| Learn how to make gel candles without bubbles, and | | | | Asking a traditionalist how to make gel candles |
| you will soon be turning out crystal clear creations | | | | bubbleless, I learned that you can do it by keeping |
| that garner oohs and aahs from all who see them. | | | | your wax hot for an extended period of time. This |
| This wax always produces bubbles, of course. It is in | | | | will allow a certain number of those pesky little |
| its nature as surely as it is in the nature of | | | | globules to rise to the top and burst. It doesn't |
| champagne. As champagne without bubbles is just | | | | answer the question of how to make gel candles |
| wine, so this wax without bubbles is just mineral oil | | | | bubbleless, but it does help reduce the number of |
| mixed with a polymer. I know of no one who wants | | | | bubbles you get. |
| to remove the fizz from champagne, but there are | | | | 3. Bake Your Creations |
| chandlers who want to know how to make gel | | | | One of the largest manufacturers of this type of |
| candles bubbleless. | | | | wax gave me a third idea. Preheat your oven to 65 |
| Some people protest that having a lot of those | | | | degrees Celsius (150 degrees Fahrenheit). After |
| shining little globules obviously adds to the inner | | | | pouring at the high temperature of 90 degrees |
| beauty of the wax. They pour their wax in a way | | | | Celsius (200 degrees Fahrenheit), set your creation in |
| that is guaranteed to produce the greatest amount | | | | the preheated oven - and hope for the best. Well - |
| of fizz. Others consider it just as obvious that an | | | | this, too, failed to answer my question of how to |
| abundance of fizz or globules or whatever you want | | | | make gel candles bubbleless. Hope does not burst |
| to call them hinders the inner beauty, but... | | | | shiny globules, and although you can reduce their |
| ...how to make gel candles bubbleless? That isn't so | | | | density this way, you are not going to eliminate |
| obvious. | | | | them. |
| My personal search for a solution to the problem | | | | 4. De-Air Your Luminaries |
| produced four very different possibilities. Some | | | | A chandler who wanted as badly as I did to know |
| seemed easy. Others seemed far beyond my reach. | | | | how to make gel candles bubbleless got in touch with |
| I think you will agree, however, that all four are | | | | a scientist who taught her to de-air her creations |
| interesting. | | | | with a vacuum device. She explained to me that she |
| Which way would you choose? | | | | adds her dye and fragrance, mixes it in very well, and |
| 1. Pour the Way a Bartender Pours | | | | then puts her very hot wax in a specially-created |
| This is the most common answer I got to my | | | | vacuum device (see caution below). Finally, this was |
| question of how to make gel candles bubbleless. I | | | | how to make gel candles bubbleless. She had not one |
| was advised that you have to pour the same way a | | | | bubble! |
| bartender pours beer. Hold your glass container at a | | | | You can learn how to make gel candles bubbleless. |
| 45 degree angle. Gently pour the hot wax down | | | | You can learn how to create them with a reduced |
| along the inside of the tilted container, making sure it | | | | amount of fizz. Personally, I'll just forget the struggle, |
| hits the side of the glass and not the bottom. This | | | | think of those shimmering little globules as though |
| will avoid a "head" on your luminary. Alright. That | | | | they were in fine champagne - and enjoy them |
| reduced the amount of fizz, but it certainly did not | | | | immensely. |
| give me a definitive answer on how to make gel | | | | CAUTION: Do not try this with a household vacuum |
| candles bubbleless. | | | | cleaner. The chandler's vacuum was specially designed |
| 2. Maintain High Temperatures | | | | for her use. |