Okay, so you’re probably thinking this is a strange title for a blog entry, and it is, but trust me, it needs to be said. Many of you out there are learning, or are already successful at making beautiful candles. Some of you may even be considering becoming an entrepreneur to sell your candles, and if that’s you….good for you! Don’t ever let anyone tell you that the market is too saturated. There’s always room for another beautiful candle in the world. I should know. My house is full of them.
….but back to the point….
We all work in our own mysterious ways, and even though candle making is precise in nature, and our formulations specific, we all have our methods. Wax melters vs double boilers, different styles of wick setters, different styles of thermometers….and yes, some of us are still messing around with our hair dryers.
I won’t lie to you. I started this way. Why buy a heat gun specifically for candle making when my hair dryer works just fine? This was my thought process. I continued to think that way until I ruined a perfectly good table with a mess of wax that went everywhere because of my overly angry and aggressive hair dryer.
I broke down, decided to stop being so ghetto, and invest a heat gun. It was far cheaper than my hair dryer and it used a gentler flow of air to slowly melt the wax just enough to correct little mistakes. I realized that if my candle required industrial heating to fix, I should probably just re-pour. I also realized that as a candle maker extraordinaire and all around craft lady in the making, that I deserved the proper tools of the trade, and so if you’re still slugging away with the hair dryer, please, I implore you, its time to put it down.
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