Great job!! If you tape the bottom of the candle mould you can have the wick sticking out of the top. You can grease the mold for the candle to release. If you let the candle cool down completely it will shrink and fall out of the mold. Just a few ideas to make life easy. Thank you for the video!!!
I poke a hole in the tape, stick the wick through, bend it over on the outside and tape it over again before pouring the wax. The bobby pin is a good idea.
Watch many of videos on how too make your Own UCO CANDLES..ALWAYS LEFT wondering if it was worth making your Own candles. From making Molds..trimming auhhh! Never thought about ; in my Own hands was the mold.. how splendifous is that..great thanks..finally someone "yourself " has given me credible doable DIY instructions on UCO CANDLE making. Outstanding
I'm putting this here to hopefully help others who are thinking about making candles for their lantern. The wick is important. It needs to be a braided cotton flat wick of about 2mm in width. I am using 21 ply braid. I say this because the wick in these candles needs to curl over and burn itself, so the candle will maintain a consistent flame and not burn too hot, soot up the lantern and cause messy wax issues. Have fun and take care!
@@ricksorber9562 Yeah, a square wick or just regular cotton string will not work in these UCO candle holders. They have it dialed-in just right. The wick has to be pretty small and flat. From my research, they are using a paraffin candle and a braided cotton flat wick that seems to be 1 to 2 mm in flat width. The wick has to curl over at the tip and consume itself or the flame will get out of control. LX 10 braided wick is a flat wick that should work fine in this application. The wick is very important. I'm also using stearic acid in my paraffin wax to raise the melting point of the candle and lengthen the burn time. We'll get it sooner or later! Good luck!
Question: how *much* stearic acid? Volume, or percentage? (Stearic acid had occurred to me, and hearing someone actually using the stuff is a *BIG* help.)
I haven't made candle in probably 50 years but I had to try this. First one didn't want to come out and I trashed it (reused it later though) but I used a little cooking spray in the next one and I let it harden longer. It popped right out! It feeds in the tubes and after 4 hours I have over half of it left. Thanks for the great video!
@@razorsharpbt124 I put 2 layers of tape over the top hole then poked a hole in the center. I had the wick stick out about an inch and folded it over and taped it again. I used a bobby pin at the bottom end. I'm using 5 inch pre waxed wicks. Haven't tried making my own yet.
@@ricksorber9562 That's what I ended up doing. I used Gulf Wax paraffin just to experiment and it's going pretty good so far. I tried three different wick sizes of pure cotton. This last wick seems to be doing the job. I'm definitely learning how important the wick is. The larger diameter was too much and caused a big flame and soot. The tiny wick just drowns. I'm trying to fine tune it now. It looks like the original wicks in the UCO candles are a flat wick of about 2mm. I'm having fun experimenting and my little candle is burning well now. Thanks, Rick!
@@razorsharpbt124 I got a 6 pack of 3 by 6 inch pillar candles from Amazon. They were about $23 and if I did the math right I should get about 42 of these candles out of them.
Thank you so much. I've been making my own beeswax candles for decades, thanks to a severe asthma reaction to paraffin. I knew there HAD to be a way to use the lantern parts to make a mold, and now I'm ready to do the necessaries to put my lantern back into service. With beeswax at $22/KG where I buy it, there was no way I was paying $18 just for three candles. Now I don't have to!
Pretty nice. I've been watching a lot of these and each person has their own method, all very creative. My only advice would be, to expand by creating a better mold or having more molds so you can make a larger batch and buy in bulk for even more savings. Anyway, nice job!
Nice kitchen ingenuity. Would it work to tape the bottom instead and pour from the top? There is a candle wax melt pitcher which would give a bit more pouring control for that purpose. A few candle making supplies might be a bit quicker/easier also. Have considered buying a UCO except the candle replacement price was outrageous.
Poured some in a brass bathroom drain tube, floated out in hot tap water. Now have a diy silicon caulk and cornstarch mold I can just pull out with the bottom wick. Made the mold over a factory candle so the are undistinguishable. Like your way though since no need to build a mold.
