Nov 02 2009
The Earth Friendly Soy Candle
If you like candles and want to burn a candle that is earth friendly, a soy candle is what you need. If you are considering making soy candles, one of the first things you need to do is learn as much as you can about soy wax.
A good soy candle use wax from natural soybeans. The oil is extracted from the soybean flakes and is partially-hydrogenated. Soybeans are grown in several parts of the country. Most of the soybeans you see at your local craft store come from Illinois, Iowa, and Indiana. The advantages of using soybean wax are that it is a very high quality type of wax. Soy wax has a reputation for burning cleaner and smoother than traditional wax that you normally would see in candles made from paraffin wax. Where a traditional paraffin candle burns black soot, the soybean candle burns white soot. No matter what type of candle you burn, you will have some soot escaping from the candle. The difference is that a soy candle has soot that is not harmful and it won?t get all over your furniture.
There is little difference in learning how to make soy candles verses traditional paraffin candles. Since all candles contain some amount of wax (even gel candles), it makes sense that the creation process is very similar.
The benefits of soy wax over paraffin are quite amazing!
