Michael

Yes. Haven't tried it myself but if I were to give it a go, I think I'd mix some liquid dye with a tiny amt of coconut oil and apply that to the indented lettering. I'm thinking that the tiny amt of coconut oil would not affect the burn. Just to make sure my thinking was right, I squirted a little CO in a cup, added the dye - it did mix well.

As for making the lettering indentation in the candle, you might try something like a soddering tool....make a stencil of the lettering you want and go over it with the hot soddering iron to melt out the indentation that you want then apply the CO/dye with a very fine brush.......sounds do-able but to test the results, I'd pour some melted wax on a cookie sheet and then test it there before moving on to the actual candle.

What ratio of CO/ dye do you use? and is the CO available in stores localy? Would it be in craft / hobby store or grocery?

Couldn't you use a little liquid candle dye instead of paints?

Is this the same dye that you would use to color a candle that you make or is it a different product?

Sorry if this is a newby question but I am a newby

My original idea was to carve the words into a premade/store bought candle and to some how color or highlight the words so that they stood out against the background. I have a candle that my wife and I bought that looks like someone made a "sheet" of wax and carved the words into it and then wrapped that around a pillar as to make the candle. If I can figure out how to do this (either idea) successfully then I will defiantly post it here so that others can do it as well. Any additional info anyone can give would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

either or... My son goes to a christian school and was wanting to make some candle displays that had bible verses in them. Some will defiantly be forever candles but would like to make some that could be burnt as well.

Hello all,

I am trying to engrave/carver words into candles for a project that I am working on and i want to color in the words so that they stand out. Does anyone have any suggestions or ideas on how i can achieve this?

Thanks in advance

Michael