Candle Making Tutorial
Using A Jiffy Wicker
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Many of our pillar candle instructions indicate the wicking of a mold using a . If you don’t know how to use a to a mold, these instructions will explain it. After you have done it once or twice, it will be a snap!
PLEASE NOTE: Jiffy Wickers only work with which have a wick hole in the bottom.
Wicking your Mold with a Jiffy Wicker
You will a length of and a to do this.
To start, take a 20” length of (longer or shorter depending on the height of the ), and tie a slip knot at one end. (Here is an invaluable guide for how to tie a slip knot from a knitting website.). After you have made the slip not, follow these steps:
- Thread the unknotted end of the through the , and pull it through until the is resting against the knot.
- Poke a hole in the center of the with a large needle or . Thread the unknotted end of the through the , and pull it through until the is resting against the .
- Thread the unknotted end of the through the wick hole in the bottom of the , and pull up through the center of the to the top of the mold. Keep pulling until gasket end of the is snuggly pressed against the bottom of the . The point here is to create a seal between the rubber gasket and the mold, so that liquid will not seep out through the bottom of your mold.
- Take the and thread the through it. Pull the taut, so that cannot seep out, but not so tight that the is stretched out of shape or distorted.
- Now draw the into the notch at one end of the . Wrap the once around the , then underneath the threaded along the length of the , as shown, to create a solid knot.
Your mold is now wicked.
Removing the Jiffy Wicker
To remove the candle from the , you will need to un-do the . To do this, pull on the slip knot on the bottom of the mold, beneath the . The knot should pull out of the . Slip the and the off of the .
Next, untie the at the top of the candle from the , and slide the off of the .
Now your candle is free at both ends, and is un-Jiffy Wicked.
After you have removed the jiffy wicker from both ends of the candle, you can remove it from the mold.
You can buy which include just the and , which wear out faster than the wicker bars.
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