Tilted Layer Candles
Add a holiday twist to your candles with these candy cane tilted layer pillars!
Tilted layer pillars can be made with any combination of scents and colors. For this tutorial, we used Purely Peppermint Fragrance Oil in red and white for some yummy candy cane candles!
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You will need:
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1. Melt your wax and wick your mold as described in our pillar candle tutorial. 2. Fill a shallow box or bucket with sand. Dig a hole in the sand big enough to fit your selected mold. Place the mold in the hole at an angle and pack the sand around it to hold it firmly. 3. Once your wax is melted, add your color and fragrance for your first layer. This layer will be the top of the candle.
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4. Pour the first layer of wax at about 180-190 degrees F. Try not to splash any wax against the sides of the mold. If you do, take a heat gun and melt the wax enough for it to run back down the side of the mold. Keep any leftover wax to reheat in a double boiler for future layers.
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5. Allow the first layer to cool, enough to form a thick skin, but not enough for it to separate from the mold. Meanwhile, prepare your wax for the second layer. Pour this layer at about 10 degrees hotter than the first to ensure proper adhesion. Any hotter and the colors may bleed. |
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6. Repeat step 5 until the wax is almost to the top of the mold. At this point, turn the mold in the sand until is is straight up and down and pour the last layer. When this layer has formed a skin, poke relief holes and allow to cool completely. Fill in the sink holes with more wax and allow to cool again. |
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7. Once the candle is completely cool, remove the mold sealer, wick screw, and wick holder bar and gently pull the candle out of the mold. If it does not readily release, place the mold in the refrigerator or freezer for about 10-15 minutes and try again. 8. Give this candle as a gift, or keep it for your own holiday decoration! |
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This is good... nice and interesting!!!!
Good idea -solved my problem of making angled candles!
this is soooooooooooo cool... i was wondering how to get the tilted effect. makes a perfect holiday present. thanks so much
thanks for this beautiful creative idea.
This is a cool idea that I have been using for quite a while... I even made a small wooden fixture that holds my pillar molds (holds up to 10 molds depending upon size) so I can make matching triangle oblique candles that look like one candle when they are finished and placed together.
The hardest thing about this technique is temperature and the order of colors. If I poor a dark color followed by a light (white or ivory), I have found that the the dark color will bleed into the white causing it to look pink. I found it works best pouring a light color followed by a dark one getting progressively darker until the mold is completely filled. Have never been able to make a perfect "candle cane" without some bleed occuring. Any help solving this problem would be very much appreciated.
Thanks.
To reduce bleeding, I'd like to suggest freezing between pours. You will, at least, minimize the bleeding to very little. I think they look like candy canes with a slight bleed. MMM. I'd like to try this with variation of size, like the big ol' candy cane stick. Think.. thick, thick, thin, thick, thin, thin. I love Holidays.
its really nice and cute idea.
I love to read your instructions, you make it look so doable (is that a correct word?)
so great! i am very interested in candle making. do u have candle making class?
if i want to learn about a candle, especially real fragrance candle like dip tyque or aqua di parma, not just aroma.
where could i learn? in france? in itlay? in england?
i luv ur project.i want to try them back at home in africa.
Question: The last step says "When this layer has formed a skin, poke relief holes and allow to cool completely. Fill in the sink holes with more wax and allow to cool again."
Does this mean poke thru all the layers? Then when you refill with one color, won't the center of the candle look funny when it burns? Or does it all blend together when it burns and it's un-noticable?
Thanks
this very nice work.but i have aquery and i hope to respond please.i was having some difficulties in the candle industry where air bubbles appear within the body of the candle wich gives the apperance of the spectrum . is it possible to overcome the air bubbles waiting for a reply.
i am having trouble w/ the white bleeding into the red, so now i have a red layer and a pink one. Don't know if the last layer of red hasn't set long enough or the new white pour is too hot ?? I seem to only have that problem w/ white pours, my red & green, before the white seem to turn out fine. Or maybe it's just too dark to tell. But when I first tried them I had the layers come apart after i took it out of the mold, held 2gether only by the wick- so it's getting better.
My questions are basically the same as these other people. Where do I go to read your answers to their questions? I'm new at this.
Thanks