The Essential Candle Making Tools for Beginners: A Complete Guide
- jaimemoralesj14
- Dec 24, 2024
- 4 min read
Updated: 3 days ago
When working with candles you will use many tools to help you. Some tools can be changed for other things to get the same results if you are first starting off, and not sure if you want to save some money on certain supplies or splurge on getting a high-quality tools.
What will be added in the chart below are Candle Making Tools for Beginners It will not have any supplies such as jars, wax, or fragrances.
Tools | Purpose | Price/ Tools USD* | Scale 1-5^ |
Wick Trimmer | To trim the wick to size of the container | $6.12 | 4 |
Thermometer | To determine the temperature of the wax and when to pour | $8.84 | 5 |
Wax Melter | To melt wax, faster and avoids big messes | $74.66 | 3 |
Long Handled Mixing Spoon | To mix in fragrances together to make sure its combined with the wax | $9.39 | 1 |
Wick Holder | To stabilize wick to make sure that it's centered | $6.30 | 1 |
Pitcher | To hold hot wax and easy to pour in the container | $19.98 | 4 |
Heat Gun | To fix mistakes post setting time | $23.64 | 5 |
*Price point of three items
^Scale of 1-5 with 5 being must have
Though prices can change, we recommend shopping around and seeing the best value for your needs.
Wax Trimmer
The wax trimmer is a great tool when working with different forms of wicks, and is used to size the wick to the size of the container. Though most people use cotton wicks when making candles it's always best to have a wick trimmer as one of your tools.
An alternative option would be scissors, though we do not recommend that. If used to cut a cotton wick maybe, but we use wooden wicks and found that the scissors do not work well with the wood and could damage the wax or the hands. For that reason alone we recommend the use of a wick trimer.
Thermometer
A thermometer is one of the tools that we use every day. It may seem simple however, it's a helpful guideline when measuring the temperature of the wax. You would need a thermometer to ensure the wax won't burn, and each wax type has different temperature levels. You will also need one for when adding the fragrances to the wax. If you add it when it's too hot it could burn off the fragrance and not have it in the wax. We usually have poured our fragrances at 150- 160 degrees Fahrenheit. On the fragrance bottle, there should be information about the fragrance flash temperature. The flash temperature is the highest point the fragrance can hold before being used up. So you want to ensure to not add it at that temperature or higher.
Wax Melter
Using a wax melter have been some of our favorite tools here when making candles, they have made the process faster and make the wax ready to use all the time. Though some can get pricey it's a great investment if you decide to make large batches of candles or to start a business. An alternative, would be the double boil method where you get one pot of boiling water and place another pot on top of it, with the wax in the pot of the boiling water, the heat from the boiling water will make the wax melt, but you want to make sure that the temperature is taken during the process to make sure that the wax won't burn.
Long Handle Spoon
A long-handled wooden spoon is used to make sure the fragrance that you use is incorporated with the wax. You want to mix the wax and the fragrance for 2 to 3 minutes, this allows the fragrances to be incorporated into the wax. Also, when mixing do not mix fast or hard because that could create air bubbles.
An alternative could be using a long spoon that you have around your house, and just keeping that for mixing. A wooden spoon also works great.
Wick Holders
This is something that you do not need right away. Of course, there is an aesthetically pleasing thing you want your wick to be centered, and also if you don't center the wick properly the candle will burn weirdly. However, it's not something that you need to spend money on when learning how to make candles. An alternative could be using chopsticks, and making sure it's centered as its cooling. Checking every hour or so and adjusting the wick as needed to make sure it's centered.
Pitcher
This is an item that I would invest in. The larger the pitcher the better to make large batches with. A high-quality pitcher could make all the difference from having a lot of wax on the floor, saving you from getting frustrated cleaning up hard wax on the floor.
Heat Gun
One of our favorite tools when making candles would be hands down the heat gun. It is something that saved us many times and it's a tool we keep using again and again. It's super versatile and allows us to make sure our candles are coming out the way we want them to. We use the heat gun to fix sinkholes in the candle, fill the hole with our wax mix in with that candle's fragrances, and use the heat gun to smooth it all out. What we also love to do with the heat gun is clean the side of the candles. Sometimes wax falls on the side of the candle so when it hardens there is wax on the side. What we do is, heat the side and use a paper towel to clean up the wax.
Tools are a functionality to help the candle maker's life easier. Some tools we highly recommend and others you can use as an alternative. Most of these tools are interchangeable and could be used for what you need them for.
We know that there are other tools on the market so, share with us what is your favorite tool and what tricks you have when making candles!
Disclaimer
Please do your own research when buying supplies and always follow the instructions on the package.
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