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15) How do you make custom candle molds?

You can use a variety of objects as candle molds, as long as they are not flammable. Look around your home and garage, chances are you have quite a few objects that would make great candleholders and candle molds! Watch flea markets and yard sales, because you will often find interesting shaped containers for sale at these events. You can use glass containers, metal, tin, steel, and ceramic materials to pour candle wax into for an instant, custom candle mold.

If you want to actually create a candle mold into a specific shape, you’ll need to purchase material that is created to make candle molds. Culinart, Inc is a company that designs a silicone rubber mold that works like dough. You work the materials using your hands and other objects to create the exact shape you want for your candle mold, and it sets up and cures within an hour so that you can then pour your hot, melted candle wax into the newly created mold!

The Culinart, Inc brand of mold material will accept candle wax up to a temperature of 400 degrees, so just about every type of candle you want to make can be made using your own custom designed candle mold.