As a retired firefighter can I just advise that in future if you have a pan of burning wax, or anything, keep a wet towel nearby and simply lay it (away from yourself) over the pan and leave it to go cool. The flames will go out very quickly. I am also a sculptor and melt my waxes in a slow cooker which has a close fitting lid. Beware using a fire extinguisher which can blow burning fat/wax etc out of the pan and spread the fire. Just use the wet towel. It works everytime.
Think once think twice think always melt wax with a double boiler. Like how you melt chocolate without burning it. Basically a pan with water in it over the burner and a second pan/bowl in the hot water where you melt the wax. You can also use a candle to heat up your cutting tools a little. Use them warm to melt/chisel.
The most important advantage of a double boiler is that boiling water is always the same temperature. Water boils at 212 degrees F, so while your burner may be 500 F, the pan sitting in the water will never be able to get hotter than 212 F (until all the water has evaporated). Wax burns at around 480 F, so with a double boiler it’s impossible to start a crayon fire (again, unless all of the water evaporates). It’s not just that it will take longer… it literally can’t happen.
Next time, try closing a steel pot cover on the burning pan. It definitely puts out the fire. Pot cover must be the same size with the pan. Nice sculpture :)
@@BMSculptures Apparently, you don't do much cooking. Putting a lid on the pan is the best way to put out a grease fire. Also, in my kitchen, I have a dry chemical fire extinguisher on the side of a cabinet near the stove.
Might be time to tell you how candles work… When the wick is lit, it stays lit by melting the wax, and some of the wax condenses into a gas that keeps the fire burning. So no, you won’t put out that fire by piling more wax on.
I was a preschool teacher for eight years and I can’t tell you how many thousands of crayons I pealed and separated by color during my tenure. What a chore! They were great for projects. Awesome work!
Just as a tip for your next experiments, at first I would always keep a fire extinguisher near by when working with fire and flammable material. If it's burning fat, you need a special extinguisher that can handle burning fat (not all do this). And when the fire is still small, you can try to take away the oxygen. In a pan or pot this is best done with a metal lid. So best have this fitting lid always nearby before lighting anything up. As soon as a fire doesn't have oxygen anymore, it will eventually die down.
For candle carving, a slightly heated tool "butter knife", wax chisel they also use what I would have called a wax bath, its kinda like a hot plate just filled with water 1 section would be cold where as the bigger section has 3/4 hot wax bowls and a section for dipping the way to soften it for shaping or carving
Our house burned when I was 12 and one of my most vivid memories of that time was finding the box that used to contain all of mine and my siblings’ crayons and dumping them out in one big block. Interestingly, the same thing happened with all of my Hot Wheels 😂
wow well done on perservering. you need a lid to tightly close that pan ;-) When you mix more than 2 primary colors (red-blue-yellow) you will always get brown. even if you do red and green as green is blue and yellow
I'm not exactly sure why you thought feeding the fire more material to burn, while being outside getting a great amount of air would put it out... You do know how fire works, no? xD Respect for pushing through though, ended up being super cute.
My grandparents were member of their local gem and mineral society and one of the things they were known for was their soapstone carvings. Mainly using the same tools you used (wood chisels) of different sizes and shapes, sanding materials to fine tune your art work and finally shoe polish to shine it up.
I used to make candles, and they had to be melted in a double boiler: a regular pot filled with water, and a soup can as the inner "pot." You can't put wax directly over the heat source because it has a low flash point. In this case you would need a separate can for each color, so they don't mix together too much. The fire was scary, but the sculpture turned out very well. I'd like to see you try this again.
I have a BS in Art and Design in Sculpture and Ceramics. I’ve carved in wax, plaster, foam, clay, etc. and your choice to settle on wood carving chisels was the right one. I’d maybe add a whittling knife for blocking, but it’s all about taking small shavings off. Oh, and if you want more vibrant colors (less mixed), you need to stack broken crayon pieces in a larger box and heat the whole thing slowly in an oven at once.
My heart broke when I saw you throw the crayon chips in the garage. That would have looked so cool cast in resin. With the resin heating up it would have given it such a cool effect.
Oh man. Peeling? I'm pretty sure just setting them in a bowl of warm water would have been faster.. paper would just fall off.. but hey, maybe someone who is going to try doing your project, can try my idea, and let us know if it works! Also.. time to put the lid on the pan to smother the fire. Reduce the oxygen levels and the fire will go out. Really interesting project, though. 👍 Great job!
Hmmmm...... That is definitely worth a try. I know I actually didn't have a pan lid nearby so I tried to use the BBQ to smother it. If the fire got any worse I would have ran to grab the fire extinguisher! Thanks for watching Paul!
@@BMSculptures I assume you could treat it like a chip pan fire, as it's similar. If you don't have a pan lid to cover it with, the way to put out a chip pan is to have a damp cloth - like a (not dripping with water, just slightly wet) wet tea-towel, and drape it over the container to smother the fire and prevent further oxygen getting to the grease. A grease-fire fire extinguisher on hand is always going to be the safest.
