[Elfsea] candlemaking from beeswax & etc.

[housedragonstar]

To add to what Timothy has to say...

We have long thought that it would be very cool to have a "Candle Dip."  Of
course, we were thinking of doing this in January.  For those of you who
participate in Roman Catholic, Anglican, some Lutheran (I think, but I am
not sure) and Episcopalian faiths, you may recall that Candlemas, or the
Mass of the Candles is still celebrated in some parishes.  It goes along
with St. Blaise day, when throats are blessed.  This mass was also the mass
where the year's supply of church candles was blessed for the coming year.
The general belief is that is easier to dip and mold when it is rather cold
outside that when it is blazing hot.  So, this is when alot of candles were
made.

I can't say that this is the best of scholarship, since I was told this by a
very traditional, old-fashioned, anglo-celto-phile wife of an Episcopalian
priest.  It does however, have a ring of truth, or at least good sense to
it.

It would be great to save a bit of the wax for January.  We could build a
nice fire down the hill, amidst the clearing in the forest, dip candles and
forget the mundane world for a time.  After all, it will be post holiday
season bill paying and tax figuring time by then.

Medb

----- Original Message -----
From: "Timothy Rayburn" <timothy_of_glastonbury at yahoo.com>
To: <elfsea at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 5:17 PM
Subject: RE: [Elfsea] candlemaking from beeswax & etc.


> Greetings!
>
> I just wanted to share a bit of experience from someone with about 50
> pounds of beeswax still in his possession.  Beeswax is far more
> demanding of molds than Paraffin variations of wax are.  Beeswax will
> bond onto just about any metal mold you put it into.  There is little
> to no shrinkage with beeswax and so is just clings to the walls of
> molds wonderfully.  There are sold, considerably expensive, molds for
> beeswax that are rubber that can peel back away and resist being bonded
> to.  Expensive goes in the area of 70 bucks per mold.
>
> For most of period, according to my little bit of research, candles
> were of one of two types.  The first is dipped candles to create tapers
> or their kin.  The second is container candles where the container
> molded but stayed with the candle.
>
> That said, let me know if you put together a candle-making party.  I've
> a keen interest and will pick it up more so once I finish my move and
> my shop is setup in my new garage. :)
>
> Timothy
>
> --- Jane Sitton <jane.sitton at radioshack.com> wrote:
> > Wonderful!  Thanks for the idea!  The added benefit of Dixie cups is
> > that
> > you can tear them off if they won't slide off.
> >
> > Madelina
> >
>
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