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Thank you Mtngrl! I took note of everything you said and made my first "rustic" layered candle yesterday. All in all, it didn't turn out too badly. Of course, not in the same league as Cybersix's, but not bad for a first attempt. I did have to make one change... I didn't have dry rice/beans in a container that I could use, so used the fridge (and items therein! ) to tilt the mold while the wax cooled. You're right about it taking some time to learn exactly when to pour the layers. Some of them I didn't wait long enough and the colors kind of blended, others ran down the sides because I waited too long... but making mistakes is the only way to learn and that's half the fun! Thanks again! :smiley2:

Thank you all so much for the welcome and the great advice! I know at first this is all trial and error and I'm going to have mistakes until I know what I'm doing, but having your words of wisdom may save me some major catastrophes! I know there are ways I can improvise, but I went and bought an embedding mold yesterday. For some reason I thought I was buying a hurricane mold. :rolleyes2 So that I could make an embedded hurricane with colored wax chunks instead of an embedded candle, rather than put a candle in the middle... (Tucker you're going to be rolling around on the floor with this one! ) I used a can of baked beans in the middle of the mold. In my defense, I did grease it first! Well, of course, I could NOT get the can out. After much cursing and swearing and thrown utensils, I eventually got it out. I managed to repair the cracks in the cane, and... it actually isn't too bad! As soon as I figure out how to attach a pic, I'll share my first creation. Thanks again for all your help guys!

Great looking candles Cybersix! Now I'm going to have to ask you an incredibly stupid question... :rolleyes2 From what I've gathered in my very brief intro to candle making... a "rustic" effect is achieved by placing the mold in the freezer for half an hour before pouring the wax. Right? If that is the case, how do you get layers? I thought that if one of the layers was too cold, the next layer wouldn't "adhere" to it?! :undecided Sorry for the questions! I'm trying to learn as much as I can as fast as I can! I want to be able to produce masterpieces like those! Thanks in advance, Cybersix!

Great job, Candleguy!

Candle Man! Thank you, thank you, thank you! That is a brilliant idea! I can put my tealight in some sand or something to prevent it getting too close to the walls! You are a genious! Of course, I would have thought of this myself eventually... Using the high meltpoint wax and the sand will solve all my problems. Thanks again guys!

Oh. Okay. Thanks Scented! :smiley2:

Am I going to be the only clueless one to ask how you got those stripes?! They look absolutely amazing! I tried achieving a similar effect by using dowel sticks and taping them to the inside of a pillar mold and creating hollows and pouring in colored wax and... :rolleyes2 I think I just try and make things too complicated! Great job Candle Kitty!!

Hi Everybody! What a wonderful find this message board is! I only started "experimenting" with candle making a couple of months ago... but OMG, how addictive it has become! It all started with just melting down a few old candles I found lying around... and escalated from there! I've made some pretty amazing (if I do say so myself ) creations since then and now I don't think there's much else I'd rather do! I know you're all going to be sick to death of me and my questions before too long, so I'll make this one the one that's been bugging me for a while... Lacking a hurricane mold and insert, I improvised using a Coke can (top and bottom removed) and a square mold. I followed the directions to make the hurricane from this website... and it worked perfectly!! At first. I placed a tealight inside the hurricane and the whole thing lit up beautifully! Unfortunately, the walls began melting inside. I thought I could fix this by using a knife to make the walls thinner and therefore further away from the flame of the tealight. To cut an incredibly long story short... I came back to it an hour or so later... and the tealight was embedded in the wall of the hurricane! The walls had melted so much that the tealight was sliding around in the melted wax... My question is, do I need to use a different type of wax (I used what I think was 100% parrafin), do I need to make my hole in the middle larger... or do I need to just bite the bullet and buy the professional mold and insert? I know that one of you experts here will be able to help me with this (and probably the first of many! ) question. Thanks in advance!