Okay, so how do you get the cute, domed top on votives?

[Guest]

Now that I've made several dozen 15 hour votives I am able to see some short comings... like the tops.

I can make the tops nice and smooth with a second pour... but, how do I get that cute, dome shaped top that commercial votives have?

???????

 

[jcandleattic]

You have to have a mold shaped that way.

 

[Guest]

You have to have a mold shaped that way.

Oh, so then when you pour it the bottom of the mold becomes the top of the candle?

 

[jcandleattic]

Yep, just like a pillar...

 

[Guest]

I'm newly confused, here.

Up until a moment ago I didn't fill in the depressions on the tops of my votives. They didn't matter for my use.

But, when I filled in the holes at the top a puzzling thing happened? the lowest part on the original candle became a little dome when I did the second pour.

How is that possible?

Why didn't it get lower like the first time?

 

[jcandleattic]

Votive wax, like pillar wax shrinks, so you have to do a repour to get them to burn right. When I originally replied I thought you meant an actual dome shape, like you see in P*rtyL*te votives.
When you do the repour on votive, you will get that little lip that occurs near the wick. I've never really analyzed why you get that, so I don't know.
I'm sorry, I didn't realize this was the dome you were talking about.

 

[Wax Munky]

I assumed the same thing as you J.

What can you say after all that? What a whirlwind visit.

All I can think is WOW,just WOW!!!!



Munky.

 

[jcandleattic]

Yeah, I guess so. LOL

 

[divaxtrema]

Does anyone know where one can get the votive molds that are shaped like P*rtyL*te? I really do like their shape...