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| No1_sonuk:
I have some candle-making stuff around here somewhere. Can ordinary candle moulds be used with this stuff? |
| AdeV:
--- Quote from: No1_sonuk on February 16, 2010, 10:35:41 AM ---I have some candle-making stuff around here somewhere. Can ordinary candle moulds be used with this stuff? --- End quote --- I don't have any candle moulds, so I can't give you a definitive; but, having said that, I don't see why not. When molten, it's very just like plain candle wax, only gloopier. |
| No1_sonuk:
When I track the stuff down, I'll try it. |
| PTsideshow:
Yes and no, it will depend on the material the mold is made out of. There are additives that are used in candle making to make the candle easier to release from a mold. There are also the micro-crystalline waxes that will make the wax harder. They also have low temp melt plastics that can be added to the wax to adjust the properties of the wax. To get the wax out of the mold you can place it in the freezer for a while and the candles come right out. These are 1/12 scale miniature 12 layer hand dipped joined by the wick Williamson style dollhouse candles me and the wife made and wholesaled 30 years or so when the miniatures were smoking hot! The other shorter candles are the votive candles, actual size 5/16" tall and 3/16"dia the pillar candles are 7/16" dia and 5/8" tall. The molds I used were the telescoping brass tube sold in the hobby shop. Cut to length so the wax would pull back in as it set up. And froze them to pop the candles out easy. as they didn't have all the stuff for additives like today. The problem is that almost every distributor of the supplies has their own names for the items. The addition of the LDPE doesn't make good burning candle. :dremel: Here are a couple of pictures of the displays for the product The display photo that was on the leaflet, the white pillar candles toward the center of the photo. Are hand painted Christmas pillar candles. All are 1/12" scale miniatures The display rack that the store got when carrying our candles to sell. This was back in the day BC(before computers) the photo's were damaged by water spots and foxing but you can get the idea. |
| Bernd:
Amazing Glen. Is there something you haven't done or know about? :D You just amaze me with you knowledge. Ya, I know, you read a lot. :) Bernd |
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