You lose some you win some

I know that's not exactly how the saying goes, but that what happened for me here.

I decided I wanted to try my hand at making candles. I made a few others with some success, so I thought I'd try using a mold.

I collected my supplies. This is my mold with a wick ready to be used. You want to use either a wick holder or popsicle stick to keep your wick in place when you pour your wax.

Most directions say to use a wooden spoon, but I actually use a plastic utensil. The only candles that I had trouble using plasticware on was gel candles.

You want to melt your wax using a double boiler. I boil my water first and then pour my wax in. I use a pour pot with a pot of boiling water instead of an actual double boiler. I find this melts my wax better.

For this particular candle, I'm going to use palm wax. It has a really neat effect when it cools!

According to the directions I found, you want to melt your wax at roughly 230 degrees and keep on low to medium heat. The problem I found was that, even at high, I was never able to get my temps up past 185 degrees. So I kept my temp all the way up.

I have non allergic rhinitis, which makes me very sensitive to smells. I have to choose scents that won't give me massive headaches. For this candle, I'm using cinnamon.

It used a dropper, which didn't let me draw up much at once. I used basically 3 of these.

Wax dye. The amount you use determines how dark your color is. My first candle attempt was using a candle kit. It never actually told me how much to use, so I used it all. Those ended up being the ugliest green candles I have ever seen!
I also found out you're not supposed to use them on gel candles, but mine came out pretty well! I have also since found out that you can use crayons for dyes instead of paying so much on wax dyes...

After pouring the wax, I started realizing I had a problem... Fortunately I had seen a video that warned me to put aluminum foil down when using a mold "just in case".
I had read where you needed to block the wick hole in the bottom of the mold so it didn't leak. I couldn't find putty to block it, so I used glue dots that had come in another candle kit I had previously used. It wasn't working.

For some reason, I thought it would be a good idea to put it in the fridge to cool my wax faster. Unforrunately the glue dots popped off the rest of the way and poured the wax all over the bottom of my fridge. It wasn't easy, but I eventually got most of it cleaned up.

I was able to save half of my melted wax and chose to try and save my candle. My concern was whether my end result would be the same. I melted more wax and added more scent. I felt my color was still fine, so I did not add more dye.

I chose not to try the mold again and decided instead to put it in a glass bowl.

I've mentioned the end result on making a palm wax candle. It took about 30 minutes before I was able to see the starting of it....

After an hour, you can really see the crystals forming in the candle. I am a happy camper!!!

This is after 2 hours of cooling. Fully crystalized! Yay!!!

That night, after everything happened, I ordered mold seal putty. I haven't had a chance to try it yet, but I will!

These are a few other candles that I have made.

I hope you enjoyed! Please like, comment, resteem!