| A candle is lovely in all its forms and shapes. For | | | | an allowance. Keep the wick in a steady position by |
| instance, when you light the wick of a taper candle | | | | placing a wick holder on top. Pull and tighten the wick |
| and smell the scent emanating from within, you know | | | | to secure it at the bottom, and pour enough mold |
| that you have created something good from your | | | | sealer to coat the bottom of the wick to prevent |
| crafts. However before a candle becomes lovely | | | | paraffin from escaping. Once your metal candle mold |
| enough to take form and shape and before its wick | | | | is threaded and wicked, it is ready to be filled with |
| can take flame, there are supplies in candle making | | | | candle wax. Do not pour paraffin that is higher than |
| that support its manufacture, and these are metal | | | | the specified temperature. Otherwise, the seals and |
| candle molds. | | | | welds of a metal candle mold may not withstand it. |
| A candle mold gives your candle its characteristic | | | | Among all the candle molds that are commercially |
| form and shape. To start your venture in candle | | | | available, metal candle molds are the most expensive |
| making using a metal candle mold, you should know | | | | of all. There are many choices of good metal molds |
| which models are available. If you intend to use metal | | | | that are sold at hobby shops and craft stores, the |
| candle molds, then find out what shapes they come | | | | most common type of which is the tin and aluminum |
| in and how to bring out the best form in your candle | | | | type. There are many sizes and styles you can |
| with each shape of mold. | | | | choose from online as well. If you do candle making |
| Metal candle containers are manufactured in different | | | | for a business, it would be smart to buy wholesale to |
| shapes the most common of which are square, oval | | | | qualify for discounts. If you collect candle making |
| and cylindrical. Square molds may come as low simple | | | | supplies as a hobby, you might as well buy different |
| squares or as tall, slim ones. More intricate square | | | | designs which mix and match according to your |
| molds include the square votive, the square floater, | | | | tastes. |
| the square taper and the square hurricane, some of | | | | With their price and workmanship, metal candle molds |
| which are seamless and more artistic in design. Round | | | | do need the best care. Every time you finish using |
| molds may be modified into an oval, and they may | | | | your metal candle mold, do not leave residue like wax |
| also have a flat top or a concave top. They can also | | | | inside the mold. Wash them with mild soap and water |
| be more detailed like the seamless round and | | | | and always wipe them dry. Clean your metal candle |
| hurricane or the fluted round and fluted spiral. | | | | molds with a mold cleaner as needed. |
| More than that, metal containers can be conical, | | | | As another precaution, protect each metal candle |
| scalloped, star-shaped or heart-shaped. They may | | | | mold from accidental falls and blows. Be careful never |
| also be triangular, pentagonal, hexagonal or octagonal. | | | | to drop them on the floor or bump them with each |
| Already you can see how much workmanship goes | | | | other or with other solid candle making supplies. |
| into the craft of making metal candle molds. As the | | | | These can cause damage to a smooth surface or to |
| forms become more angular and the shapes become | | | | the structure of its curves and edges. Once it is |
| more varied, you have more opportunities to be | | | | dented, it will be quite difficult to taper and mold a |
| creative with your candle making. Imagine the many | | | | candle to it. It will also be difficult to remove or |
| possibilities you have for molding candles. | | | | unmold a candle from it. |
| A candle mold is also a container in which a wick can | | | | When you buy metal candle molds, they come with a |
| be placed. To place a wick in a metal mold, first | | | | set of instructions on how to clean and care for |
| locate if there is a pre-drilled hole at the center of its | | | | them. As long as you maintain them properly, they |
| base. Thread the wick through the hole from the | | | | are your long-lasting possessions and will serve you |
| bottom up. Make sure that you leave a free end of | | | | for a lifetime. You only have to keep them in shape. |
| approximately 5 centimeters of wick at both tips as | | | | |