Candle Tarts

[NamaNama]

I have all the supplies necessary to make candle tarts- newbie needs detailed instructions. How small amount can I make in the electric melter pot? How much fragrance? Temperatures? When do I repour? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Camay]

You need "detailed" instructions on making a candle tart?? Why don't you start by reading the specs about the wax that you have. It will tell you max fragrance load and pouring temps.

[Ring of Fire]

Melt a pound of wax, add dye and start with 1 oz. of FO per pound of wax. Heat to temp. recommended for your wax, pour into molds and that's it. No re-pours, a waste of time. No one cares.

What kind of wax are you using?

[erinmfritz]

Familiarize yourself with your wax, such as melting temperature, what temp to add the FO, pouring temperature. Waxes vary on temps, then check out these links: meltingwax howtomakevotives (the last one is on votive candles but you should be able to get the jist of it using molds and repours, etc.) If you don't want to make a full pound, weigh the amount of wax you want to use and multiply that weight by 6% to start. That will give you the amount of FO to add. Average is 1 oz per pound of wax so you could start with 1/2 oz of FO per 1/2 pound of wax. Good luck and have fun!

[Tereasa]

don't forget to temper your wax