Candle substandard
Dear friends!
If you are engaged in supplying churches and monasteries with candle products, this article is for you. So that you can see how important the issue of candle quality is for consumers, we will ask you to imagine yourself in the place of an ordinary church parishioner. So, you have just purchased candles from a church shop, placed them in front of the icons... And so, during prayer, your candle suddenly “cryed” with wax tears, so much so that the flow of molten wax, quickly growing on it, fell down, forming on the candlestick a whole lake... What would that mean? Maybe a serious test awaits you?
Or have you noticed that the candle in front of the icon is crackling, splashing droplets of hot wax in all directions, so that it is dangerous to approach it - you risk getting burned. Thoughts involuntarily come to mind: maybe it’s my sins that do not allow the candle to burn evenly, and for this God is depriving me of his grace...
Don't rush to get upset in vain! It's not about you or superstitious signs. We are just talking about the quality of church candles, which, alas, does not always meet the requirements. If candles behave in an unpredictable way: they smoke, bend from the heat, flow or “shoot”, this means that they were manufactured with violations of technology.
Superstitions about candle flames
By the burning of the flame of an ordinary candle lit in a house, you can learn a lot about the energy of the home and its inhabitants. So, if candles are burning clearly and calmly in your house, the signs promise a calm life.
A candle flame is serene near a person - the absence of damage, evil eyes and other negative programs.
“The game is not worth the candle” was originally a proverb among gamblers, which reflected the high price of candles of that time.
Does the tongue of fire sway from side to side? There is no need to count on peace. This is a belief in travel, adventure, and exciting events. The flame rises in a spiral or describes a circle - a warning. Enemies are making plans and are going to harm you. A weak light means illness.
A crack is a bad sign. If candles crack near you, they warn of damage. They go out as soon as you get close - a sign of imminent death, but about such superstitions and the removal of their negativity - a little lower.
Shoots sparks - the arrival of an evil person in the house. Hisses - to disappointment. When a candle smokes, it burns negative energy. A blue flame warns of death in the house. But blue fire also indicates that there is a spirit in the room. One version of superstition combines both options. The spirit of a deceased relative has appeared in the house and will soon take someone with him.
The knowledge described above can be used to diagnose your home and biofield
. You can also find out the guest's intentions. Light the candle and follow the flame. You can cleanse your house of negativity by walking around its perimeter with a candle in your hand. Stay where it begins to smoke and the fire becomes restless. Baptismal and wedding candles are watched to predict the future.
A specialist answers
What determines the quality of candles, what are the violations of production technology associated with, how to check at home whether you really purchased candles made of 100% wax - Andrei Gayunov, head of the Russian Candles production enterprise, answers these and other questions from buyers of church shops and stores .
Andrey, share the secret of producing high-quality candles.
The secret lies, first of all, in loving your work. In love for those who will use the products you produce. The second secret is the use of quality materials. The third secret is adherence to technology. These three components are the key to producing high-quality products for which the buyer is not ashamed.
It is often said that wax candles do not smoke, but paraffin candles do and spoil the painting of the temple...
I have been making candles for more than six years and I can safely say that both paraffin and wax candles smoke. But I can also safely say that both candles do not smoke.
A paradox, would you say? No, the most ordinary physics. If we consider a candle as a physical object, then it is divided into four conventional parts: solid wax, liquid wax, wick and flame. The burning flame of the candle melts the top layer of wax, which forms a liquid drop at the very top of the candle. But if we look closely at the candle, we will see that the flame does not touch this drop, but burns higher. The connecting link between the molten drop and the flame is the wick. It, like a small pump, delivers molten wax to the flame zone due to the capillary effect.
So, the soot from a burning candle is directly related to the wick. If the wick is too thick, it will feed more melted wax into the flame than can be burned. The unburnt part of the wax will rise up in the form of smoke and soot. There is also the opposite effect. If the wick is too thin, it will not have time to feed all the melted wax into the flame, and some of the wax will flow down the candle. The candle will “cry.”
Thus, a candle with a correctly selected wick - whether it is wax or paraffin - will neither smoke nor leak.
There is an opinion: if candles are made of 100% wax, they must flow.
I've never heard this before. More often they say that pure wax candles are too soft and will not stand upright in the heat, but will fall. This statement is true for machine candles but not true for dipped candles.
Dipped candles have a tubular structure, which is related to the manufacturing technology. According to the laws of mechanics, a tubular structure has greater strength than a solid one. That's why dipped candles don't fall off.
