candle making

Snowy_Owl

Thanks guys!!! This is sounding a lot easier than I thought! Have got the dregs of a couple of candles and should hav a bit more by the time I get the wicks......

Snowy

oddies

please could i ask where you buy your neroli oil from? thank you in advance:)

BitterAndTwisted

oddies wrote: »

please could i ask where you buy your neroli oil from? thank you in advance:)

I got it from New Directions: http://www.newdirectionsuk.com

The Essential Oil is fantastically expensive (as I expect you already know, hence your question) but the Scented Oil at £1.50 for candle-making is perfectly adequate. The gardenia is lovely, too.

WARNING! Try not to browse on that site as they have many, many wonderfully tempting things apart from oils.

sootypea

How much is the delivery from http://www.newdirectionsuk.com/

TheDoolallyDilly

sootypea wrote: »

How much is the delivery from http://www.newdirectionsuk.com/

Their website says this :-

We are unable to advise the precise postage cost until we have received the order. Our postage is calculated fairly according to the destination and weight of the order including packaging. We source the least expensive method for each customer (unless they specify the order is urgently required). All orders, including carriage, are plus VAT unless you are outside of the EU (or if you have a VAT number within the EU.)

Obviously we would not presume to take the money from your debit or credit card without providing you by email the carriage amount and the opportunity to accept or decline. The website ordering system does tell you that carriage will be advised. An email response is sufficient.

We do not have a minimum order charge and our minimum postage is £2.00 + VAT.

emiff6

You can get a very pretty effect on a candle (especially taper type candles) by filling a jug or tin that will take the whole length of the candle, with warm water, and gently pouring melted candle wax onto the surface. Then hold the candle at the top, and push all the way down through the floating wax. The wax clings to the sides of the candle in feathery trails as the water sets it.

BitterAndTwisted

sootypea wrote: »

How much is the delivery from http://www.newdirectionsuk.com/

From memory, as it's been a while since I ordered anything from them as I'm so very skint these days, I seem to recall that the postage charge was very reasonable.

zippychick

Snowy this is something ive wanted to do but never get round to!

there is an OS thread on that v ery subject! I'll merge this later once you get some more input

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Aril

Just out of curiousity really- could you use the wax that comes with cheese to make candles? Was just looking at further ways of recycling really:D
Aril

lostinrates

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

Oh I don't bother with buying proper wicks, I just use some cotton string I bought from somewhere like B&Q. I'm often found melting down old candles (a pal manages a pub and they use lots of them, so she saves them for me), so I just melt them in an old baked-beans tin in a pan of simmering water and often use a highball tumblers for moulds, so there's no need for anything tricky and expensive like a thermometer. The one indulgence is essential oils to scent them with and I often make them as presents for friends when I don't have cash to buy any.

B&T, how do you get the string to stay at the bottom of the tumblers? I use bought wicks because of the little doodacky/weight at the bottom, but string would be a LOT cheaper!