title: Basic Candle Making: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started (How To Basics)
author:  Eric Ebeling 
description: Alan Wycheck is a concrete specialist and former partner in The SO Factory, a concrete design company. He is also an award-winning photographer and lives in central Pennsylvania.
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  Candle Making for Beginners
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Step by step guide to making your own candles at home
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Written by: Adrienne Haws
  
  
  Edited by: Madison Haws
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ISBN-13: 978-1540518941
  
  
  
  
  
  ISBN-10: 1540518949
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  Table of Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Introduction](part0000_split_002.html#_Toc467005288)
  
  
  [History](part0000_split_003.html#_Toc467005289)
  
  
  [The Early Stages](part0000_split_003.html#_Toc467005290)
  
  
  [The Return of the Candles](part0000_split_003.html#_Toc467005291)
  
  
  [Candle Making Basics](part0000_split_004.html#_Toc467005292)
  
  
  [Wicks](part0000_split_005.html#_Toc467005293)
  
  
  [Types of Wicks](part0000_split_005.html#_Toc467005294)
  
  
  [Factors that affects the size of the wick to be
  used](part0000_split_005.html#_Toc467005295)
  
  
  [How to Find the Good Wick for your
  Candle](part0000_split_005.html#_Toc467005296)
  
  
  [Wax](part0000_split_006.html#_Toc467005297)
  
  
  [Choosing the Right Wax](part0000_split_006.html#_T