Any Candle making recipe"s

[coloradoclyde]

Screws.. :hmm:

I use cooking spray for mold release.....

 

[mooman76]

I did this 40 years ago. Not even sure if they had cooking spray back then. :grin:

 

[George]

The one pictured looks pretty rough so not sure how he would remove the finished candles even with a lube.

That particular mold is a "valuable historic artifact" and I would never think of actually using it. Might get wax on it. :haha:

For me, one of the 'hobbies within the hobby' being discussed in another thread is collecting a few primitive antiques. My wife and I enjoyed that aspect a lot back a few years, many good trips, many interesting auctions and estate sales. With many of them, such as this one, I never used them but went to school on them. That's why the mold is all threaded up.

Spence

 

[coloradoclyde]

I have a reproduction identical to the one you showed.....I actually use it from time to time to make candles... I come across old antiques for the price of a new one so I leave them where I find them.
I wish I new more about the history of candle molds.......

 

[robinsroost]

Screws.. :hmm:
I use cooking spray for mold release.....

I have used silicone spray as a mold release on new RB molds. Why wouldn't it work equally well on candle molds? Keep yer powder dry........Robin :wink:

 

[Twisted_1in66]

Just use a little beeswax to seal each hole. Roll it into a little tiny ball between your fingers and then plug the hole with it. Because you rolled it between your fingers, it is soft and pliable and seals those holes easily. And, you can easily pull them off before you remove your candles.

Be careful not to super-heat your beeswax. If you heat it hotter than necessary, it will melt the silver-solder seams on your candle mold...ask me how I know

Getting candles out of the mold can be a real problem. I've found that using a hair dryer to heat up the candle-mold tubes one at a time (after they have thoroughly cooled) will get them to release he candles quickly without dripping. Certainly not historically correct, so don't use that as an example at a living history event, but it works really well. Supposedly putting them in the refrigerator to cool and shrink them is another way to do it, but I could never get that work...hair dryer works really well!

I have used stearic acid in "normal" paraffin candles, but not in beeswax candles. I just melt and pour straight beeswax to make mine. Paraffin candles are too soft and burn too quickly if you don't add stearic acid.

Twisted_1in66:thumbsup:
Dan

 

[Twisted_1in66]

You realize of course that there were no paraffin candles in the 18th century? Most candles were made from tallow. The best candles were made from beeswax, but were not nearly as common. Still, they were widely available in the 18th century.

Twisted_1in66:thumbsup:
Dan