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Rolled Beeswax Pillars
Makes two 4″ x 1″ pillar candles.
Materials:
- A 13½” x 8″ sheet of beeswax
- 1¼” square-braided cotton wick
- Ruler
- Pizza wheel (to cut the wax)
Directions:
- Warm the beeswax sheet slightly before you begin so that it’s easy to cut and roll. Use a hairdryer if necessary. Warming the pizza wheel in hot water helps too!
- Cut the beeswax sheet sheet into two equal pieces as indicated by the dotted line in Figure 1.
- Cut a piece of wick so that it is slightly longer than the shortest edge of your pieces of beeswax.
- Place the wick about ¼ inch from the shortest edge of one piece and press it down slightly. Do not stretch it! Just make sure that it’s straight & that the ‘V’ shapes in the wick are the right way up.
- Roll the wax tightly around the wick once and pinch it slightly to ensure an air-tight seal.
- Now continue rolling in the direction indicated by the arrow in Figure 2. Use the left-hand uncut edge to keep you straight.
- If you do start to roll at an angle, unroll a little and realign as you go.
- When all of the wax has been rolled, use your finger, or the flat blade of a warm metal knife, to seal the final edge.
- Trim the wick at the top of the candle to ¼ inch before lighting.
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