i need to know how to make a candle wick from home materials
2006-10-06 07:31:08 · 5 answers · asked by jarrell w 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
Wicks:
To make wicks the colonial way, soak heavy cotton yarn for 12 hours in one of these solutions:
* 1 tbsp salt combined with 2 tbsp boric acid and 1 cup of water, OR
* A mixture of turpentine, lime water and vinegar.
When the yarn is dry, braid 2 or 3 strands together to form the wick. The easier way is to buy ready-made wicks at your craft store. Be sure that the wicks you buy fit the candles you plan to make. A wick that is too large will cause your candle to smoke, too small will cause the flame to go out.
2006-10-06 07:33:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Make Candles Candles set the mood. Whether you want romance, soft lighting or eerie ... Untie the wick and trim it to ½ inch above the top of the candle
2006-10-06 07:44:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
candle wick is tricky business, there are paper wicks, metal wicks, lead wicks.
depends on the type of wax and the size of the candle.
2006-10-06 07:34:56 · answer #3 · answered by island3girl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First you have to take a can make a Densen on the can then put water in the can then put it in the frezer then take nale and a hamer and folow thro the densen. After you do all that go to dallarrama and buy candle put the candle in the can and lit it and there you have it!!
2006-10-14 05:18:48 · answer #4 · answered by d_abbensetts 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cotton string soaked in liquid wax ( twine in the wax you are melting - but they are so cheap to buy why bother ? )
as for the old recipes below they are easy to find but remember the word TOXICITY hadn't been invented !
2006-10-06 07:33:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