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Candle Making Techniques: Overpouring
You can create some really pretty candles by overpouring
around a premade base. Place your premade base inside of a mold that
is slightly larger in diameter than the base. Surround the base with dried
flowers, shells, coffee beans, beads etc to fill the space between the
base and the mold. Slowly pour in a clear wax (no stearic acid) that
has a higher melting point than the base wax. Check to see if you need
to repour if the wax shrinks down. Remove from the mold once the candle
is cooled sufficiently. If the objects need to be exposed a bit more,
you can use swift even swipes of a propane torch to melt off some of the
surface wax until the objects are visible. Use a piece of panty hose
to buff up the surface once it hardens.
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