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Oct. 24th, 2013 09:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
becomingkate Yesterday I made pink grapefruit candles. For the color I used half of what I figured out I should use to make red candles and came out with this color. I think it is a great pink grapefuit color. I haven't burned one yet to see how the scent came out.
I read to warm the votive molds at 150* before pouring the wax. If you pour wax into cold molds it can cool too fast and pull away from the sides of the molds.
The tops of the votives are a little messed up because I put the wicks in right away and didn't think to trim them beforehand, so they were moving all over the place and I don't have a thing to hold the wick steady (I can't think of the official name, LOL) I tried to just balance a pen across the top to hold the wicks up but it didn't quite work and that is why some of the wicks are stained pink-from when they were falling over into the wax. I found that it was easier to put in the wicks after the top had begun to cool over.
I also didn't think to spray the votive molds with some Pam to help release the candles when they were done, so they're chilling in the freezer to see if that will help them release a little so I can pop them out.
I'm happy with how they came out, especially since I was just winging the color. As I said with the green candles, the melted wax is a much deeper color than it will actually turn out, so it's hard to tell what the finished color will look like. I wish I had remembered to take pics of the melted wax.
One of the tealights is only half full because I ran out of wax. 1/2 lb of wax yielded the candles shown in the second picture.
Ah, my freezer candles are ready! They came right out, except they got a little chipped as I was trying to release them.
Here are the pics:
I read to warm the votive molds at 150* before pouring the wax. If you pour wax into cold molds it can cool too fast and pull away from the sides of the molds.
The tops of the votives are a little messed up because I put the wicks in right away and didn't think to trim them beforehand, so they were moving all over the place and I don't have a thing to hold the wick steady (I can't think of the official name, LOL) I tried to just balance a pen across the top to hold the wicks up but it didn't quite work and that is why some of the wicks are stained pink-from when they were falling over into the wax. I found that it was easier to put in the wicks after the top had begun to cool over.
I also didn't think to spray the votive molds with some Pam to help release the candles when they were done, so they're chilling in the freezer to see if that will help them release a little so I can pop them out.
I'm happy with how they came out, especially since I was just winging the color. As I said with the green candles, the melted wax is a much deeper color than it will actually turn out, so it's hard to tell what the finished color will look like. I wish I had remembered to take pics of the melted wax.
One of the tealights is only half full because I ran out of wax. 1/2 lb of wax yielded the candles shown in the second picture.
Ah, my freezer candles are ready! They came right out, except they got a little chipped as I was trying to release them.
Here are the pics:
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Date: 2013-10-26 01:48 pm (UTC)They came out so pretty! A very delicate and very grapefruity shade.