Silicone Candle Mould - Pine Cone 7.5 cm for beeswax

01 · WHAT A KILO GIVES

Around 60 grams a piece

The supplier puts the wax per candle at 60 g, and the geometry backs it: the enclosing cylinder comes to 114 g of ceiling and a scaled cone sits at about half that. It works out at around 16 candles per kilo.

Weigh your first candle: that is the figure to price from.

02 · RELIEF WANTS HEAT

65 °C is the minimum, not the optimum

Beeswax melts between 62 and 65 °C, so pouring at 65 is working right on the threshold: the wax starts setting before it reaches the bottom of each scale, and the detail comes out blunt.

With this mould it pays to go a little above — around 70-75 °C — and to top up a second time once the surface has set but the inside is still warm. Without that top-up, a crater is left around the wick. The mould has a slit: before pouring, close it with rubber bands so the wax does not escape through the join.

03 · THE WICK

3×9 for 4.5 cm across

The supplier recommends 3×9, and it is worth testing: beeswax melts higher than paraffin and wants more wick at the same diameter. Too small and the flame digs a well and drowns.

After a few weeks a white film appears: that is not mould, it is wax bloom, and it proves the wax is real. It buffs off with a cloth.

04 · BEFORE YOU BUY

This is a seasonal figure: the pinecone sells in autumn and winter, alongside the Christmas motifs.