Cut a soda can or energy drink can removing the top and bottom and trim to size as an insert inside of the lantern's candle holder. As you compress it to overlap to slide inside it will adjust to the right size. Tape the seem and you have the right size mold to make your candle. You can't tape the outside after you remove it from the candle holder. Now cover the end with tape. Poke a hole for the wick and thread it through with a piece long enough to tie to a toothpick at the other end. Tie it to the toothpick and center the wick, then give a quick spray of cooking spray inside to act as a release agent for the wax. Pour the wax.
Great video! The best I’ve seen so far on doing this. 21:06 Not gonna lie. I cringe when I see people cutting toward their thumbs, especially without leather gloves on. I’ve cut myself pretty nasty several times doing that. 😖
I have two candleiers, and one of the one csndle units. I was looking to buy candles today, but held of because of the high price. I have now found beeswax online--one lb is about the same price as 5-6 of the pre-made candles. How many of these could I make with one lb of beeswax? Great ingenuity! Thanks for the tutorial.
My friends religiously take airborne tablets every winter. To fend off the common cold. Because of this I have a dozen airborne containers. They make most excellent candle molds
@@WELSBYROOTS Airborne tablets are like Alka-Seltzer tablets. And they contain a mixture of herbs and vitamins meant to alleviate cold symptoms or if you take them before you get a cold, you have better resistance to catching a cold. They come in a little plastic tube of 10 tablets. You dissolve a tablet in water and drink it. The plastic tube that they come in is almost an ideal candle mold.
Question. How does that wick burn? I've made a bunch these but using those pre cut wicks with the metal tab on the bottom and as they burn they don't curl over or or burn up so I wind up with a really tall wick, a huge flame, and a bunch of soot. You can blow it out and trim it but it only fixes it for Maybe 20 minutes. Have you had this problem with the baking twine? Thanks.
Sorry, I cant say that I have had this problem. Maybe the wick you are buying is slow burning or ......well I dont know. Try making your own and see how much of a difference it is. Thank for commenting and let us know how it goes!
Try using a smaller diameter wick. Too small a diameter wick the center burns out of a candle and the wick may drown in wax. Too large a diameter wick the candle burns quickly gets a tall wick, tall flame and carbon soots up.
From my research, it looks as if the wick the UCO candles use is a 21 ply flat, braided cotton wick that is about 2mm in flat width. This is what I ordered. Your comment was two years ago; you've probably figured it out by now, but I hope this helps you and others.
@@ganon602 Hey, buddy! I ordered it from Amazon. Look up "MECCANIXITY Braided Candle Wick Cotton 21 PLY 200 Ft Long 2mm Flat Wide for DIY." I'm looking forward to seeing how it works.
Good video thanks. Is it really necessary to pre wax the wick? To me it would make more sense to skip that step. Poke the wick through a hole in the tape and then put more tape over it.
One thing, why doesn't UCO make bigger candles that last longer??? Plenty of people are using these to heat small campers and tents and 6-8 hours doesn't cut it!
Morning, Davey ! That was 1 Slick Project. That's 1 thing I don't as of yet have in my pack, Guess There Will Be A Trip To Cabelas once this Virus Quiets down, Thanks, You & Yours Stay Safe & Well Up Yonder, Friend ! ATB T God Bless
Does the candle have a small enough diameter to allow the spring to push it up as it burns? It appears to be a tad snug. I use the sink-drain mold method, but this looks like a good process as long as the candle moves freely. Thanks!
I would add that the bottom of the candle needs to have the metal wick stay so that when the candle burns down it will completely consume the wax other wise with nothing to hold up the wick it will fall over when the wax is liquid and will not consume all the wax like with purchased candles. Look at the bottom of a factory made candle to see the metal disk little wick holder . I think you can buy the wicks the the disks already crimped to the wick . The candle need to be loose all the way through the candle holder except at the top so the spring can push up the candle since only the top gets hot enough to allow the spring to push up the candle. If the whole candle is snug to the holder you are going to have to push the candle up to keep it burning straight at the top. Good idea.
