Make Easy Gel Wax Candle

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Make Easy Gel Wax Candle

 

You will need:

 

• A glass jar (bowl, bottle or any other container)
• Gel wax
• Sea shells, fishes, stamens (ornaments or embellishments)
• Candle wick
• Food colors
  • Make It:
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  • Start by placing the candle wick at the base of the glass
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  • What I missed:
  • (It’s always better to roll the wick around a pencil  and put the pencil on the top of the glass jar, so when you pour gel; it stays in the center)
  • fill the glass jar with sea shells
  • You can also use glass beads, marbles, stones or anything your heart desires
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  • Now take a small amount of gel wax in a pan
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  • Take an approximate amount of gel wax to fill your glass jar (depending on the size of your container)
  • And warm it on a VERY low flame, otherwise it can burn
    (you don’t have to worry about the left over liquid warm gel wax getting wasted  You can easily restore it for later use once it solidifies in the pan  Also keep in mind that it solidifies quickly)
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  • Slowly pour the gel into the glass jar, making sure you don’t move the glass jar  Stability helps reduce the formation of bubbles  You can move it once the gel sets completely
    (Tip: If bubbles are formed for any reason  Place the candle near a window with sunlight to reduce bubbles )
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Here I stopped pouring gel wax to try another fun technique

 

I stopped at half and added drops of blue food color  The blue ring gives a beautiful ocean feel to the candle  I added only two drops and you can see how it looks

 
3 things I learned: 

 

• You can mix the color in the pan, when warming the gel to make colored wax 
• You can quickly add food color drops in the glass jar  While the gel wax is still in the liquid form it will form beautiful swirls

And

• You can also wait for a few seconds (let’s say 15-20 seconds) and then put drops of color  The semi-solid gel wax will not allow the color to penetrate and make a ring of color
  Think about all the wonderful possibilities using this technique!

• Once again I wanted my fish to be floating above the sea shells  So I waited for the halfway gel wax to cool down and settle  It cools down fast so a few minutes is good enough
  Place your fish and pour the gel wax again following the same warm and pour method

 http://www.craftionary.net/2012/02/make-easy-gel-wax-candle-tutoria...