MeAndMyPuppyDog Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 I'm curious as to how you folks deal with candle glaze in the 5 gal. pail... do you cut it with water? Use it as is? How do you let the run-off drip back into the pail?Let's talk!Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josette50 Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 I purchased some from PouretteThen went to walmart and bought a package of 3 paint bowls with lids..set a cake cooling rack on top of your bowl and it drips back in..I re use it no problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josette50 Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 mine has no water in it.just highly flammable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeAndMyPuppyDog Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 Questions...1) What's a paint bowl?2) How long do you leave it on the cake-rack. When I leave them on the cake rack, I get drips that harden and then candle doesn't stand straight.What's the secret. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josette50 Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 I just got a 3 bowl set by Versa Tainer in the paint departmentI leave the candles sitting for a couple hours, occasionally moving them by the wick to a dryer spot...then after a couple hours set them on waxed paper, for a day or so.I only do this outside when the weather is atleast in the 70's. You might have to trim the drips with a X-acto knife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceCarvesWax Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 Most carvers use a half full 5 gallon bucket of glaze, dip your candle and then raise it out of the wax but not out of the bucket and spin the heck out of the candle to throw off the extra glaze. Blow on the surfaces also to get rid of any bubbles in the detail areas. I have seen them also stand there with a hair dryer and blow dry the glaze so it stops dripping quickly. Some people cut the glaze with water up to 50/50 its something everyone works out on their own I guess, no set rule. Once the candle has been spun you hang it up on a nail or hook and let the extra drip off. Not much saving the drippings, but the spinning takes most of it off for you. Keep bucket covered up until you dip the candle in it as the glaze can skin over if you don't. Lots of companies carry the dip on glaze so its just trial and error on if you add water or not. It's nothing more than a fancy commercial floor wax. (looks like it, smells like it, dries like it, and yellows over time like it) You can cut it with water just like you would if you waxed your floors. Like I said in another post lately, future floor wax is what alot of carvers used back in the day. Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgekas Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 floor vanish water base or oil base Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusticwax Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 getting a lot of bubble on our carved candles after dipping in the glaze. What could be causing this? We dip in the basement - probably around 65 degrees or so air temp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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