Mistake on candle
 

Hi there,

I just recently did a candle for a pair of horsey friends of mine that are getting married, my question is this:

Is there any way to erase a mistake on a candle? I put thier names a little crooked on the finished candle, do I just embellish it or is there a way to undo my mistake? Should I just go and redo a candle (this meaning that I would have to drive 45mins to the store to get another blank one with gas being at $1.19/litre)

Any and all answers will be most appreciated,
Angie

Wow, this is a tough one. Is there another place on the candle that you could readily place the names again? If so, I would either embellish over the existing names or drip new wax from a different candle over the crooked names and press some little design in it while warm (like a wax letter seal). I'll have to keep thinking on this one.

Annette
http://stamponthis.com

thank you very much for your advice, i will try to do something with it, I still have the other side that I can put their names on but I wasn't sure what to do with the side that currently has it.

If you can find the edge of the tissue paper, just heat it up, peel it off and re-place it and heat it up again. It'll smooth out and be good as new!

If you didn't do the tissue paper version, then I don't know...
Ann

I thought about that but the candle may get too melty in the reheat IMO--perhaps it depends on the individual candle. I had a few candles get mushy without much time under the heat gun, I now just use wax paper to hold the tissue in place (and it also keeps my fingers from getting burned as I'm kind of clutzy with this stuff). The wax paper diffuses the heat (even on my cheapo candles) keeping that finished look.

Let us all know what you ended up trying!

Annette
http://stamponthis.com

ANN
 

Thank you very much!!!!! It worked like a charm......I also took Annette suggestion into consideration and didn't let the heat tool get too terribly hot. I heated it until it was somewhat shiny and then peeled it off!!!! There was a small indentation where the names where but then I put a piece of wax paper over it and heated it again. VIOLA!!! GOOD AS NEW!

THANKS SO MUCH TO THE BOTH OF YOU...THIS IS THE REASON WHY I LOVE THIS BOARD!
Angie

So glad you got the fix to work! Yes, many heads are better than one! This SCS board has helped me out numerous times. Thanks to you I now know you can successfully peel off the the tissue!

Annette
http://stamponthis.com

Yay!!! I'm so glad I could help--first time I've been able to here. :-)

Ann

link to candle
 

Hi there,

Just thought you wanted to see how it turned out:

http://gallery.splitcoaststampers.co...=35531&cat=500

hope that works? and thanks again
Angie

Wow! It came out great. You should be pleased--and we all learned something new in the process! TFS

Annette
http://stamponthis.com

Angie, love it! :-) The horses are a neat element, running around the whole thing.
Ann

That is so cute! And that horse barn wedding card is so clever too!