For those of you who aspire to creating their own candles, there are several options open including starting from scratch to make the candles, using wax crystals and lastly, trying out the latest in candle making methods – gel candles. Whatever option you choose, you will still need the appropriate candle making equipment, and so you should consider several options in this regard too.

Raw Paraffin Helps To Make Better Quality Candles

It is a fact that the better quality candles are those that are made out of raw paraffin which is available in 10 pound slabs and even in 1 pound slabs. To that, you need to add color as well as luster and some hardener and even scent, and then you can pour the mixture. The following item of candle making material that must be used is stearine which helps in hardening the paraffin and is available as powder – much like luster crystals.

In case you want your candles to look shiny, you may need to use opaque crystals while the use of clear crystals will help give the finished candle more luminescence. After you get the look of the candle out of the way, you will need to look at another candle making material, and that is the type of wick that you think will fit your candle, and there are sizes that vary from 1 inch, all the way up to 6 inches to choose from.

And, you can add some braided wicks in case you are thinking of making dipped/free standing candles, or if you want container candles, you can use wire core instead.

You also need wick anchors that are another item of candle making equipment that will secure your wick at the bottom of the container candle, and the wick can be inserted in the anchor’s center where there is a hole for the purpose, and to secure the wick, there  are tabs which can be pressed down with the help of a screwdriver.

More often than not, the color of your raw paraffin is white, which means that in order to color your candles, you will need to dye the candle and of course, you have many colors to choose from, and a dye cake has 6 squares to it, with every square being able to dye approximately 5 pounds of wax.

You might also wish to make scented candles and these candle scents come in squares having 6 wafers and one wafer can scent 5 pounds of wax, and you can use as much scent as is required.

The other basic candle making equipment you will need to make your candles are something in which the wax can be melted, and also specialized molds that are candle making equipment that are available in various shapes and sizes, and cylindrical, round and votive as well since floaters are good examples of these candle making equipment.

Finally, you will also need candle making equipment in the form of containers for your candles which should be heat resistant and using metal or glass or ceramic would make for great candle containers. And, before you forget, you will need candle making equipment such as a soft wooden strip as well as a pin which can secure the wick to the container’s or mold’s top.