Equipment-Moulds

This is a topic for your imagination! Almost anything that can hold water or can be made to hold water is potentially a candle making mould, provided that the material it consists of can withstand temperature of 100 degrees and more.

Of course this seems like a very ambigious statement but the truth is, your imagination and resourcefullness is your limit. Many professional fulltime candlemakers make their own moulds with allsorts of materials, but for the most part "traditional" candle making moulds is still the best and easiest to use for any beginner. As you advance in experience you will start designing your own candles that might require out of the ordinary moulds.

There are many different types of moulds available, one of my favorate is the aliminium/steel pillar candle mould. This mould is machined as a one piece mould instead of the well known two piece mould concept, which is one of my pet hates to use. There are also many shapes and sizes available ranging from dinner to ball candle moulds. Some moulds can be pretty hard to find, especially the extraordinary ones.

Plastic type one piece moulds is my first choice or recommendation to any beginner candle maker, because it is relatively inexpensive depending on the shape, type of plastic and also where it was manufactured. For the most part they are extremely cost effective especially if you start to make a lot of candles.

Plain plastic containers are also excellent candidates for moulds and can be found all around you in supermarkets, but not all plastic is suitable for candle making, because some containers have a thin wall and is often made from a soft type plastic which does not do well with the temperatures associated with candle making not to mention certain additives that can deteriorate the surface of a poor quality plastic mould.