A double boiler is what you need. Do it one color at a time. I have carved a few castles out of candles using tools that I heated over another candle, simple tools like old flathead screwdrivers, big canvas needles,and bits off the brushes on the street sweeping machines. Those are long flat bristles made of mild steel that fall off when they become worn. They are good for many different types of uses. When I've done pours, I have always had problems with bubbles. I suppose that I might be rushing it a bit....
As you found out, wax burns. It is a petroleum based product. I am sure that you know by now, use a double boiler. The hot water in the lower pan melts the wax in the upper pan. I am glad that you work with several different kinds of materals.
VICTORY!!! haha joking. I wish I could have spent a little more time caring the details of the bear. I was just under a little time constraint. Glad it worked though!
You should totally use my candle wax melting method. Get a “fry daddy”/rice cooker and on the bottom of the pot, you want to drill a hole and install a ball valve spigot. Make sure it’s good a good seal. You’ll be able to just melt the wax down and open the spigot to pour into your form. Very easy
hi! glad you got that fire under control :) I carve wax and soap and found that there is quite a variety of manicure tools, and they work wonderfully on wax and soap . sculpt on!
hello great idea! if you don't have a saw, it's not impossible to cut the material like plastiline or monster clay by heating a wide enough blade. i love what you're doing, you've got a lot of ideas and the mix of materials is always interesting! hats off to the artist!
Couldn’t resist subscribing !! 😂, Wood epoxy sculptures the absolute dogs danglies 👌👌as we say in Liverpool, UK , everything is just completely stunning 👌😃, An idea that may or may not work for melting the wax crayons 🖍, candles 🕯, but possibly worth a try 🤔, try doing it the same way as melting chocolate, in say a Pyrex type bowl over a pan of boiling water 🤔, fingers crossed it works for you for any potential future projects and reduced risk of flames 🔥 🤞🤞, Keep posting these videos!!👍👍
loved your exasperation removing the 1st few papers from the crayons, the end product was an adorable big crayon, awesome in spite of all the paper peeling & eternal flame!!!
Oil base clay, which is like pliable wax, and wax sculptures used in the lost wax processing in casting and foundry work. It’s very satisfying working with these mediums.
Just found your channel, stuff looks awesome. For melting wax you want to use boiling water with a bowl above it holding the wax. Its less likely to catch fire. We use the same methode when melting cooking wax.
Next time use a double boiler for melting crayons as we do with chocolates....... And it you want the colours to not mix abruptly slow down the process add one colour at a time then let it sit and get a bit hard then pour the next colour Hopes it help
Crayola sells a cheap plastic tool that is specifically for taking the paper off their crayons. The fire won’t happen if you melt them on a double boiler like you would with raw flammable wax. The crayon block would be easier to carve & less prone to cracking if you were working in a warm environment. Don’t be discouraged, it’s very easy for me to come up with all these suggestions AFTER I see the problems you found a way to work with
One person commented of using a heat source to heat up you carving tools. One other tool also available is a wood burning/ soldering iron as well. Gulf wax is sold in blocks for larger home projects. Then color the mealy mixture with the crayons. Larger projects could be done with molds. And respecting builds as if working with metals.
I used to make & sell candles. Try clay working tools, heated gently, to start with. Sharp paring knives work pretty well too, along with rasps & files for removing a lot of material quickly.
That looks great but next time you melt crayons, Get a pot of boiling water and place a bowl on top of that with the crayons in it lol. Thanks for the video :)
So cool. That was a hoot. You really went through the gauntlet to get to the bear, so worth it. You always pull it off, your sculptures are beautiful! Even the banana sketch was nice. Luv your show.
Dude...crayons are made of wax. Candles are made of wax...let's do that math. :-) I melt crayons safely in a double boiler. I carve wax with clay sculpting tools, mostly. Cute project and it's definitely a video that I wouldn't have expected from you. This is totally something that Nick Zammeti would do...with about the same amount of flame and panic. I won't forget this one any time soon. ♥
You were suppose to melt them by color, pour it into the cast, wait till it dries before pouring a different color over, it would looked way nicer. Or Make a cast pan, 2 in 1, put the cast/pan under fire, throw the crayons by same color, melts, throw the second color, no stir, till you finish,, wait to dry and it is ready to carve. I won't have open fire near my house, that was too much risk, now you have smoke and soot damage to clean plus poisonous chemicals inside the grill
The easiest way to melt wax, candles, crayons, etc, is get a large pot and fill it 1/3 to 1/2 full with water. Get a smaller pot to float in the pot with water - a double boiler principle. Put what needs to be melted into smaller pot. Keep a low heat on the bottom pot of water while the other stuff melts. The purpose of a double boiler is to keep what is melted from burning. Such as these crayons.
Safety msg about fire, think of it as a triangle, when all three points are met you get fire. 1: Fuel 2: Heat 3: Air/Oxygen Remove one of the three requirements you generally can reduce or put out a fire. In this video a simple fire blanket over the pot would put out the fire once the heat source was removed.
