Testing production of my recipes! Finally starting on the production stage of business. Making sure that the recipes I’ve chosen work well before I start mass producing the candles. Each container and type of wax require a different percentage of fragrance oil for the scent throw or different type of wick to ensure the best burn pool. Many things go into making a candle! Not to mention the melting temps, pouring temps, temperature of the environment, how much you stir the dye and fragrance, how slow you pour, and so much more. After these first set are completely solidified and have sat for at least 24 hours, I will begin the burning stage of testing. Basically I have to burn the candle for two hours at a time to watch the burn pool, the flame and soot. If I chose the correct size wick, then it will burn beautifully! Otherwise I’ll be back to testing the recipe! This next week I’ll start cutting the old wine and beer bottles to start using glass containers rather than just the metal tins. The supplies will be here Monday! That’s gonna be a whole other fun process in this business. Thankfully I have access to as many old glass bottles as I want. That will help keep the costs low so that I can keep the price low for the end product! Oh this is gonna keep me quite busy and will be lots of fun!
Melting the wax…
Prepping the metal tin containers…
Waiting for them to set…
Almost ready to test burn…
