Candle Making Tutorial
Using A Jiffy Wicker
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Many of our pillar
candle instructions indicate the wicking of a mold using a Jiffy
Wicker. If you dont know how to use a Jiffy
Wicker to wick
a mold, these instructions will explain it. After you have done it once or twice,
it will be a snap!
PLEASE NOTE: Jiffy
Wickers only work with candle
molds which have a wick hole in the bottom.
Wicking your
Mold with a Jiffy Wicker
You will a length
of wick
and a Jiffy
Wicker to do this.
To start, take a
20 length of wick
(longer or shorter depending on the height of the candle
mold), and tie a slip knot at one end. (Here is an invaluable guide for how to tie a slip
knot from a knitting website.). After you have made the slip not, follow
these steps:
- Thread the
unknotted end of the wick
through the metal
washer, and pull it through until the washer
is resting against the knot.
- Poke a hole in
the center of the rubber
gasket with a large needle or craft
knife. Thread the unknotted end of the wick
through the rubber
gasket, and pull it through until the gasket
is resting against the metal
washer.
- Thread the
unknotted end of the wick
through the wick hole in the bottom of the mold,
and pull up through the center of the mold
to the top of the mold. Keep pulling until gasket end of the wick
is snuggly pressed against the bottom of the mold.
The point here is to create a seal between the rubber gasket and the
mold, so that liquid wax
will not seep out through the bottom of your mold.
- Take the metal
jiffy wicker bar and thread the wick
through it. Pull the wick
taut, so that wax
cannot seep out, but not so tight that the wick
is stretched out of shape or distorted.
- Now draw the wick
into the notch at one end of the jiffy
wicker bar. Wrap the wick
once around the bar,
then underneath the wick
threaded along the length of the wick
bar, as shown, to create a solid knot.
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Your mold is now
wicked.
Removing the Jiffy
Wicker
To remove the
candle from the mold,
you will need to un-do the jiffy
wicker. To do this, pull on the slip knot on the bottom of the mold,
beneath the jiffy
wicker metal washer and rubber washer. The knot should pull out of the wick.
Slip the metal
washer and the rubber
gasket off of the wick.
Next, untie the wick
at the top of the candle from the jiffy
wicker bar, and slide the jiffy
wicker bar off of the wick.
Now your candle is
free at both ends, and is un-Jiffy Wicked.
After you have
removed the jiffy wicker from both ends of the candle, you can remove it from
the mold.
Jiffy
Wicker Refills
You can buy jiffy
wicker refills which include just the rubber
gaskets and metal
washers, which wear out faster than the wicker bars.
