Materials required:
(Candles - You can of course use battery operated tealights instead of real ones if you don’t have the insurance cover for naked flames or if you are not yet ready for the high-octane adrenalin fuelled world of real beeswax tealights.)
Wait for it....
Before you kick off, you first need to measure your dipping container in order to calculate the amount and fill level for the molten wax, this is done using just water in place of molten wax and a water filled balloon.
Filling your balloons with water
Hopefully you will have a kitchen tap that accepts a balloon neck size, pinching the neck of the balloon to the tap, fill your balloon slowly supporting it in your hand, you want it to be about grapefruit size. Once filled and before tying it off, let as much air out of the balloon as you can i.e. carefully let it deflate until only water is weeping out before finally tying off the balloon. This is because molten wax can burst your balloon if it comes into contact with a part of the ballon that only has air.
Getting the measure of your dipping container
Using a balloon filled with water put it in the container that you are going to use, holding the balloon add water into the container until it comes up to the level on it that you will require the wax to be on the balloon. Now remove the balloon and make a note/mark the level that the water is currently at in the container without the ballon, this gives you the level that you will can safely fill up to with molten wax knowing that it will not come over the top when you dip the balloon in. At this point you may also have discovered that you need a totally different container of course! This measurement also gives you an idea of the amount of wax that you will need to melt as a minimum just to get started with.
Ok, but it's a bit wonky?
You can gently massage the balloon into shape if it hasn’t got the correct shape by simply squeezing the balloon a few times. This evens out the shape.
Wait for it....
Before you kick off, you first need to measure your dipping container in order to calculate the amount and fill level for the molten wax, this is done using just water and a water filled balloon.
Filling your balloons with water
Hopefully you will have a kitchen tap that accepts a balloon neck size, pinching the neck of the balloon to the tap, fill your balloon slowly supporting it in your hand, you want it to be about grapefruit size. Once filled and before tying off let as much air out of the balloon as you can i.e. carefully let it deflate until only water is weeping out before tying off the balloon. This is because molten wax will burst your balloon if it hits a part that is only air.
It's a bit wonky?
You can gently massage the balloon into shape if it hasn’t got the correct shape by simply squeezing the balloon a few times.
Materials required:
(You can of course use battery operated tealights instead of real ones if you don’t have the insurance cover for naked flames or if you are not yet ready for the high-octane adrenalin fuelled world of real beeswax tealights.)
Wait for it....
Before you kick off, you first need to measure your dipping container in order to calculate the amount and fill level for the molten wax, this is done using just water and a water filled balloon.
Filling your balloons with water
Hopefully you will have a kitchen tap that accepts a balloon neck size, pinching the neck of the balloon to the tap, fill your balloon slowly supporting it in your hand, you want it to be about grapefruit size. Once filled and before tying off let as much air out of the balloon as you can i.e. carefully let it deflate until only water is weeping out before tying off the balloon. This is because molten wax will burst your balloon if it hits a part that is only air.
It's a bit wonky?
You can gently massage the balloon into shape if it hasn’t got the correct shape by simply squeezing the balloon a few times.
Wait for it....
Before you kick off, you first need to measure your dipping container in order to calculate the amount and fill level for the molten wax, this is done using just water and a water filled balloon.
Filling your balloons with water
Hopefully you will have a kitchen tap that accepts a balloon neck size, pinching the neck of the balloon to the tap, fill your balloon slowly supporting it in your hand, you want it to be about grapefruit size. Once filled and before tying off let as much air out of the balloon as you can i.e. carefully let it deflate until only water is weeping out before tying off the balloon. This is because molten wax will burst your balloon if it hits a part that is only air.
It's a bit wonky?
You can gently massage the balloon into shape if it hasn’t got the correct shape by simply squeezing the balloon a few times.
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