Chef Isaac Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Hello all! My name is Isaac and I am a chef out of Washington State. I am also a beekeeper and have tons of wax that I use to make candles. I was curious if there was a place dedicated to beeswax candle making. Thank you all and I look forward to being part of the family? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IwantItgreen Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Just kinda wondering, what type of candle's do you make? Pillars? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Isaac Posted December 20, 2009 Author Share Posted December 20, 2009 right now, we are doing tealights, votives and molded candles. We are also doing pillars. Soon we will be making tapers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekeeper_sd Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 good luck, Chef! I too would like to see more posts about beeswax. I just don't think there are that many of us who make beeswax candles anymore. Anytime you need to bounce ideas and questions to me, I would be glad to bounce them back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Isaac Posted December 20, 2009 Author Share Posted December 20, 2009 what type of wick do you use for votives? I used the zinc ones that the styore said to use but the funny thing is that i think it is burning too fast because the flame started off strong and now it is dimmed way way down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicky_CO Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 (edited) I have tried a lot of wicks to get BW votives to burn right and amazingly enough the best burn come from square braid wick. Which is really the start of point for BW I use #1 or #2 depending on the BW everytime I get a new bacth in I run a quick test on it as I know BW can change from batch to batch.You are in good company there are a few of us that do BW here you just may have to wait a little longer for answers because of how few of us there are. Edited December 20, 2009 by Vicky_CO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Isaac Posted December 20, 2009 Author Share Posted December 20, 2009 do you use the prewaxed and pretabbed wicks for the votives? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 I think wicking beeswax depends a lot on the beeswax you are using. I use square braid wicking for my tapers (2/0) and pillars (#4 unscented and sometimes #5 if FO is used), but for my votives, I use LX16's for a perfect burn. You'll find more beeswax questions in the natural wax section, but there's many in this section also. Don't worry, we'll find you whichever section you post in LOL!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekeeper_sd Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Chef, the reason your wick is dying is because you are not using a big enough wick. Beeswax candles require almost twice the size wick as other candles. Try a #2 square braided, cotton wick, primed with beeswax. I get mine from www.candlewic.com. They make custom wick tabs. Make sure to ask for beeswax coated. They are also very helpful with advising you of the size wicks you need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekeeper_sd Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Just one more quick note, I use #2 square braided, cotton wicking for mostly all of my beeswax candles except for my pillars. For pillars I use 60 ply flat braided, cotton wicks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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