Wax Rope Burn

Apply lighter to end of cord.

Wax rope burn.

I just hold the end of the pad and dip leaving the area i am holding free of wax. You can feed up to 3 inches through the clamp for a worry free burn time of one hour. You want a clean cut. Feeding it through the clip is not easy either what with the wax drippings clogging it up.

Melt the end a bit. The lower the melting point the less chance you have of ending up with a nasty burn in a potentially sensitive area so wax that s soft at room temperature is best. Paraffin wax the kind sold in bulk for canning melts at around 120 votive candles around 135 taper candles at 140 or higher and beeswax at 145 or higher. This candle is a joke.

Very safe to use. Cut cord with a sharp knife or scissors. You can only feed 2 max at a time through the clip to burn and that 2 burns away in 10 15 minutes. Coiling many techniques are described for coiling ropes.

To use just light the cotton end not covered in wax and let it go. Candle by the hour uses coiled pliable beeswax to create an auto extinguishing rope candle. Let them dry and you now have a fire starter. Melt the wax over low heat on your stove and then gently dip the cotton pads into the wax.

Each inch of candle burns for approximately 20 minutes. A simple action that when i mention it people seem a bit surprised. Then you have to wait another 10 15 minutes for the wax to cool before you can feed more through to burn. Waxed cord i use this 8mm waxed nylon cord a bowl of water and or a fire extinguisher safety precautions a lighter.

Let the end cool off. As promised here are more great cord knotting tips tricks and tutorials with more on the way too. Leave a portion about 1 4 of the pad free of wax. The candle by the hour features a brass stand and.

Burn the end of the cord. The ideal way to finish such a rope is to use a sailmaker s whipping short of the end cut the core shorter than the sheath and then burn the end of the sheath to enclose and cover the core. I ve used the veet easy gel face wax for normal skin in this video these are meant to be delicate on the facial skin and not cause such irritations and prob. You may have to gently use your fingers to twist push together cord to make a seal.

It s made of high quality wax so it s safe to use.