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    Make Your Own Candles
    Make Your Own Candles
    Make Your Own Candles
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    Make Your Own Candles

    By Dee Phillips

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    Discover the art of candle making! Candle Making is a great hobby...or you can make candles for profit. In this book, learn how to make your own candles - Jar Candles, Votive Candles, Pillar Candles, Chunk Candles, Taper Candles and more! Get instructions and information on candle making.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDee Phillips
    Release dateMar 21, 2013
    ISBN9781301204014
    Make Your Own Candles
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    Dee Phillips

    An English Major at University, Denny (Dee) Phillips loves science fiction and enjoys coming up with new ideas in that genre. Her newest interest is in vampire books. Denny has made a career out of writing website content articles and has researched many different topics. As such, she also has many information books available.

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      Make Your Own Candles - Dee Phillips

      MAKE YOUR OWN CANDLES

      By Dee Phillips

      Published by Dee Phillips at Smashwords

      Copyright 2013 Dee Phillips

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes.

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      INDEX

      THE HISTORY OF CANDLE MAKING

      THE PROCESS OF CANDLE MAKING

      BASIC SAFETY

      CANDLE MAKING EQUIPMET

      SETTING UP YOUR WORK AREA

      CANDLE MAKING BASICS

      CANDLE MAKING SUPPLIES

      CANDLE MAKING ADDITIVES

      SOLUTIONS AND SOLVING PROBLEMS IN CANDLE MAKING

      MAKING CANNING JAR CANDLES

      MAKING VOTIVE CANDLES

      MAKING TAPER CANDLES

      MAKING PILLAR CANDLES

      MAKING SOY CANDLES

      MAKING GEL CANDLES

      MAKING CHUNK CANDLES

      SAVE MONEY ON CANDLE MAKING SUPPLIES

      CONCLUSION

      THE HISTORY OF CANDLE MAKING

      Throughout history candles have been used for utilitarian purposes—for heat and light. They were a necessary part of life. Candles were the only lighting available at that time. In today’s world it is a different story. Candles often serve as decorations, creating ambient lighting for romantic dinners, atmosphere or luxury in the bath. Often candles are used as scented aromatherapy or household air fresheners. Candles are still widely used and appreciated today.

      Of course it is difficult to pinpoint the exact time of the candle’s first use. It is believed that cavemen used a form of candles made from animal fat. The remains of clay candle holders dating back to 4 BC in Egypt have been found, which leads us to believe that candles have been in use for a very long period in time. Egyptians were also known to have made a form of candle by dripping beeswax onto leaves. Ancient forms of candles were used in China and Japan, made from the wax extracted from insects and seeds. In India, taper candles were made from was extracted from boiling cinnamon. In America, however, candles were not known to have existed before 1 AD, but it is believed that Native American’s burned oily fish for their lighting. When settlers finally came to New England, they used a technique which extracted a wax-like substance from bayberries, a process which is still used by candle makers today to make bayberry candles.

      The primary substance to make candles in the 1600-1700’s was tallow, which is a by-product of animal fat. Tallow worked well as candle lighting, but these candles

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