I don't have dollar amount either, or have even tried it but just comparing the prices of this brands candles vs. regular candles they are really over charging. He bought a pretty medium sized wax too, if you buy in bulk you will save even more. Normally it' cheaper to buy the candle sine they had the advantage of scale, but in this case they are gauging you since they know they can and their isn't much competition.
If I did the math right, it takes about 6 or 7 tealight candles to make one of these. If you get the 400 pack from Amazon they're 8 or 10 cents each. So you should be able to make one for no more than $.70. The 20 pack of UCO candles was $35, about $1.75 each. Add in the wicks, a roll of tape and your time, maybe it's worth it, maybe it's not. It is something to do though. It's nice to be able to DIY then say, "I did that."
Great job!! If you tape the bottom of the candle mould you can have the wick sticking out of the top. You can grease the mold for the candle to release. If you let the candle cool down completely it will shrink and fall out of the mold. Just a few ideas to make life easy. Thank you for the video!!!
I poke a hole in the tape, stick the wick through, bend it over on the outside and tape it over again before pouring the wax. The bobby pin is a good idea.
Glad you enjoyed this and thanks for commenting!
I did this and it worked super well, great idea!!!
I concur! 👍
Watch many of videos on how too make your Own UCO CANDLES..ALWAYS LEFT wondering if it was worth making your Own candles. From making Molds..trimming auhhh! Never thought about ; in my Own hands was the mold.. how splendifous is that..great thanks..finally someone "yourself " has given me credible doable DIY instructions on UCO CANDLE making. Outstanding
I'm putting this here to hopefully help others who are thinking about making candles for their lantern. The wick is important. It needs to be a braided cotton flat wick of about 2mm in width. I am using 21 ply braid. I say this because the wick in these candles needs to curl over and burn itself, so the candle will maintain a consistent flame and not burn too hot, soot up the lantern and cause messy wax issues. Have fun and take care!
That's what's happening with my wicks. I have to trim them every hour or two because the flame will be 2 inches high and smoking.
@@ricksorber9562 Yeah, a square wick or just regular cotton string will not work in these UCO candle holders. They have it dialed-in just right. The wick has to be pretty small and flat. From my research, they are using a paraffin candle and a braided cotton flat wick that seems to be 1 to 2 mm in flat width. The wick has to curl over at the tip and consume itself or the flame will get out of control. LX 10 braided wick is a flat wick that should work fine in this application. The wick is very important. I'm also using stearic acid in my paraffin wax to raise the melting point of the candle and lengthen the burn time. We'll get it sooner or later! Good luck!
Question: how *much* stearic acid? Volume, or percentage?
(Stearic acid had occurred to me, and hearing someone actually using the stuff is a *BIG* help.)
I haven't made candle in probably 50 years but I had to try this. First one didn't want to come out and I trashed it (reused it later though) but I used a little cooking spray in the next one and I let it harden longer. It popped right out! It feeds in the tubes and after 4 hours I have over half of it left. Thanks for the great video!
I have one cooling now. It's my first one. I sprayed the inside with some silicone. How did you place your wick? Thanks!
@@razorsharpbt124 I put 2 layers of tape over the top hole then poked a hole in the center. I had the wick stick out about an inch and folded it over and taped it again. I used a bobby pin at the bottom end. I'm using 5 inch pre waxed wicks. Haven't tried making my own yet.
@@ricksorber9562 That's what I ended up doing. I used Gulf Wax paraffin just to experiment and it's going pretty good so far. I tried three different wick sizes of pure cotton. This last wick seems to be doing the job. I'm definitely learning how important the wick is. The larger diameter was too much and caused a big flame and soot. The tiny wick just drowns. I'm trying to fine tune it now. It looks like the original wicks in the UCO candles are a flat wick of about 2mm. I'm having fun experimenting and my little candle is burning well now. Thanks, Rick!
