Craft Corner: How to make a mason jar candle
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- Опубліковано 6 сер 2015
- Watch our latest craft corner video to learn how to make a mason jar candle
You will need
-Wax pellets
-Wax dye
-Long wick
-Mason jar
-Peg
-Essential oils
-Glue
-Knife
-Wooden spoon
-Heating pot
-Kitchen towel
-Measuring cup
Step 1: Fill the jar with wax pellets to the top
Step 2: Pour the measured pellets into the pot
Step 3: Fill the jar again but this time filling slightly below the top. Clean the jar with soapy water and dry with a tea towel
Step 4: Add a very small amount of wax dye
Step 5: Set your stove to a low heat
Step 6: apply a little glue to the metal base of the wick and place it in the centre of the mason jar. Use the peg to hold it in place as the glue dries.
Step 7:Add a small amount of essential oil to the fully melted wax.
Step 8: Carefully pour the wax into the jar. It should come to just below the rim. Leave to dry overnight. Use kitchen towel to clean the wax from the pot before it hardens.
Step 9: Once the wax has hardened clip the wick and trim it to roughly about 2cm. - Навчання та стиль
my advice : ALWAYS use a double boiler , if the wax catche fire (impossible with a double boiler) cover it but don't use water (risk of explosion) , be sure that your jar is designed to sustain it (the jar could break spilling hot wax evrywhere when you are using it) jar used to make canned food are able to sustain these temperature for example .Wax tend to stick a lot , don't use fancy melting dishes , I use old jar and can or when I'm doing jar candle I put my jar filled to the top with wax and with my wick in boiling water (but I turn off the heat when I put it in to avoid bubble that could spill the jar) , once all the wax is melted , I let it cool. put your essential oil right at the end . If you don't have a wick (common problem) , you have to use a cotton thread (synthetic thread can't be used as wick , they are baically plastic string) , you can improve your wick with salt (it helps the wick to sustain the flame) : poor a good amount of salt in water and try to disolve most of it and dip your wik in this solution then dry it with a microwave (microwave only heat water so if there is no water left , the wick will remain warm) at medium heat . The best kinds of wax for jar candle are low melting point wax like parrafin (not the best but the most affordable and easy to find) , palm wax , soy wax . If you want to use beeswax for its scent , use 1/4 cup of vegetable oil for each cup of beeswax , it will soften it and make it easier to melt.
madmanu r thank you :)
I got a wax warmer for the scented wax cubes (link below). I was thinking since all the wax doesn't melt away after the fragrance is gone, that I could pick up some mason jars, some wicks and dump the left over wax into the jar with a wick in the center making a candle. I'm assuming this is possible instead of just discarding the wax. It may take some time to fill up a jar, but it's better than just throwing it away. Even if it makes a regular candle, I can use that when the power goes out, especially living in Florida with the storms, etc.
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What can i use to melt wax if i don't have a melter pot?
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I just now did this based on this video, and I have a tip. If you're using soy wax, it will likely come in flakes and not pellets. Use two completely full jars instead of one full and one almost full. That's if you're using flakes. Great vid!
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Thank you for making a short easy candle making video
Love this, going to make some as Christmas gifts! Thank you ;)
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so cute! will make this!
Lovely!
Thank youuuu😊😊😊
I want to make a candle now.
Another way to measure the amount of wax you need: fill the container with water up to where you want the wax to be, then measure how much water you've poured in using scales/measuring jug. Then take off 10% and convert to grams, e.g. if you had 80mls of water, you'd need 72g of wax to make your candle 😊
Omg thank you so much for the tip! I don't have measuring scales etc, it's hard to measure wax just by a guess 😊
Do you buy that wax dye on Amazon? I love the colour!
How much wax do u measure for a 2layered candle wit two scents
So, what size wick did you use?
does a wax melter work also
Hi... can I use vanilla essence for the scent? I really want to make coffee scented candles.
No the alcohol init will set fire.
If burn the light , it wouldn't harm the jar ? Might not the jar break?
Wow
mine keeping getting sink holes... i bought a heat gun and it still happened with one. please any suggestions?
Hy v nice video. Thanks for sharing. I make jar candles bt my candle sits from middle after cooling. What is the matter? Why this hsppens im so confused
I want to make one..but does it really smell like the essential oil??
Super
i have a block of wax how do i know how much to use ?
usually 1 and a half of the container you wish to fill if you, more is better than less and it harden and you can re-use it.
can u just use ikeas melted candle wax ?
IKEA has cheap candles with cheap wax, but yes you can melt them down for the wax to use in your own project. If you plan on making a lot of candles though, you're better off buying the wax pellets in bulk.
How do you prevent the candle from tunnelling is there a way I made a candle and cut it about 2 cm but it's tunnelling and now not burning
Kasey Rogers whats tunnelling?
Kasey Rogers thicker wick
How do you keep a candle from having a dent in the top once is cools to a solid in a jar
Just reheat a little more wax and color and pour slowly over the top. Or, use a heat gun to melt the wax and reset.
Fe Andujar let the wax cool a little more before pouring
Oils? What step?
What if all you have is gasoline an old sock and a mason jar
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Trade the gas for wax and wick. Make hand puppet with the sock, while you wait for your candle to cool..🤪
That One Guy by
LONG WICK - What size are we looking at??? Those of us new to candle making long wick , well that's up in the air! Answer would be great!!!!
Can I just use food coloring instead of the candle dye or whatever it's called?
Unfortunately, No. Food coloring is for water based items only.
Megan K you can use a crayon tho
Olivia N. do not use crayons, the candle wick will not burn, there's something in the dye of the crayons that prevents the wax and the candle from burning. I learned from experience. I gifted someone a dyed candle that didnt burn.
is mason jars safe for candles? thank you!
Proper grammar please!
@@cam94keith96 lol? Grammer nazi
I find that using a bag clip like that you use on a chip bag works great to hold the wick. I recently just started making candles, trick candles and real ones. Trick ones as in using a real scent mixed with deer pee used for hunting. Then just regular scented candles. But thanks for the video it helps alot because i need ideas to improve. Anybody got a friend you want to play a prank on feel free to use my deer pee idea. Just make sure you add a regular scent on top of that. This way they don't smell it right away. They don't smell it until they burn pass the regular smell. I got my buddy with one. It burned down to the deer pee smell after two days. He couldn't figure out where the smell was coming from and kept running around to find it freaking out lol. I helped him get rid of the smell from his man cave room in his garage though. But it was funny.
How much scent do u use? I'm afraid the glass will break with the hot wax..💋
the general rule is 1 ounce of scented oil per 1 pound of wax.
Man recently learning about candles, i never even seen john wick but everytime i hear wick it makes myself laugh thats hes a candle
You can learn more about it on woodprix website I think.
why do I wanna eat the pellets
you become fire bender
I can say that this video is DIY
criminal
Im using woodprix instructions to make it and I do it already :)
why don't she talk
Proper grammar please!!
@@cam94keith96 damn. You is everywhere ;)
I did something like this a month ago with plans from Woodglut.
White on white with the writing was a bad idea
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Great to see that woodprix has new instructions to save my money and energy to build it :)
where to get a mason jar lol?
buy from mason offcoarse
irfanfuhair buy from Michaels or the dollar tree store
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this is a great idea but all this s*** just to make a candle is ridiculous and just go to the dollar store and buying for a couple of bucks
read above
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