Candle Making Guides

These guides to making candles have been written by a craft candle maker working at Gentil Sayre Limited. These guides have been written for first time candle makers and no liability is accepted by any individual or Gentil Sayre Limited for any "incidents" that may occur whilst making candles. These guides to candle making will at least give a beginner to candle making a feeling of confidence and a starting point.

Some of these candle making guides are from our website directly and some are from this blog.

Click on a link below to be taken to the relevant guide:

Choosing a Candle Wax

Choosing a Candle Wick

Making Scoopable Wax

Making Votive Candles

Making Pillar Candles

Making Container Candles

Using Fragrance Oil

Using Aluminium Pillar Moulds

Burning Candles Safely

Cold Water Bath Method

Pillar Moulds: How much wax should I use?

Which soy wax should I choose?

If you would like to see a specific guide in the future, please contact us!

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Golden Wax Comparison: Which soy wax should I choose?

We are often asked questions such as ‘what is the difference between the Golden Waxes?’ and ‘which soy wax should I use?’ To help make this easier, we have put together a handy wax comparison chart for the Golden Wax 494, Golden Wax 464, and Golden Wax 444: The Similarities All three of the Golden Waxes are manufactured by AAK. They are natural, kosher, vegan and cruelty free. The most suitable dye to use with natural soy wax is the Inpex SD Dye . Additionally, all three waxes have very similar fragrance loads (10-11%) and offer fantastic cold and hot throw when used alongside Escentscia Prime Range and Style Range fragrance oils. The Differences When choosing which soy wax to use, you need to first consider the type of candle you will be making. For wax melts and small moulded candles, you need a wax which contracts as it cools to allow mould release and therefore the Golden Wax 494 is most suitable. Please note that the Golden Wax 494 is not suitable for pillar candles. For ...

Candle Making Guide: How to prime raw candle wick

All wicks should be coated in wax before they are used. We offer pre-waxed candle wicks here for customers who prefer the convenience, but we also offer raw candle wick here for customers who enjoy priming their own wicks. Raw wick is unwaxed cotton wick. It is supplied in string-like format and is wound onto a cardboard bobbin. A step-by-step guide to priming your own wicks can be found below: Cut the required length of wick off the cardboard spool which it is supplied on. Dip the wick into the melted wax and keep the wick in the melted wax until you see air bubbles rise to the surface. This generally takes a few seconds. When this happens, it means that the wick has absorbed a sufficient amount of wax and the wick can now be removed from the wax. Run your fingers along the wick to remove any extra air bubbles and then lay flat on a hard surface. Once this has dried, we recommend repeating this procedure twice, but please note when doing the 2nd and 3rd layer you only nee...

Six NEW Fragrance Oils with 50% off the 60ml bottles!

We've launched 6 new Summer fragrance oils in our Escentscia Style Range! With the long bank holiday weekend fast approaching, now is the perfect time to test new fragrances and we're offering 50% off the 60ml bottles until 06/06/22. You can find the top, middle, and base notes for our new fragrances below: Blackcurrant & Tuberose - Style Range ( Available Here ) Floral yet fruity, tart yet sweet, Blackcurrant & Tuberose is unique and uplifting . Floral top notes of blossoming tuberose and white wing peony open the fragrance which leads into a vibrant core of redcurrants. A base of dominant cassis provides an intense blackcurrant backdrop. Earl Grey & Cucumber - Style Range ( Available Here ) Fresh and quintessentially British, Earl Grey & Cucumber opens with a refreshing cucumber and green accord. An aromatic heart of loose earl grey tea adds power to the fragrance and a base of petitgrain and bergamot completes the scent. Peony & Suede - Style Range ( Av...

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