sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-21 day agoWhats an inexpensive feasible setup to produce my own votive candles?message-squaremessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up116arrow-down1message-squareWhats an inexpensive feasible setup to produce my own votive candles?sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-21 day agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day agoyou need a mold, wicks, and wax it’s not hard or particularly dangerous, but good wax and wicks are a little expensive there’s a reason candles were luxury goods for much of human history
minus-squareblackbrook@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agoIf you don’t mind the smell and smoke, you can save money by making candles out of tallow like our ancestors.
minus-squaresopularity_fax@sopuli.xyzOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoWas gonna say, something about animal fats
you need a mold, wicks, and wax
it’s not hard or particularly dangerous, but good wax and wicks are a little expensive
there’s a reason candles were luxury goods for much of human history
If you don’t mind the smell and smoke, you can save money by making candles out of tallow like our ancestors.
Was gonna say, something about animal fats