136 If you're overdipping to hide plant life or different undefined, don't use stearic acid within the wax. this may make the overdip opaque and vague your undefined. you could overdip in beeswax, too. Beeswax has the next melting element than so much paraffins, so if you'd like a beeswax glance on a paraffin middle, submerge the candle or 3 times in liquid beeswax. you could overdip beeswax candles with beeswax with none difficulties. Overdipping additionally lends itself to numerous ornamental ideas in candlemaking. you could colour the skin of a white candle, create a chain of coloured stripes or ripples, refresh a light candle, or connect undefined. pillar candle water-filled pot warning: FLAMMABLE have in mind, whilst adorning your candles, flammable floor remedies could be risky! those fabrics has to be used with warning. I’ve noticeable dried flower petals on a candle floor trap fireplace. this way of adornment is better used on a wide pillar the place the wax pool might be contained and the skin will stay rather unmelted. i like to recommend those fabrics be used as ornament close to the ground of a candle, and the candle blown out prior to the flame reaches the ornament. Please, by no means go away a burning candle — of any sort — unattended. warmth resource depart room for wax displacement while overdipping. adorning 137 OVERDIPPING A complete CANDLE 1. utilizing one of many wax formulation chanced on on web page forty-one, warmth wax in a double boiler or in a concealed-element heater. The wax may still succeed in a minimum of 20 levels F above its melting aspect. for those who use a formulation with microcrystallines, be aware that their addition will increase the melting element of your overdip wax. learn the directions that include the microcrystallines to examine what that bring up might be, and watch to make sure the entire micro beads are thoroughly melted. make sure you have headroom within the dipping box because the candle will displace wax as you dip it. 2. The candle to be dipped will be hot, no longer chilly. carry it on your arms until eventually it really is hot to touch or maintain it in a hot position until eventually you're ready to dip it. three. retaining the candle’s wick along with your fingers or in a couple of pliers, submerge the full candle within the overdip, then pull it out slowly and progressively. A moment dip isn't useful yet you could come to a decision you will have one to thicken the skin layer or for intensity of colour. four. if you would like a smooth end, plunge the candle into cool water instantly. developing Stripes To make an easy stripe layout with overdipping, wrap items of protecting tape round the locations on a candle the place you do not need a stripe. for instance, when you have a undeniable white pillar that you really want to stripe with darkish blue, practice the tape all over the place you must preserve the candle’s unique white colour. Now overdip it in coloured wax, permit it cool, and thoroughly get rid of the tape. To make stripes with out protecting tape, dip a white candle in a single colour (red) from its backside to its midway element. flip the candle over and immerse it in a moment colour (yellow) from its most sensible to some extent the place it overlaps the 1st colour at the very least an inch.