Gel Wax Candle-How to make your first container gel candle in 5 easy steps.

Gel wax candles are the easiest and quickest candles that you
will ever make. If you put your mind to it you can easily make
a few hundred gel container candles in a single day.

The nice thing about gel wax candles is that it sets very quickly
and you only need to melt and pour once, unlike paraffin wax
candles have to be topped up several times before it is set.

You can also easily enhance the appearance and fragrance of gel
candles by simply adding candle dye and essential or synthetic
candle making fragrant oils to molten gel wax.

To make a gel candle you will need:

1-Gel wax from a wax supplier
2-A pot for melting the gel wax
3-A electric or gas stove or hotplate
4-100% Cotton Candle Wick
5-A wick sustainer or wick tab
6-Any glass or metal container
7-A pouring jug or small camping kettle
8-A thin skewer stick or wicking needle

Step 1

Put a sufficient amount of gel wax to fill your container/s into
your pot or kettle and place it onto the stove at medium heat.
It is always best to melt wax slowly so don't get too hasty.

You will notice that at a certain point it will apear as if all of the
wax is melted but just make sure by stirring it with a wooden
stick. It can be quite a messy afair when you try and pour half
molten gel wax into your pouring pot and blobs of wax plunge
in and make a nice splash.

Step 2

If you have already bought pre-primed and tabbed
gel candle wicks then great, but if you have only have
braided 100%Cotton wick you will need to prime and
tab the wick.This simply means that you need to first
coat the wick witha substance that has a higher melting
point than gel wax by dipping the wick into something
like molten stearic acid that can be obtained from any
candle making supplies.

There are however special blends of compounds that is
used in the manufacture of special gel candle wicks
that is also used for other container type candles like
tealights. These wicks increase burning time and quality.

If however none of the above is possible then you can
simply go ahead and take your wick and slip it into the
wick sustainer. Once the wick is in pinch it slightly so
that the wick is held in place. The nice thing about this
method is that it creates alot of tiny bubbles in the candle
once it is set.

Step 3

Take a bit of liquid glue and put a drop in the middle
and bottom of the container that you're using. Now place
the flat bottom part of the wick sustainer onto the drop
of glue and leave to dry. If youre using a super glue it will
of course be quick.

Step 4

Take the skewer and place it on top of the container and
wrap the wick around it once or twice. Once you have done
this your wick should be reasonably straight and the wick
attached to the skewer shoud be in the middle of the
opening of the container.

Step 5

Pour the molten gel wax into a kettle or pouring jug and
then slowly pour it into your container to about 1cm from
the top of the container. Now all you need to do is wait for
the gel wax to set. During the cooling stage you can get
creative by dropping anything into the gel wax. Seashells
are always a good look for a bathroom gel candle but
you can be the judge and add anything you like.