Hi My name is maggie and live in Southeastern Virginia. I live with my hubby, who is a truckdriver, my mom who is ill at this time, and my two oldest...
When I have made beeswax tapers, I use a crock pot from a thrift store, that is designated solely for our beeswax. I melt the beeswax in the crock pot, then...
Hi Maggie, it has been VERY quiet on here, thanks for the questions. Here is what I have learned: NEVER, NEVER, melt wax on direct heat, you are courting a big...
I have had no luck with metal molds either!! I have gone to making rubber/silicone molds. I prefer the silicone, over the poly, because of the flexibility,...
Do you mean that you make your molds? Or do you buy them? I mean to look for a good source of nice molds (rubber or silicone), I'd love to find some of those...
... store, that ... Hi Lisa, I use a double boiler for melting beeswax. I created one with an 8 qt stainless pan I found at a thrift store, and a 6 qt pot at a...
Hi Marti, Thanks for letting me be part of this group, What a great idea for long tapers!! I just got a bouquet of flowers for Mothers Day and they came in a...
Just a quick note about Latex molds. You don't spray them with release spray. I use dish liquid. I put some in my hand, turn the mold inside out and rub it...
I use Pam on plastic "Saturn" molds and it works great to get the beeswax out (though it works much better if I am patient enough to let them cool all the way...
Plastic "Saturn" molds? Do they look like Saturn or am I missing something? Wow! Take care, Lisa http://www.feminineoptions.com Healthy, sustainable...
They are molds for spherical candles. The seam goes around horizontally rather than vertically like there other molds. There is sort of a flange going around...
What do you all have to pay for your beeswax?. I get mine from bee keepers, finally found some with extra wax. I am paying $1.50 for my brown wax, and...
If you put the filled molds in a freezer, the extra cold will shrink the beeswax just "little" more and will pop out of those plastic molds, I did not use in...
hey, i never thought of freezing it for that reason! that would make it take less time to melt! in your other post, you mentioned filtering- i get yellow...
It is strongly advised to use a double boiler and a thermometer, because of the flash point of the beeswax (I don't know what that is), but everywhere I have...
Okay, I never thought about how the inside of a crock pot heats. I assumed that the heat is surrounding the crock pot part so it would be heated evenly. Do you...
How about using water to test? And a candy thermometer will work. Different crock pots have their coils in different places, i always assumed they were on...
Hi I get my beeswax from a beekeeper in Washington state. Beautiful beeswax, but based on your prices, expensive. Where do you get your beeswax from, and are...
Sorry about ending my last note so quickly. I am still learning alot about posting in groups. I think sometimes I just emerged from a cacoon, still learning....
How far is Virginia from Harrisburg, PA? I am going there in a couple of weeks and could bring some of the wax I just bought! I buy from local beekeepers,...
Hi Marti, I checked my maps.yahoo and it is about 300 miles, 4-1/2 hours from here. I am located in the Tidewater area, on the peninsula of VA Thanks for the...
Does anyone have any good recipes for skin creams using beeswax? I have exzema so I have to use a very thick cream on my skin every night. Right now I use a...
There are a LOT of recipes out there. Most use an oil like Almond oil (my favorite). Do a search "beeswax recipes". If you can't find any I would be...
You all might be interested in the wick size needed for beeswax candles. Go to the link below, and then click on the search button, and click on the drop down...
Marti, what a great help. It took several days, several candles, and tested lots for me to find a suitable wick. This makes it a little easier. What size...
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