Candles leak, as well as smoke, due to a violation of production technology.
Are your candles blessed?
As a rule, no.
Why don't you make red Easter candles? and do you plan to make it?
If we talk about candles made of pure wax, then we consider it wrong to spoil pure wax with chemical dyes. We do not make paraffin candles red for two reasons. Firstly, such candles very dirty the decoration of temples and floors, which are then difficult to clean. Secondly, it is inappropriate from an economic point of view. Such candles are more expensive. And unsold Easter candles will have to be stored somewhere for a whole year.
Another question about color: buyers would like wax candles to be light, but they are often dark in color...
We would also really like all wax candles to be light yellow. But, unfortunately, the wax is not always light. We do not use chemical dyes.
For a buyer who is not experienced in the intricacies of production, the cost of your candles seems high.
If we consider that the average market cost of 1 kg of wax is currently 330-350 rubles per kilogram, then only the cost of raw materials for the production of one pack of candles amounts to 660-700 rubles. And there are other costs: the cost of rent, electricity, workers’ salaries, taxes, etc. The conclusions suggest themselves...
Where can I buy candles from your production?
Wholesale orders can be made on the website of our company “Russian Candles”. You can purchase our products at retail in the Symbolik store. There you can order the production of candles according to an individual layout.
Andrey, and finally, a quick question: can a buyer check whether the candles he purchased are actually made of 100% wax?
Yes maybe. To do this, he will need to conduct a simple chemical experiment - the Buchner test. Our video will tell you how to do this at home:
How to light and extinguish correctly
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From time to time it is worth lighting candles in the house. They bring comfort, reconciliation, and get rid of negativity, quarrels and scandals. Once upon a time, every house had a source of living fire, a hearth
. In modern realities, this has become difficult to obtain; candles are sold in almost every store.
Candles need to be lit correctly.
So, you cannot light more than two others from one candle. This brings poverty into the home. The same rule exists for splinters or matches. Set it on fire from a stove fire - to poverty. Don't burn at all? So it will rain.
You can light incense from a candle or, for example, a piece of paper with wishes or a list of what you want to get rid of. But you can’t smoke from its flame. This portends trouble.
There are many superstitions about extinguishing candles. It is believed that they cannot be blown out. One of the superstitions explains the ban by the resentment of the fire element for being expelled with the help of the air element. Another connects it with the sign of spitting in the fire. Extinguish candles with your fingers or special caps. This is especially true for candles near which prayers or conspiracies were read.
It is customary to blow out only those on the birthday cake. This brings good luck to the birthday person, according to birthday signs. If he makes a wish at the same time, it will come true.
Accidentally extinguishing a candle means unexpected guests. True, it is not a fact that they will be pleasant.
Loneliness: why?
A person should be in a pair - this is how nature intended. When you are only 20+, you are a student, and your whole life is ahead of you, when you answer questions from others about your marital status, you can answer that it is too early. The older you get, the question of loneliness, in addition to your own inner emptiness, is added by the interest of acquaintances, moreover, pathological: “How, if you’re not married yet, aren’t you tired of being alone?” After such communication, you feel bad. In order not to experience the emotionally depressing justification for loneliness, you try to meet with friends less often and avoid asking questions.
And the best cure for all this is making candles using aluminum molds for making church candles.
So, the best aluminum candle molds for women who prefer solitude but don't like to be alone.
Making candles helps you see the world from a different perspective and develops a keen eye and sense of the moment. This is not only a form of self-expression, but also good income thanks to online resources.
Aluminum molds for casting candles
What to expect if a candle falls, breaks, or candlestick bursts
Dropping a candle from your hands or, for example, a table means an imminent wedding. If a candle falls in a church, this promises trouble for the person who dropped it in the near future. If it falls out of the candlestick, expect problems.
If you fell yourself, it’s bad news. Sometimes it predicts an unexpected unpleasant event. A couple lives where the candle spontaneously fell; the family is on the verge of divorce.
A broken candle, like broken dishes, should not be used. But you can make a new product from it by melting wax or paraffin and pouring it into a mold. If this is a special candle, for example, a wedding candle
, its damage indicates damage. Moreover, we mean a really serious negative, and not an everyday evil eye.
If a candlestick bursts, it means the loss of a loved one. But this sign is true only when this could not happen for adequate reasons such as overheating.
She can promise a quarrel, separation and even the death of a friend or relative. To neutralize the meaning, the fragments of the candlestick should be thrown away on the street without touching them with your hands.
