| Single color candles are nice and pretty. A multi color | | | | candle dye color. Once the stearin and dye are liquid |
| candle is different, exciting and vibrant. How about | | | | add the candle wax chips in and melt everything. |
| making seasonal multi color candles? Do you have a | | | | Step 4: Pouring the melted wax |
| favorite multi color table runner? Make a multi color | | | | Pour the melted wax into the mold. Be careful not the |
| candle that matches the colors in the runner. These | | | | spill the wax and not to get it on you. While pouring the |
| candles look like they are difficult to make, but they | | | | wax, you don't want it to get onto the sides of the |
| really aren't, if you follow these simple steps. | | | | mold because it will affect the next layer's color. |
| Software | | | | Step 5: Cooling time between the layers |
| - Candle Wax | | | | While the wax is cooling, clean out the double boiler. |
| - Candle Mold | | | | Any leftover wax from the previous melt will affect |
| - Stearin additive | | | | the color of the next batch. Allow the wax in the mold |
| - Primed wicks | | | | to cool until it has formed a skin or film over the top. |
| - 3 different candle dye colors | | | | The core of the layer is still liquid but the outside has |
| - Fragrance (optional) | | | | cool enough to solidify. The layer needs to be hard |
| Hardware | | | | enough not to completely melt when the next layer is |
| - Scissors | | | | poured on top of it. |
| - Pencil or wicking needle | | | | Step 6: Repeat for the remaining layers |
| - Thermometer | | | | Repeat steps 3 through 5 for the remaining layers. |
| - Double boiler | | | | Use the same fragrance and a different dye. |
| - Kitchen scale | | | | Step 7: Cool down the candle |
| - Refrigerator or freezer | | | | Place the candle and mold in the freezer for about |
| Step 1: Preparing the candle mold | | | | thirty minutes. This will harden the outside. The inside |
| Insert the wick through the base of the mold about | | | | will still be liquid for several more hours. |
| one inch. Seal the end of the mold with mold sealer. | | | | Step 8: De-mold |
| Set the mold upright so that the open end is up. Place | | | | Remove the candle and mold from the freezer. |
| a wicking needle, pencil, pen, wooden dowel, etc | | | | Remove the wicking needle. Release the candle from |
| across the opening of the mold and tie the wick to it. | | | | the mold. Let it sit over night to completely cool off and |
| Center the wick as best as possible. You don't want | | | | for all of the wax to harden. |
| the wick towards one side of the candle mold, the | | | | Have you seen the candles where the color layers run |
| candle will burn out on that side. | | | | at an angle throughout the candle? To accomplish the |
| Step 2: Prepare the wax | | | | same thing, you will need to position the candle mold at |
| Working with enough candle wax chips to fill the mold, | | | | an angle while all of the layers are being poured |
| divide them into three equal parts. Divide the stearin | | | | except for the final layer. The steeper the angle, the |
| into three equal parts as well. | | | | more pronounced of an angle the layers will have. |
| Step 3: Melt a batch of wax | | | | Before you pour the final layer set the mold upright so |
| Heat up the double boiler with one pile of stearin and | | | | that the base of the candle will be level. |