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The different types of Candle wax used in candle Making

by Ian Michaels on Mar 22, 2011

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Knowledge about candle wax is vitally important if you are to succeed in the art of candle making, there are a number of types of candle wax to choose from when you first start making candles, and they all have their individual pro’s and con’s.

There are two basic categories of candle wax, synthetic wax, and natural candle wax, the most popular of which is undoubtedly paraffin wax, most commercially produced candles are made from this type of wax although natural candle wax is becoming more and more popular of late due to concerns that the smoke from paraffin wax candles are toxic, similar to motor car emissions on a much smaller scale (after all they all come from the same source – oil). There has been a lot of debate around this issue to date, with the pro-paraffin lobby denying that any harm could be done by the emissions.

The next most popular natural wax is soy wax. Soy wax was...Read More >>