@@razorsharpbt124 I got a 6 pack of 3 by 6 inch pillar candles from Amazon. They were about $23 and if I did the math right I should get about 42 of these candles out of them.
@@ricksorber9562 Sounds like a plan!
Thank you so much. I've been making my own beeswax candles for decades, thanks to a severe asthma reaction to paraffin. I knew there HAD to be a way to use the lantern parts to make a mold, and now I'm ready to do the necessaries to put my lantern back into service. With beeswax at $22/KG where I buy it, there was no way I was paying $18 just for three candles. Now I don't have to!
Pretty nice. I've been watching a lot of these and each person has their own method, all very creative. My only advice would be, to expand by creating a better mold or having more molds so you can make a larger batch and buy in bulk for even more savings. Anyway, nice job!
Nice kitchen ingenuity. Would it work to tape the bottom instead and pour from the top? There is a candle wax melt pitcher which would give a bit more pouring control for that purpose. A few candle making supplies might be a bit quicker/easier also. Have considered buying a UCO except the candle replacement price was outrageous.
Poured some in a brass bathroom drain tube, floated out in hot tap water. Now have a diy silicon caulk and cornstarch mold I can just pull out with the bottom wick. Made the mold over a factory candle so the are undistinguishable. Like your way though since no need to build a mold.
Excellent!!! You are the Guy!!!!! The best, simple and easy way !!!! Thank you to share!!!!!
Thanks for the support
Cut a soda can or energy drink can removing the top and bottom and trim to size as an insert inside of the lantern's candle holder. As you compress it to overlap to slide inside it will adjust to the right size. Tape the seem and you have the right size mold to make your candle. You can't tape the outside after you remove it from the candle holder. Now cover the end with tape. Poke a hole for the wick and thread it through with a piece long enough to tie to a toothpick at the other end. Tie it to the toothpick and center the wick, then give a quick spray of cooking spray inside to act as a release agent for the wax. Pour the wax.
Nice
Good job 👍🏽
Great idea! Greetings from Italy
If you can't get the candle out, try putting it in the freeze for a little bit...I do that to get wax tarts out of bowls and they pop right out :)
About to try this today!!
Great video! The best I’ve seen so far on doing this.
21:06
Not gonna lie. I cringe when I see people cutting toward their thumbs, especially without leather gloves on. I’ve cut myself pretty nasty several times doing that. 😖
I have two candleiers, and one of the one csndle units. I was looking to buy candles today, but held of because of the high price. I have now found beeswax online--one lb is about the same price as 5-6 of the pre-made candles. How many of these could I make with one lb of beeswax? Great ingenuity! Thanks for the tutorial.
Awesome, thank you.
How long are your candles lasting for please?
Great thanks for sharing
Ace video :) looking forward to trying it :)
My friends religiously take airborne tablets every winter. To fend off the common cold. Because of this I have a dozen airborne containers. They make most excellent candle molds
I have never heard of airborne tablets. Could you explain,
@@WELSBYROOTS Airborne tablets are like Alka-Seltzer tablets. And they contain a mixture of herbs and vitamins meant to alleviate cold symptoms or if you take them before you get a cold, you have better resistance to catching a cold. They come in a little plastic tube of 10 tablets. You dissolve a tablet in water and drink it. The plastic tube that they come in is almost an ideal candle mold.
@RippingJack76 Well thanks! Im going to check this out. Sounds like a two in one deal.
Try using a pocket knife and trim the wax off the top to expose the wick!
Well done; thank you
Nice job Thanks so much.
Nice
Awesome! Thank you!
your welcome! Glad you enjoyed this and it was helpful.
Question. How does that wick burn? I've made a bunch these but using those pre cut wicks with the metal tab on the bottom and as they burn they don't curl over or or burn up so I wind up with a really tall wick, a huge flame, and a bunch of soot. You can blow it out and trim it but it only fixes it for Maybe 20 minutes. Have you had this problem with the baking twine? Thanks.
