The bulk candles have an attractive appearance, are safe and easily updated in their homework. The variety of shades of wax and forms of candlesticks allows you to choose a product for every taste.
What it is?
Bulk candles, which are often referred to as pearl, granulated or sandy, are formed from three main elements: In the container, looking like something mean between the vase and the flask, the special wax falls asleep, and the special cotton wick is inserted. The composition of such lighting devices includes palm wax, it is a palm stearin - an environmentally friendly and safe substance obtained from the fleet of fruits of oil palm. By the way, for this only those fruits are collected, which have already matured and interfere with the tree. The material is not used in the usual first liquid, but after the solidifying state, and in the form of spherical granules with a diameter of 1-2 millimeter. White balls appearance very much reminiscent of beads.
However, candlesticks filled with colored wax - granules painted with special dyes can be used for the interior decor.
The material used for the candles does not smoke and do not smoke, has a pleasant natural aroma, does not float and is not deformed. Products support presentable species and characteristics even when cast paraffin candles are melted and deprived of an attractive form. The presence of a restrictive capacity prevents the appearance of flutters on the furniture. It is also not necessary to fear the allocation of heavy substances during the burning. It is valuable that the natural resource is renewable, in contrast to the same paraffin.
Bulk candles that can be placed on an absolutely any horizontal surface, from the table to the cabinet shelves, are very economical and even beneficial in application. For example, the candlestick with a volume of 200 milliliters, filled with only 100 grams of bulk wax, is able to give pleasure for 10-12 hours. Professional decorators appreciate the opportunity at any time to push the wax into a special bag, and the flask itself is transformed into a colors vase. It is very cool that granulated long-burning products are renewable - any candle is easy to update after its exaggeration. By the way, to light them is allowed both on the street and indoors.
For the first hour of operation in the candle, a hot substance is a puddle, the depth of which can reach 6 centimeters. With each hour and wax, and the oil will evaporate, and the "bath" will slightly seek down. The melting point of the pearl candle is approximately 68 degrees, so it burns three times longer than paraffin. It is worth mentioning that the only disadvantage of stearin candles is called a high price greater than the cost of the same paraffin.
How to do?
With your own hands, bulk candles make even schoolchildren - the workflow is so simple that anyone will cope with him . The main thing is to choose quality materials for creativity.
The capacity used as a candlestick should be made of thick glass, although, in principle, any non-combustible vessel is suitable: ceramic vase, a glass for whiskey, a jar from under jam. Experts also recommend picking up the containers with a diameter of at least 5-6 centimeters so that the fire does not spoil the form, and the liquid substance was not glued to its surface. The minimum height of the container is 3-4 centimeters - this will allow you to place such a number of granules in which the wick will enaches.
The design of the candlestick can be any sense. Forms are suitable with transparent or matte glass, round, square, oval and any other configuration. You can also use tanks with images, patterns or other decorative elements.
The wax itself must be purchased from a proven manufacturer.
The work begins with the fact that the granules fall asleep in the candlestick and gently recall the tapping and rotation of the form. It is necessary that the substance melts in the center and did not spread to the edges. The minimum layer height should reach 3-4 centimeters. Optionally, a quarter, a third, half, three quarters or a full candlestick is allowed to fill out.
The vessel from transparent glass is better filled with half. Wick is inserted in the center of the candle as low as possible so that only 5 of its millimeters remained above the surface. Full length of the phytylka, as a rule, does not go beyond the borders of 5-6 centimeters. The intertwined fibers of a length of 3 centimeters is enough for 4 hours of burning, and 4 centimeters - for 6 hours. Phytietk size 6 centimeters is ideal for decadatholic use. Several wicks are used in the case when the diameter of the candle is more than 15 centimeters.
You can also use the balls of several colors and form patterns of them . The easiest thing, of course, lay out a smooth layer behind the layer, watching the sides for the appearance of horizontal strips.
To receive Pattern "Mountain" Let us take a funnel. Filling the candlestick will have to be formed so that the layers are formed under the changing corners to the table surface.
Pattern "Lace" It requires first to fill the vessel with multi-colored layers, and then with the help of a wooden tool to lower them along the walls of the container vertically or at an angle. Granules from the upper layers should wake up down, forming lace.
It looks very impressive "Glowing track", Received from two grooves. Each is filled with wax, after which the phytilites are inserted over all of their length with an interval of 5-7 centimeters.
To create a decorative element called "Burning Lake" It will be necessary to prepare a very wide round tank. At first it is filled with granules, and then with wicks throughout the surface, while maintaining gaps from 5 to 7 centimeters.
The combined product will look original. To obtain it, a wide candle is taken with a deepening in the upper part, which after is filled with organic granules and phytyt.
The base itself may look like a classic cylinder or with its appearance to resemble the sphere, a cone or a human figure.
How to update?
With updating a bulk candle, any person will cope with Even never previously worked with decorative lighting devices. After repayment of the light and cooling the wax, it is enough to pull out the grinding with the phytil, to glue fresh wax and insert a new phytille. If the candle burned completely, the entire resulting crust is cleaned of the vessel.
You can also ship the remains of wax to the vessel of another form and get a completely new product. In some cases, to reanimate the candle will be possible with the help of special wax sand, externally resembling sugar. It turns out from natural beeswax. It is extremely important to use the wax to update the sandy candle, and not harmful paraffin.
