>>Saran wrap) is ok for use as a barrier between a beeswax candle and a >>candlestick. They liked it because it clung better to the candle making it >>easier to keep in the stick. Any thoughts on this? Also is bayberry candles >>a better option or not a good substitute?
1) I'd avoid the Saran wrap...if you have to "collar" your candles with anything try strips of plain white paper towel or acid-free paper, but! 2) WHY are beeswax candles wanted? *what period is being interpreted?* We just researched candlemaking history to dress an 1860 Christmas table... in sum: 1840+ you can use paraffin (see patents)...even colored candles (alkanet root, etc) post-1850 Earlier? would have been tallow, not beeswax, generally... Bayberry candles are wonderful but generally shortish (how tall are your candle sticks?) and only appropriate to certain areas of the country. So...if paraffin is truly wrong for your candlesticks? fallback is tallow.... Sara Weissman Morris County Historical Society ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [email protected] Archives through August 2016 at http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/ Archives from September 2016 onward at https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
