Coca-Cola Candle Project
The materials we will be using are:
- 6 oz Coca Cola glass from The Dollar Tree
- Long (6 inches) cotton braid wick (for soy wax) sized to fit containers up to 2 inches in diameter
- Small container for making the ‘white fizz’
- Extra craft sticks and wick centering bars
- Wick adhesive in Tacky Wax from Michael’s
- 1 teaspoon candle scent of your choice
- Natural Soy wax, my favorite is Golden Brands 415 – total of 6 liquid oz
- Candle coloring
Melt wax; separate 3 ounces for the white fizz on top. Add dark brown candle coloring. Using the 1 oz (to 1.5 oz) scent to each 16 oz (1 pound) of wax (1:16 ratio), we need about 1 teaspoon scent for the 6 oz candle.
Wick your container, using the wick target to find the center of your glass. Smear a pea sized piece of Tacky Wax onto the end of the wick clip, use a straw for extra stability in putting the wick in. Use a craft stick to gently tap the wick clip in place, or to move the wick if needed. Put the warning label on the bottom of the glass. Place the wick wick centering bar, or craft stick with hole in it, onto the wick so you can center it when you’ve poured your candle.
After preparing your wax, add your fragrance to both the uncolored and the brown colored wax, and let the brown colored wax cool till it’s cloudy. Pour the dark layer and let it set up. Push the wick with the craft stick on it to the rim on the glass and aim at the wick clip in the center, when you are pouring the wax. Remember to center your wick before the wax solidifies.
As the wax cools and hardens, it is time to play with the white wax. No need to color, just fragrance this part. Begin stirring it every once in a while till it is the consistency of cookie dough, or cold peanut butter. Once it is ready, and the dark layer is firm, begin spooning on top of the dark layer around the wick with the extra craft sticks. Make sure to keep the wick straight as you work. Continue to pile it up to the top of the glass, but don’t heap it on top. If the wax is heaped, it will spill all over the sides when the candle is burned or melted on a warmer. Take one of the craft sticks and texturize the top to look like fizz by dobbing at the wax with the tip of a craft stick.
That’s it. Wasn’t that easy and fun? You can make the wax any color to correspond with the flavor of cola you want to create.
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