How Do You Make Candles From Beeswax Pastilles?
In the Middle Ages, people burned tallow candles for light in their homes. Tallow was comparatively cheap and easy to manufacture, but it gives off a lot of smoke and smell bad. Churches, which used a lot of candles, used candles made of beeswax to eliminate these side effects, taking special donations to cover the cost difference. Today, beeswax is still more expensive, but is also still cleaner burning and sweeter smelling. You can buy it natural, which is a honey yellow color, or bleached white and in either blocks or pastilles, or pellets. Measure the beeswax pastilles and dump them into the melting pitcher. The amount you use will depend on the size of the mold you are using for the candles. Do not melt the wax over an open flame, as the liquid wax is highly flammable. Monitor the temperature of the wax; it should melt at about 145 degrees F and should not be heated above 185 degrees F. Cut a length of wicking 2 to 3 inches longer than what the mold requires. The size, or thicknes
