How to Make Soy Candles - The Easiest Way
Soy candles are slowly gaining ground in popularity across the globe for two major reasons - (i) these candles are environment friendly, hence they are what the doctor prescribed for the present times and (ii) these candles are easy to make.
Learning How to Make Soy Candles
There are many advantages that accrue from learning how to make soy candles, such as (i) it is easier and much less messier than paraffin candle making; (ii) the ingredients are cheap and available both online and offline; (iii) the soy candles indicate that you care for your Planet and want to work to save the environment; (iv) these candles make excellent gifts; and lastly (v) soy candles can make an exceptionally satisfying hobby and a very lucrative cottage business.
Learning how to make soy candles will take you to the Internet which could give you plenty of methods, materials, information, links, short cuts and tricks of the trade that would teach you in great detail how to make soy candles. This would give you the option to learn the craft at your own pace very often without spending one single dime for the whole process.
Alternatively, you could enroll into a crash course on candle making and learn not only how to make soy candles, but also all other varieties, such as gel candles, marble candles and so on. This would cost you some money and would need you to attend classes as per the given schedule which might be a little tiring. However, you would have the advantage of learning from professionals and the opportunity of gaining hands-on experience under their supervision.
The Process of Making Soy Candles Is Easy
First of all gather the materials you would need. The supplies you need for making soy candles are soy wax, a container where the soy candles would be poured in, fragrance (the best ratio is 1 ounce of fragrant oil to 16 ounces of soy wax), soy wax dye (choose the most suitable for you - there are blocks of dye, liquid dye and chips of dye) and cotton wicks which are attached to a metal disk to make the fixation easier.
Warm up the soy wax to melt it completely and remove from the fire. This is the time you need to add the fragrance oil and the dye. Be careful that you follow closely the instructions about the mixing of the dye. Put in the wick and then pour slowly the melted soy wax into the jar. In order to fix the wick in the center until the wax solidifies, you need to fix it with the help of a pencil. Wait for the wax to harden before you clip the wick to the required length - and your soy wax candle is ready.
