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  • From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
  • To: Homestead List <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Homestead] How to Make Your Own Wicks for Candles
  • Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 12:07:39 -0500



How to Make Your Own Wicks for Candles

*Dissolve 2 Tablespoons of table salt and 4 Tablespoons of borax
in 1 1/2 cups of warm water.

Soak a 1-foot length of regular cotton kite string or twine in the
solution for 15 minutes.

Hang each string with a clothespin for 5 days to be sure it is
completely dry.

Use a paperclip to dip each string completely in melted wax 3 to 4
times, coating it completely.

Hang it up to dry as before.

Store wicks rolled up in a newspaper.

TIPS:
Add a teaspoon of one of these chemicals to the *initial soak for
colored flames:

Strontium Chloride for a brilliant red flame,
Boric Acid for a deep red flame,
Calcium for a red-orange flame,
Calcium Chloride for a yellow-orange flame,
Table Salt for a bright yellow flame,
Borax for a yellow-green flame,
Copper Sulfate (blue vitrol/bluestone) for a green flame,
Calcium Chloride for a blue flame,
Potassium Sulphate or Potassium Nitrate (saltpeter) for a violet
flame,
Epsom Salts for a white flame.

***WARNING:
Add ONLY ONE (1) chemical for color variation.



--
Bevanron of EarthNSky Farm Sleep well tonight, for somewhere in the ocean's depths, MY son is protecting YOUR freedom.






  • [Homestead] How to Make Your Own Wicks for Candles, EarthNSky, 12/25/2007

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