How To Make Marbled Candles
Marbled Candle Making
​Step One - Secure your wicks.
Centrally secure your wick using a sticky dot and support the wick with the prop.
Step Two - Melt your wax.
I recommend using a double boiler (a bowl or jug over a pan of simmering water) to gently melt the wax as it prevents bubbles forming in your candles. Add all of your soy wax and the colour stabiliser to your double boiler. Continuously stir until it has completely melted, then remove from the heat.
If you prefer to use a microwave: Heat your wax in a microwavable container, on a low setting, for short bursts so you can stir your wax regularly until it has completely melted.
Step Three - Add your Scent.
Allow the wax to cool for a few minutes. Ideally you'll want your wax to be about 65 centigrade. The wax will start to look opaque on the surface. Then add your bottle of scent and stir for a min or two.. ​
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Step Four - Warm your Jar.
Place your jar in a bowl of warm water. Warm water from the tap is fine. Warming your jar prevents the wax from frosting or the jar from cracking.
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Step Five - Pour your wax.
Allowing the wax to cool slightly will avoid your candle frosting, or dipping in the middle. Wait until your wax becomes opaque on the surface, stir and then slowly pour into your jar. If the wax has become too thick to pour, warm again slightly over the heat.
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Step Six - Marbling.
Check out the video above for a visual guide. Dip the stick provided into the bottle of pigment, swish it around in the bottle to get lots of colour on the stick, then dip the stick in the wax and rub the inside of the jar walls creating a marbled effect. Add as few or as many marbled markings as you'd like.​
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Step Seven - Allow to cool.
Once you are happy with how your candle looks, allow it to cool overnight. Apply your safety sticker to the base and trim your wick to about ½ a cm. If you leave your candle to cure for about 48 hours, the scent will be stronger.​​​
Please refer to my CLP guide if you are planning to give away or sell your scented candles.
Tips & Tricks
The Berry Adventurous candle making kits contain Nature Soy wax C3.
Nature wax has a melting point is between 71.1 to 93.3°C.
The pouring temperature differs according to the ambient temperature of the room.
Ambient room Temp. Pouring temp.
15.6 to 21.1°C 76.7 to 82.2°C
21.1 to 26.7°C 71.1 to 76.7°C
26.7 to 32.2°C 62.8 to 68.3°C
It is always best to warm the candle mould or container before pouring your wax.
The best way to melt wax is in a double boiler, as this avoids heat pockets and bubbles in your candles. If you melt your candle wax in a microwave, its best to use a low setting and stir regularly.
Dyes are best added while heating/melting the wax, colour flakes require heat to melt fully into the wax.
It's then best to allow the wax to cool slightly before adding Essential oils or fragrances. This reduces risk of evaporation of the essential/fragrance oils.
To avoid candle shrinkage or frosting, its best to allow the wax to cool before pouring. The temperature will vary due to the ambient room temperature(see above). By sight, while the wax is liquid with a slight opaque quality, its a pretty good time to pour. I prefer to pour super slow too, this will help to avoid sink holes in your candle.
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Practice makes perfect :)