| Making Tealight Candles | | | | release or vegetable oil spray over the entire mold. |
| You've seen them, you've probably even bought | | | | 2. Prepare your wax. Prepare any color or fragrance |
| them. And you or someone you know has | | | | you may want to include in your tealights. |
| undoubtedly fussed over these "cute little candles." | | | | 3. Once the wax reaches the optimum temperature |
| Okay, so before I encountered my candle making | | | | (again, about 175 degrees), pour the wax into the |
| hobby, I wasn't sure of their name. Now, I know | | | | pouring pot. |
| these adorable little things are called tealight candles. | | | | 4. And then pour the wax from the pouring pot into |
| Today, you can even find a variety of gorgeous | | | | the tealight molds themselves. You'll notice that this |
| holders created especially for tealight candles. | | | | specific mold has a lip that holds overflow wax. |
| Here's what you'll need to create your own, highly | | | | 5. Remove the pins and pop the tea lights out the |
| delightful, tealights: | | | | molds. Using your fingers, clean any rough edges. |
| ? Votive or pillar wax | | | | 6. Now insert a pre-assembled wick assembly for |
| ? Aluminum cup | | | | tealights into the hold in the candle. Place this all into a |
| ? Tealight mold | | | | tea light cup. You'll notice that the tealight cups |
| ? Wicks | | | | SIMPLE GUIDE TO SUCCESSFUL CANDLE MAKING |
| 1. Start out by laying the tealight molds on a flat, | | | | have a small circular indentation at the bottom of |
| level surface. Insert what's called a votive pin in the | | | | about 15 mm. This is designed specifically to match |
| mold. This particular piece of equipment helps to keep | | | | tea light wicks.more on my book "Simple Guide to |
| your wick straight. Spray a light coating of mold | | | | Successfull Candle Making". |