The Waxing Moonshine Candle Blog

Here's the official Waxing Moonshine step by step guide to making beeswax pillar candles. Feel free to ask me if you have any questions. I make beeswax candles, mostly, but this same technique should work well for soy wax, palm wax, and other waxes as well I'm sure.  Stuff You'll Need  Beeswax  Pillar Candle Mold Mold Sealer Wicking Wick Centering Device Wax Melting Pot or Double Boiler Oil (spray oil works best) Click the links above to find the supplies we've got in our shop. For a double boiler, you can use any pot that will fit a Pyrex bowl sitting...

I get asked about this fairly often - you've made yourself a fine pure beeswax pillar candle (or some other wax I suppose), but you can't enjoy it because it's helplessly stuck in that metal pillar candle mold. I've been there. I've even pulled the wick right out of the candle trying to get the pillar out once. Don't do that. I've got a few simple steps that work for me. But to start, you need a clean candle mold (if yours is dirty, get it clean!). Yeah, we sell those.  Now once you've got your raw beeswax (or whatever wax...