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Figure 1Step#1 - The first thing you will need to do is decide how many soy wax votive candles you want to make. Each soy votive will take 2 oz of soy wax. For ease of these instructions we are going to make 8 votive candles which... See more » Figure 1Step#1 - The first thing you will need to do is decide how many soy wax votive candles you want to make. Each soy votive will take 2 oz of soy wax. For ease of these instructions we are going to make 8 votive candles which will require exactly 1 LB of our PhytoWax 100% pure soy wax flakes. Measure the wax carefully using a reliable digital scale. (See figure 1) Figure 2Step#2 - One piece of equipment that you will need is something to melt your soy wax in. You can go out and buy an expensive wax melter if you want, or you can do what I did and go to Walmart and buy a Presto Kitchen Kettle for about $20. We melt our soy wax directly in the kitchen kettle. Another way to melt wax is to use the double boiler method. We've used the kitchen kettles for about 10 years to melt wax and we've never had an incident or problem. Without a doubt, the double boiler method is absolutely the safest way to melt wax, but it is also the slowest. However you decide to melt your soy wax just be sure that you always regulate your temperature with a reliable thermometer and NEVER leave melting wax unattended! (See figure 2) One thing I will warn you is to never melt wax, including soy wax, on your stove unless you are using the double boiler method. Never melt any wax on or in anything that does not have some form of temperature control because wax does have a flash point and will burst into flames without warning once it reaches that point. Depending on the wax the flash point may be between 290 - 380 degrees. Figure 3You don't have to have an expensive wax melter to make great candles either. As I said earlier, I recommend you purchase a Presto "Kitchen Kettle" from your local hardware or Walmart store. I've seen them in just about every Walmart I've ever been in and they're only about $20.00! Just be sure you are getting the "Kitchen Kettle" there are many variations but the Kitchen Kettle comes with a numerical temperature gauge. (See figure 3) Never melt any wax, including soy wax, in anything that doesn't have a numerical temperature gauge. Never use a melting pot with just high, medium and low settings. Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6Step 3 - As your soy wax begins to melt this is a good time to clip your thermometer onto the side of the pot so that you can regulate your temperature accurately. (see figure 4) Once your soy wax is melted and your temperature is between 170 - 180 degrees you can add your dye. Since we are using an apple strudel fragrance in these candles we want to color the wax a nice red color. This will only take 12 drops of Cajun's red candle dye. Be sure that you shake your dye bottle vigorously before adding the dye to the soy wax. (See figure 5 & 6). Now you'll need to stir the soy wax so that the dye you just added will bind properly with the soy wax. For stirring, we recommend using a flat bottomed wire whisk, we have found this does a superior job of binding ingredients and/or additives with the soy wax. If your candles will be subject to UV-light, such as florescent lighting or sunlight you may want to add U-V-Inhibitor to your soy wax at this time. Only use a dye formulated for the purpose of coloring candle wax. Do not use crayons, paint, etc., the pigments in those products will clog your wick and the flame will keep extinguishing itself. Do not use food coloring or soap making dye in your candles. Those dyes are water based or glycerin based and will damage your candle and wax. The candle dye from Cajun's Candle Supplies works great with soy wax, it is very concentrated and only takes a few drops to get a brilliant color. Always add your dye slowly, you can always add more but you can't remove it once it's in the wax. Be sure to stir your dye in the wax for 2 full minutes so the wax and dye can bind properly together. For stirring, we recommend using a wire whisk, we have found this does a superior job of binding ingredients and/or additives with the wax. We have a color chart so you can view the color we recommend for each candle fragrance. Figure 7Step 4 - Now it's time to add your fragrance oil (see See less »

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