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azurelunatic) wrote2001-10-21 02:45 pm
azurelunatic) wrote2001-10-21 02:45 pm
the whole ball of wax
We're being witchy today, very much so. Doesn't look like Adam will be coming over.
We keep a very large jar that used to hold pickles, and in it we dump all the scraps of wax that are left over from our candles, and the candle-ends, and all that other good stuff. Today we're melting it all down. It looks to be turning out a lovely lavender.
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Well, there's a certain point at which you stop dipping the candles, or else wait for them to cool majorly, or else the whole column of hot wax will slide right off back into the vessel that you are dipping from, and all your hard work will come to not very much.
I've now got a rather lovely small cone-shaped candle, one of the rather more standard dipped variety, and another one cooling in a plastic movie theatre cup that promises to be a pillar when it's done.
We'll see how my attempts at wick-braiding come out.
We keep a very large jar that used to hold pickles, and in it we dump all the scraps of wax that are left over from our candles, and the candle-ends, and all that other good stuff. Today we're melting it all down. It looks to be turning out a lovely lavender.
...
Well, there's a certain point at which you stop dipping the candles, or else wait for them to cool majorly, or else the whole column of hot wax will slide right off back into the vessel that you are dipping from, and all your hard work will come to not very much.
I've now got a rather lovely small cone-shaped candle, one of the rather more standard dipped variety, and another one cooling in a plastic movie theatre cup that promises to be a pillar when it's done.
We'll see how my attempts at wick-braiding come out.