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ProlificNeeds -> RE: Coloring for home made candles (2/11/2008 12:49:13 AM)
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Blocks of raw paraffin wax and crayons to add color. Heat the wax indirectly. (IE, smaller pot for the wax inside a larger pot full of water) add bits of crayon until you have the desired color(It doesn't take much), then pour into a mold. I use to use the empty toilet paper rolls, with cardboard on the bottom, line it with wax paper if you find it sticking too much. Throw it in the freezer to harden the outside quickly once you've filled whatever mold you choose to use. Putting ice cubes or crushed ice inside your mold gives you a 'holey' pattern inside the candle itself and looks neat, and also means your candle center hardens quicker. Don't forget to use a cotton string wick!
If you make a 'solid' form candle, it may take a day or three to actually finish solidifying in the middle, depending on how thick it is.
If you want to go straight from pot, just melt down your wax, add color and use from the pot during play if you like. I usually find it easier to just have a whack of candle lit and ready to go. NOTE: the 'holey' pattern that crushed ice adds allows the wax to dribble out randomly at times, great for surprise spill over if you're making the victim hold or balance the candles.
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