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U3 01 Safety Tips

The document provides essential safety tips for candle making, emphasizing the importance of using proper materials and equipment to prevent hazards such as explosions and chemical reactions. It advises maintaining a clean workspace, ensuring good ventilation, and using appropriate wick sizes. Additionally, it highlights the differences in burning temperatures between soy and paraffin wax and encourages a soothing workspace for the candle-making process.

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U3 01 Safety Tips

The document provides essential safety tips for candle making, emphasizing the importance of using proper materials and equipment to prevent hazards such as explosions and chemical reactions. It advises maintaining a clean workspace, ensuring good ventilation, and using appropriate wick sizes. Additionally, it highlights the differences in burning temperatures between soy and paraffin wax and encourages a soothing workspace for the candle-making process.

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Safety Tips

INTRO TO CANDLE MAKING

Step 1 Step 2 Step 3

Make sure you are using the


Make sure you are using the Make sure your workspace is
proper materials for candle
right equipment. clean and organized.
making.
Use only vessels that are Make sure you are making your
Only use wax that is made for
graded for candle making or candles in a well-ventilated
candle making. There are a lot
that are tempered glass. Using area. Smelling too many
of videos on social media that
improper vessels can lead to fragrances at once can lead
feature creators using wax like
your candle jar exploding. to a headache or dizziness if
crayons for candles. This is
Vessels that are not made you are prolonged to the smell
toxic and is not safe for your
specifically for candle-making for too long.
respiratory system.
cannot take the heat of the Wear closed toed shoes, long
Please make sure you are ONLY
candle or will explode in drastic pants, and possibly an apron
using fragrance oils that are
temperature changes when the to help prevent hot wax from
specifically designed for
candle is lit. spilling on your skin. As a tip,
candle making. The usage of
Make sure you always keep soy wax does not burn as hot
any other types of fragrances
your wax at a moderate as paraffin wax if it reaches
can cause your candle to have
temperature. If the soy wax your exposed skin.
a chemical reaction leading to
reaches above 190 degrees Have a clean area where your
a fire. It is also important that
Fahrenheit (ca. 88 °C), it can candle can set and cure
you follow the guidelines on
begin smoking and may cause without movement.
each fragrance for the
your vessel to break when you
fragrance to wax ratio.
pour in the wax.
Make sure you are using the
Please make sure you also use
correct wick size for your
proper pouring pitchers when
candle. It is essential to test
melting or pouring your wax as
your wicks prior to selling any
they are designed to minimize
candles because if you have
any potential safety hazards.
too small of a wick, for
example, it can lead to your
candle tunneling.
"Great things are done by a series of small things brought
together."
– Vincent Van Gogh

Things to Keep in Mind

Follow all safety tips


Soy wax is hot but is not as hot as paraffin wax
I encourage you all to find a workspace that is soothing to you

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