Candle Making Equipment

Here's the ultimate list of the equipment that you will need to make a candle.

Firstly, you will need to ascertain your raw materials. Conduct research on the different types of waxes, wicks, fragrance oils and container types. Please, please use fragrance oils designed for candles. These oils were designed to blend and perform seamlessly with wax.

We sell amazing oils so please feel to give our best sellers a try.

We recommend that beginners start with containers that are below 3 inches wide for ease of wicking. 

Tip: the size of your desired wick is determined by the diameter of the candle jar. You can check out our wick guide here for more details on wicking.

The List:

• A thermometer for knowing when to add scent and pour your wax.

• A double boiler to melt the wax. If you don't have one on hand, you can put a heat-safe pitcher in simmering water or place a heat-safe bowl on top.

• A modified presto pot (spigot added) to use for melting coconut wax. The presto pot heats beyond 200 degrees and is the best solution if you will be using coconut wax.

Pouring pitcher to hold melted wax

Soap cutter or butter knife to cut wax.

• A digital scale for accurate measurements of wax

• A gram scale for accurate measurement of fragrance oil

• A wood or silicone spatula to stir the wax. Do not use a whisk, you will introduce air into the wax.

• Clothespins, straws, wick holders or chopsticks to hold the wicks in place.

• Scissors or a wick trimmer to trim the wicks to the ideal 1/4 length after your candle has cured.

• A glass container to pour fragrance in or plastic cup made for mixing resin.

• Newspaper, wax paper or parchment paper to protect your work surface.

• A spray bottle of isopropyl alcohol and paper towels for cleanup. Lots of paper towels

• Baking sheets to put your candle jars on while you pour (feel free to line with foil to slow down cooling)

• Pipettes for removing excess fragrance from measuring cup.

• Ruler to measure the diameter of your jar.

. Heat gun to warm jar

Wick stickers 

Warning label for bottom of the jar

Blank label to affix to candle jar. You will add the materials used in the candle. This label helps when testing your candle.

IFRA table for the fragrance oil  that you will be using. See our blog on demystifying the IFRA here.

• Notepad to write down everything you are doing so that you can replicate your actions

• Wick guide for the wicks series you plan on using (buy all the sizes that are close to your jar diameter. It’s better to have them on hand instead of being delayed during testing because you need to buy more wicks.