for making bayberry candles, and not many of us possess these old-fashioned treasures. Even if you happen to be one of the fortunate few, you will find it takes a great deal of the precious wax to fill these old moulds, and the candles made in them are really larger than you need; so the home-made candle-moulds will be best in any case.
Fig. 452.—Pass a brush dipped in strong glue over the end.
From a sheet of legal-cap writing-paper cut a strip eleven and a half inches long and four inches wide ([Fig. 450]). Take an ordinary adamantine half candle, which is neither tallow nor wax, and, placing the paper on the table, short edge toward you, lay the candle down on it and bring the edge of the paper over the candle, as in [Fig. 451]. Press the paper down firmly and roll the candle away from you, in this way wrapping the paper closely around it. If the edges are not even, unwrap and try again. To have a perfect mould you must keep one edge of the paper exactly on a line with the bottom edge of the candle. When the paper is wrapped around the candle to within one inch of the end of the paper, brush glue across the end of the paper as in [Fig. 452]. Bring the edge over the roll and press down ([Fig. 453]).
Take another candle of the same size, stand it on a piece of paper and, with a lead-pencil, draw around the bottom edge, pressing the pencil point close to the candle. Cut around the circle you have made, leaving a border on its edge half an inch wide, as in [Fig. 454], and slash the border up to the inner circle, as in [Fig. 455].
Fig. 453.—Bring theedge over andpress down. | Fig. 454.—Leave aborder on the edgeof the circle. | Fig. 456.—Lap themin regular order. |
Fig. 455.—Slash thecircle. |
Fig. 457.—Braid the wick.