A widespread use of beeswax candles in churches was known all throughout the height of the 14th century and this was mainly since of their simplicity, cleanness, and pleasant image. These beautiful candles are very popular today because of being smoke-free, long-burning, emitting a pleasant honey odor and not dripping all over the place!
Beeswax candle making can be an entertaining project for the whole family. Is it a troublesome task to make them? What is the step-by-step process and just what types of supplies do we need? Well, let us initially discuss the origin of beeswax candles.
Beeswax comes from bees and honey. Isn’t it that when you hear or read about beeswax, the first thing that would come across your imagination would be a group of honey bees flitting through a garden of flowers? Just like you would link trickling honey to a production honey combs.
The beeswax candle making is produces is very remarkable, if I may say so. Nectar is collected through the bees’ process of flitting across every flower in the garden. Roughly about 2 million flowers stopped over by honey bees is enough to create a pound of nectar. Then, honey will be produced through the concentration of the nectar. Once the bees had eaten up the honey, they will be digested and will move through their bodies until they are excreted from their sides in order to produce wax scales. In general, it would take about 800,000 wax scales to have at least one pound of beeswax. Now you know where the saying comes from - busy as a bee!
During the season of fall, honey is harvested by the beekeepers, as well as beeswax is taken from the honeycombs. During the process to take the honey, the beekeeper cuts the end off of the cells; melts it down and then cleans out the debris. All this material is formed into bulk beeswax, ready to process into sheets or by bulk to make candles. (Conditioners used for leather boots, components for cosmetics, quilting, wax for drawers and windows, furniture polish are just among those who consume beeswax as a main ingredient).
So there you go. Let's get back to making beeswax candles. There are basically three types of beeswax candles: the dipped ones, the rolled ones, and the melted ones, which you can pour. We are focusing on rolled beeswax candles - since they so fun and easy to make.
Rolled: The rolled up beeswax candle, or in other terms, the pillar beeswax candle is quite easy to work on.This is a great project to do with children. There are lots of colors and scents you can select from which come in sheets of beeswax. I prefer the natural color and scent. Take care of each sheet that you will work on.
Set the pre-primed wick at the base of the beeswax sheet. Cut your wick about 3/4 inches longer than the height of your candle. The shorter side of the rectangular wax sheet should be where the wick should be held.
Note: Pre-primed wicks are the end result of cotton wicks being dipped onto the melted beeswax until the bubbles are absent. This process makes the best wicks and it is easy to do. Position the wicks out to wane on a wax paper and make sure that they are laid out straight so that they would remain so. Once the wicks are cooled, press the wick gently into the sheet.
The next step will now be the rolling of the beeswax starting from the wick end up to the edge of the sheet. Gently press the edges down to make a smooth as possible seam. That is how trouble-free beeswax candle making is.
Anybody will appreciate receiving a special token from you like these candles around the Holiday season. Whether you decide to take the time to create hand-dipped tapers like our forefathers did or roll your beeswax into chunky candles, you'll be amazed at how simple beeswax candle making can be!
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