Sorry, I cant say that I have had this problem. Maybe the wick you are buying is slow burning or ......well I dont know. Try making your own and see how much of a difference it is. Thank for commenting and let us know how it goes!
Try using a smaller diameter wick. Too small a diameter wick the center burns out of a candle and the wick may drown in wax. Too large a diameter wick the candle burns quickly gets a tall wick, tall flame and carbon soots up.
From my research, it looks as if the wick the UCO candles use is a 21 ply flat, braided cotton wick that is about 2mm in flat width. This is what I ordered. Your comment was two years ago; you've probably figured it out by now, but I hope this helps you and others.
@@razorsharpbt124 still messing around with it lol. Where did you order from?
@@ganon602 Hey, buddy! I ordered it from Amazon. Look up "MECCANIXITY Braided Candle Wick Cotton 21 PLY 200 Ft Long 2mm Flat Wide for DIY." I'm looking forward to seeing how it works.
nice project !!
Thanks brother!
Good video thanks. Is it really necessary to pre wax the wick? To me it would make more sense to skip that step. Poke the wick through a hole in the tape and then put more tape over it.
Did you have any success? I imagine the wick might bend easier unless it's been pre waxed, but I might be wrong.
One thing, why doesn't UCO make bigger candles that last longer??? Plenty of people are using these to heat small campers and tents and 6-8 hours doesn't cut it!
Stick the wick through a hole then lay it over and tape it off so it don’t leak during the pore
Morning, Davey ! That was 1 Slick Project. That's 1 thing I don't as of yet have in my pack, Guess There Will Be A Trip To Cabelas once this Virus Quiets down, Thanks, You & Yours Stay Safe & Well Up Yonder, Friend ! ATB T God Bless
Glad to hear from you Terry and glad you enjoyed the video. I really like my UCO, you can also get them off Amazon.ca hope your staying safe brother!
@@WELSBYROOTS All A O K Here, Brother
Does the candle have a small enough diameter to allow the spring to push it up as it burns? It appears to be a tad snug. I use the sink-drain mold method, but this looks like a good process as long as the candle moves freely. Thanks!
Ya, once you get it out and use it, the candle moves freely. Good luck and thanks for commenting!
Bushcraft Ste I think originally did this.
Where do you buy your bees wax?
local market, you can get it off Amazon.
I would add that the bottom of the candle needs to have the metal wick stay so that when the candle burns down it will completely consume the wax other wise with nothing to hold up the wick it will fall over when the wax is liquid and will not consume all the wax like with purchased candles. Look at the bottom of a factory made candle to see the metal disk little wick holder . I think you can buy the wicks the the disks already crimped to the wick . The candle need to be loose all the way through the candle holder except at the top so the spring can push up the candle since only the top gets hot enough to allow the spring to push up the candle. If the whole candle is snug to the holder you are going to have to push the candle up to keep it burning straight at the top. Good idea.
How much did the wax block cost?
I got it local, was about 6$ Canadian.
Buying locally is probably your best bet, but Amazon sells beeswax as well.
How many cancels does a pound of wax make
A pound of paraffin wax will make about 9 of these candles. Each candle weighs about 1.7 ounces. Hope this helps!
Do you know what the cost per candle is doing it yourself vs store bought?
I dont have a dollar amount, but its way cheaper to do it yourself.
I don't have dollar amount either, or have even tried it but just comparing the prices of this brands candles vs. regular candles they are really over charging. He bought a pretty medium sized wax too, if you buy in bulk you will save even more. Normally it' cheaper to buy the candle sine they had the advantage of scale, but in this case they are gauging you since they know they can and their isn't much competition.
If I did the math right, it takes about 6 or 7 tealight candles to make one of these. If you get the 400 pack from Amazon they're 8 or 10 cents each. So you should be able to make one for no more than $.70. The 20 pack of UCO candles was $35, about $1.75 each. Add in the wicks, a roll of tape and your time, maybe it's worth it, maybe it's not.
It is something to do though. It's nice to be able to DIY then say, "I did that."
Awesome! Thank you!