Simple Overview - Obtained from the ground, lube oil is a compositionally varied product, consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbons. It is the resultant product of the decomposition of tiny aquatic plants and animals that lived in the ancient seas millions of years ago. lube oil is transported to refineries where it is refined into […]

Stearic Acid – This is the most common candle making additive. While not really an acid in the caustic sense, the candle making essential is an animal or vegetable fat refined to a flake or powder form. Its name comes from the Greek stear, meaning “solid fat, suet, or tallow.”
It is, in fact, a natural […]

Beeswax – This wax is a secretion of honeybees. It is actually a refinement of honey. A worker bee eats honey and his body converts the sugar in the honey into wax. The wax is expelled from the bee’s body in the form of scales underneath his abdomen. The bee will remove a wax scale […]

Wax is a fuel that burns in the flame of a candle. Generally speaking, candle wax can be liquefied between 100F and 200F, and is solid at room temperature. There are waxes from animal, vegetable, and mineral (petroleum) sources. Commercially refined waxes are used in food and pharmaceuticals coatings, cosmetics, industrial casting, lubricating, finishing leather […]