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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Introduction
- How to Use This Book
- Safety First
- Materials
- Basic Technique
- Candlemaking Projects
- What Went Wrong?
- Decorating Your Candles
- Advanced Equipment
- Candle Holders
- Make Your Candles Pay
- Suppliers
- Bibliography
- Index
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Title: The Complete Candlemaker
Author: Ann Hirst-Smith
Format/Publication Date: HC:1974
Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, NY
Page Count: 128
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 10" x 5 3/4"
ISBN: 0442234147
SUMMARY- My copy of this edition is an ex-library hardcover. It was also published in paperback form(ISBN: 0442234139). I was very happy and impressed as I read through this book. She covers stearin well, and gives a large number of techniques for specialty candles. I always check out how the author handles ice candles to see if they make the beginner's mistake of not having a solid core candle to put the ice(and I like to add crinkled strips of tinfoil with Christmas Red for my favorite holiday candle) around inside a larger mold. She got it perfectly. Her instructions are clear and the photos, while most are black-and-white, are quite clear and useful. She has a trouble section where you can diagnose(and correct) the faults in your candles. This is a great beginner's book, and a useful reference for the more practiced chandler.
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