Making and Using Jar Candles

Candles offer a soft glow and relaxing flicker after a long, hard day at work. Some people love to have them in the bathroom while they are taking a soothing bath, and others love to have them around their home to add pleasant scent to any room. There are others that have them stashed away in the event of an emergency but rarely use them for anything else. No matter what the use in each home, almost everyone buys candles on occasion. Some people like to make them. People in any category may like to use or make jar candles for their simplicity.

Jar candles are often given as gifts as they are easier to handle than taper or even tea light candles. Jar candles come in many different sizes and you can put just about any type of candle within a jar. These are probably some of the easiest to make and the most sought after in stores. They may also be the cleanest candles to have in your home and they rarely need any attention other than a wick trim here and there. For the sake of beauty and practicality, these are great candles to buy, give as gifts, and to receive as well.

Scented jar candles are great when you want to add scent or when you have an odor you want to cover up. When these are new, you have to trim the wick down to one quarter inch. Once they are lit, they should not be left alone, but you do not have to worry about them dripping down into your carpet, onto a table, or all over the outside of a candle holder. In order to make sure your candle can be burned over and over again, make sure it burns until the wax has turned to liquid all the way out to the glass. That allows the candle wax to settle back into a flat surface to be used time and time again.

The jar candles are also great when they have burned down so far that you can not seem to get them lit any longer. All you have to do is to get a special warmer made for these jar candles. You can set the candle on the heated pad and the scent from the candle will waft throughout the house without having to have a live flame going. Some prefer to burn all candles this way, and as you can guess, this will not work with other candles not contained within a jar. Just be sure to get a product just for this purpose. Never put your candles on any other type of warming surface.

If you want to get into candle making, jar candles may be just what you want to try first. These are easy to make, as you only have to make sure you get your candle recipe right. You do not have to worry about forms or dipping. You can fill the jar candles carefully and all you have to worry about then is making sure the wick is centered and straight up. You can make these in any scent and with almost all types of candle wax out there. Just stay away from the gel candle material, as this type can be very dangerous when burned in jars and other glass containers.