The Honey Dipper
I bought a dipping vat to make candles because I didn't have the money to support my candle habit. My father bought me a bunch of wax many years ago (he has since passed). I still have some of the wax he bought me and refer to it as "the gift that keeps giving". Each taper is dipped at least 100 times, I sell them on eBay when I make them. They are hand-dipped in the Bronx by me (with love from my hearth to your heart).
This is one of the easiest ways to make candles, especially when your pipes wont handle wax being poured down the sink (like when you need to boil-out wax from pots to change dye color or scent). All you do is add wax to the dipping vat as needed. The wick you use depends on the diameter of the candle your making.
Candlemaking Sources and Info
- Mann Lake Ltd.
- You can buy wax in bulk here.
- Earth Guild
- This is where I bought my dipping vat pictured above.
- Candlewic
- Just bought a boat load of supplies from them, including hemp wicks.
- Hand-Dipped Tapers
- This is a "How-To" do tapers.
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Candlemaking Books
The Candlemaker's Companion: A Complete Guide to Rolling, Pouring, Dipping, and Decorating Your Own Candles
Amazon Price: $12.89 (as of 12/22/2009) 
The Complete Book of Candles: Creative Candle-Making, Candleholders and Decorative Displays
Amazon Price: (as of 12/22/2009)
Encyclopedia Of Candlemaking Techniques: A Step-by-step Visual Directory
Amazon Price: (as of 12/22/2009)
My Works In Progress
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Zeppole Made Easy, Recipes, Folklore ...
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Zeppole is no stranger to the United States. If you've been to a street festival in any Little Italy in America, you know zeppole, a kind of fried doughnut that is tossed in a bag with powdered sugar. In Sicily, zeppole are tiny and fluffy an...
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Halloween Haunts of New York City
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The veil between the worlds grows thin now! Tis' the dying time. The Season of the Witch. Harvest, Hallowe'en, Samhain, Sowan, All Hallows Eve no matter how you slice it, its a great time of the year. Yes, New York is a very old town,...
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Pizza Rustica Recipes, New York Pizza Places & Such
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Pizza Rustica (translates to Rustic Pizza), an Easter pie made with Italian cold cuts and cheeses. The following is a recipe I make for Easter. Go to your local Italian Salumeria or a Little Italy near you to get some of the harder to find ing...
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Got Hemp?
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Hemp, (a distant cousin to marijuana) has been around for a very long time. It is a plant with a fine, lustrous fiber for textiles, rope, and paper. Some say The Declaration of Independence is written on hemp, that just sounds nice; it was wri...
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Astrology-Podcasts
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It's all in the stars, your cosmic guide to the universe and the powers that be (or should I say, that be working for or against you). I started Astrology-Podcasts as a positive thing to do while being my mother's caregiver. She passed away on...
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Soy Wax Container Candles on the Cheap
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