Can you make candles that have real flowers in the wax?

Question

If so, how do you do this?

Answer 1

You can, but there are two things you have to be VERY careful of.  First, the flowers need to be dried - fresh ones will eventually mold because of the water content.  Of course, the danger in dried flowers is that they can catch on fire.  So, there are a couple of ways to go about being safe in that respect.  First, there is a harder wax on the market - hurricane wax - that is supposed to keep flammable items encased in a harder wax which makes it less likely to catch on fire.  But the way I do it is to make a small pillar candle first (like a 3X3).  Then I put that pillar in a larger size mold - like a 4X4 round.  I use a small wick so the melt pool should never reach outside the original pillar candle and then I burn them with extreme caution and never unattended.  I've done really pretty fall leaves, flowers and rose petals this way.  Hope this helps!

Answer 2

You can do it. I've only worked with the solid wax, though. Not the gellatin like one, but it's still possible.