darlatoms Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 Hi it's me Darla, When you do canes are they to have a bottom or do you leave it open. Jee can you tell I've never made one. But from pixs I can not see want to make one real bad. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinDucky Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 There's step by step directions with pictures here. One for hurricanes with objects embedded using an insert and one for embedding photos. Either/both will will be a big help.http://www.candletech.com/techniquesideas.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam W Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 Darla,a quick answer is yes and no. If I pour the cane with an insert (I use a 3" pillar mold) when I remove it there is no bottom & I pour that separately.If I use the method where you fill the mold then pour out the wax from the center after the shell has formed, it has a bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlatoms Posted December 15, 2005 Author Share Posted December 15, 2005 I read that but it did not say any thing about if it had a bottom.Thanks Darla:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris77 Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Darla,a quick answer is yes and no. If I pour the cane with an insert (I use a 3" pillar mold) when I remove it there is no bottom & I pour that separately.If I use the method where you fill the mold then pour out the wax from the center after the shell has formed, it has a bottom.I'm curious now....does a hurricane have to have a bottom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaybee23 Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Yes, a hurricane has a bottom. If you use or don't use an insert. If you use an insert, you wait until it starts to thicken a bit then lift the insert just a bit, gently. You do this periodically until the embeds are set in the side, then pull the insert out completely. You let it get to the desired thickness then dump out the wax. You will have sides and a bottom. There are very good instructions for doing these over in the Techniques and Ideas on the left of the screen.Edited to say: You can elimate the bottom if you want, by using the insert and just not moving it, just leaving it at the bottom for the duration. Not sure why you wouldn't want to have a bottom in it, but you can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris77 Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Edited to say: You can elimate the bottom if you want, by using the insert and just not moving it, just leaving it at the bottom for the duration. Not sure why you wouldn't want to have a bottom in it, but you can.guess my thought was that if I put a votive in a glass container and put that in the hurricane, the glass would eventually get hot and could melt into the bottom of the 'cane. ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lin Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 No it wont melt the bottom as i make these all the time. Ive neaver seen one myself that didnt have a bottom. It would be just a shell without it. Lin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaybee23 Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 guess my thought was that if I put a votive in a glass container and put that in the hurricane, the glass would eventually get hot and could melt into the bottom of the 'cane. ????You use a high MP wax in them. Also I insert a cork disk in the bottom as extra protection, just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlatoms Posted December 16, 2005 Author Share Posted December 16, 2005 Hi IT's me Darla See now I made most of you use your brain . We some times see thing' and just assume ,that means. ( :p DARLA ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 No it wont melt the bottom as i make these all the time. Ive neaver seen one myself that didnt have a bottom. It would be just a shell without it. LinThere was a lady selling them at a very large week long jurried Arts and Craft show in the city near where I live. Her's were large hurricanes with silk poinsettia inserts. They were very classy and beautiful. They had no bottoms and she had them over votives. Didn't ask her why no bottoms. She sure had large crowds around her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinDucky Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 Hi IT's me Darla See now I made most of you use your brain . We some times see thing' and just assume ,that means. ( :p DARLA )Umm, ok... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lin Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 To each his own i guess, but i consider a hurrican to have a bottom. Hers would be more like a candle shade or something. Helping someone new with instructions though should be given the normal way of making them. Alan has very good directions to the left in techniques so to start i would follow them. You can allways do your own thing once you learn the basic way i guess. Good luck as i know your get it in no time. Lin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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