and move onto the next candle. Make sure that you do not use all the wax it is really important that you have extra for the second and third pour. Leave about a half a pound for extra. These directions should give you plenty of extra wax so don’t worry about that too much, but make sure that you have some. Then tap the side of the cylinder with the spoon to remove all of the bubbles that have formed at the bottom. Do this about ten times per candle. Now you wait until the next day.

So now we have a hardened candle that looks great and smells great, but there are

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