How To Make Homemade Candle

How To Make Homemade Candle using paraffin (a byproduct of petroleum refining), stearin (now produced almost exclusively from palm waxes), beeswax (a byproduct of honey collection), gel (a mixture of resin and mineral oil), and plant waxes (generally palm, carnauba, bayberry, or soy) are how to make homemade candle.

When William Procter and James Gamble started the company Procter & Gamble, they hired chemist E. C. Kayser and developed the process to hydrogenate cottonseed oil (Crisco), which ensures the shortening remains solid at normal storage temperatures. The initial purpose was to create a cheaper substance to make candles than the expensive animal fats in use at the time. Electricity began to diminish the candle market, and since the product looked like lard, they began selling it as a food.

It is commonly believed that candles made of beeswax and/or soy burn more cleanly than petroleum based paraffin waxes. However highly-refined paraffin wax will burn as or more cleanly (with regards to particulates created during combustion) than natural waxes. The cleanest burning candles are unscented, undyed, and well constructed candles burning in a draft free area.

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