Description
From Delicate Light Blue to Deep Midnight Blue
20 g is sufficient for approx. 3–4 kg of wax, depending on the desired color intensity.
With this high-yield oil-soluble color concentrate (in powder or granule form), you decide how intensely your candles are colored. Especially with blue, a little extra color is often enough to significantly deepen the shade.
Choose between 10 g and 20 g. The wax color is suitable for dip-dyeing and completely coloring paraffin, stearin, rapeseed, and soy wax.
One Color – Many Possibilities
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Dip-Dye Candles: Dip white candles entirely or partially into your colored wax mixture.
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Color Gradients: Create them with different color strengths and dipping depths.
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Candle Making: Color the wax completely and use it to make your own candles with a suitable wick.
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Multicolor Layered Candles: Pour differently colored wax layers one after another. Please follow the processing instructions for your type of wax.
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Personal Gifts: Coordinate candles with favorite colors, seasons, or your table decorations.
What You Get
- Your choice of 10 g or 20 g of blue color concentrate in a bag
- Oil-soluble color granules for mixing into melted wax
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20 g for approx. 3–4 kg of wax, depending on the type of wax and color intensity – even more for delicate shades
Please note: You receive color concentrate, not a pre-mixed dip-dye wax mixture. Wax, candles, wicks, spoons, and other accessories are not included.
How to Mix Your Wax Color
- Melt your uncolored wax according to the processing instructions for the respective type of wax.
- First, take a small amount of color granules with a small, clean, and dry spoon and add it to the melted wax.
- Stir until the color has completely dissolved. Stir again in between.
- Let a small color sample cool and carefully add more if necessary.
Dosage: maximum 1 g of color per 100 g of wax. Start much more sparingly for light shades. The spoon is for taking out the color; a precision scale is helpful for accurately measuring small quantities.
More color concentrate intensifies the shade. More uncolored wax lightens the mixture. The type of wax, the wax's natural color, and the processing method affect your color result.
What You Need in Addition
- Uncolored wax suitable for your project – for example, my paraffin wax pastilles for casting, dipping, and coloring. Stearin, rapeseed, and soy wax can also be colored with the color concentrate.
- A suitable melting vessel
- A small spoon and a stirring tool
- A suitable electric hot plate with a water bath or a wax melter
- For dip-dyeing: candles to dip and a sufficiently tall dipping vessel
- For candle making: a suitable mold or candle vessel and a matching wick
My Workshop Tip for Dip-Dyeing
I like using clean, dry, heat-resistant old food cans without sharp edges as dipping vessels. Place them securely in the water bath and make sure that no water gets into the wax.
Your colors are far from used up, but your candles already are? Here you will find suitable white table candles for coloring and decorating .
Also for Your Candle-Making Projects
With the oil-soluble wax color, you can completely color your self-cast candles. Whether a delicate shade or a vibrant blue: Start with a small amount of color and gradually approach your desired shade.
The required dosage may vary depending on the type of wax and the desired result. Observe the maximum color addition and first perform a small test.
Select the Right Wick Separately
For a candle that burns well, the wax, wick, and candle diameter must match. Color and fragrance additives can also affect the burning behavior.
You can purchase my unwaxed flat cotton wick separately by the meter in various thicknesses. Check which wick is suitable for your type of wax and project. A burn test with your own combination will help you choose.
Important Safety Instructions
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Hot wax can cause burns. Never heat unattended.
- Follow the processing instructions and temperatures for your type of wax.
- Do not use an open flame or gas stove to heat the wax.
- Do not let water get into the melted wax.
- Be careful with hot vessels and hot water vapor.
- Never extinguish burning wax with water.
- Do not ingest the color granules, avoid direct skin contact, and keep away from children.
- Do not use spoons and vessels that have been used for wax for food afterward.
- Only color candles with children under supervision and with the assistance of an experienced adult.
Instructions and Ideas from My Workshop
Detailed Practical Knowledge on Coloring Candles
Would you like to prepare thoroughly? You can purchase my 16-page practical workbook on coloring candles separately as a PDF download for €10. It is not included with the color concentrate.
Free Inspiration and Videos
For initial design ideas, there is “Colorful Wonders” as a free PDF .
You can find further inspiration in my Kerzenelfe blog and on my YouTube channel .
Enjoy coloring, experimenting, and creating!
Your Dinah – Candle Maker & Kerzenelfe
Note on the scope of delivery: This item contains exclusively the color concentrate in the selected quantity of 10 g or 20 g. The application images show design possibilities. Candles, wax, wicks, molds, equipment, and decorations are not included.
Please inform yourself about the respective technique before starting, the suitable materials, and the safe handling of hot wax. Follow the processing instructions for your wax and use a suitable guide for coloring, casting, or dipping candles.