I haven't read all 492 previous comments so someone may have already pointed this out. Crayons a basically just wax, the same as candles. The best way to melt wax is in a double boiler. This is a pan of water under a smaller pan that fits either just on the rim of the water pan. You can also set the top pan on a block in the center of the water pan. This will help keep the wax from catching fire.
I'd probably make a mold that's a lot higher than what I'm trying to get. I dunno, maybe double... depends on how much air is inbetween those crayons. It also needs to be heat resistant. Then I'd stack crayons in the mold and then melt them in place, maybe in an oven or something. But slowly, and carefully... Just above melting temperature. When they're molten, switch off the heat and let it cool slowly... I figure that would create much more separated colors.
I melted crayons and put them in already made molds for my daughters bday party give away! but so glad i didnt do the pan cuz I wouldve burned down my house too if that happened to me! i used a heat gun and a metal bowl, took awhile but much safer lol! great job!
Put all the crayons in your mould , use a heat gun to melt the crayons , no open flame so the crayons stay cool enough to not catch fire but hot enough to melt and give out beautiful patterns and stay in colour
So I was kinda expecting crayon in resin and when I saw you chipping away at the block I thought you'd reveal some colours and then do the resin thing... And before my eyes it transformed into something unexpected that made me smile. #talent. Your style produces forms in an aesthetic that feels pleasing and familiar. Glad I stumbled across your channel.
Blake, the very best a d least dangerous way to melt the crayons is the same way as you would melt chocolate, place the crayons in a glass bowl and then sit the bowl in a pan of water that's gently heated upon the stove top or your barbecue will also do 😮😢😅.
This was definitely exciting at least haha. Great idea... but the melting point of crayons is only about 120-140F so you could have probably done this by putting the crayons in the mold then surrounding it with heat packs or boiling water, maybe in an electric oven on a very low setting. Great entertainment though!
For valentine's day in the early 80s, my mother decided we would make heart shaped crayons to give to my classmates using plastic chocolate molds. She knew to use a double-boiler for it so nothing caught on fire, but we made the same discovery about pouring the colors causing them to mix together into a sort of dull color (in our case, brown).
Try standing the crayons up in the mould then in the oven until they melt, the moment it comes out run a skewer through the liquid at weird angles to get marbling of the differnt pillars of colour.
I know lots of people that weighed in if you want to try this again put all the crayons in a metal container and put them in the oven at about 250 or 300 degrees well below the flashpoint and they will melt homogeneously and blend nicely
Cool idea and its pretty hard to plan around things you don't expect to happen. I would encourage you not to give up from that set back. I'm assuming that you got tons of comments on how to remedy the situation. Hopefully next time you have a flame like that on a stove, have something metal that you can use to cover the flames. Take away the oxygen and the fire goes out.
I kindly suggest you next advices when you are working with wax: 1. Mash up the crayons, it's more easy remove the covers and melt the material in that way. 2. The wax should be melted with low temperature to avoid burning it. By the way, remember that the burned wax is toxic due to the colorants. You need to wash properly your BBQ before cooking anything on it. 3. The best technique to sculpt wax is using a mold, however if you want to carve it you need first to get the block using layers of melting wax. You need to wait between layers to get cold the wax. 4. You can't carve wax with chisels or other tools commonly used with stone or metal. You need a hot wire to get the best results. Regards.
@@mgratk there are crayons made with beeswax for babies; the beeswax is not toxic when is burning. However mainly the crayons are made with plastic which becomes toxic when is burning. Regards.
Very cool as always. I think I would refine my casting technique a bit more so that each leg is a solid color. Maybe even the head. Then leave the body as the swirl. Just my two cents. But as I said very cool idea. Thanks.
My mom made a wire heart that she formed around a wax blank. She melted it in the oven. Just when she was thinking, "I wonder if this will hit flashpoint?" FWOOM! Gotta say, this didn't turn out as well as your other stuff. The mix of colors is just too ugly for my tastes. But I'd love to see you try this again someday!
Use an electric burner, and to carve the chunks something heated up. Because it just makes sense. Also, next time keep a pot lid handy, smother that flame.
As a retired firefighter can I just advise that in future if you have a pan of burning wax, or anything, keep a wet towel nearby and simply lay it (away from yourself) over the pan and leave it to go cool. The flames will go out very quickly. I am also a sculptor and melt my waxes in a slow cooker which has a close fitting lid. Beware using a fire extinguisher which can blow burning fat/wax etc out of the pan and spread the fire. Just use the wet towel. It works everytime.
Very wise advise!
Think once think twice think always melt wax with a double boiler.
Like how you melt chocolate without burning it.
Basically a pan with water in it over the burner and a second pan/bowl in the hot water where you melt the wax.
You can also use a candle to heat up your cutting tools a little. Use them warm to melt/chisel.
That is an amazing idea. What about double boiling makes it melt differently? also a Genius idea of heating up carving tools! Thanks Doug
@@BMSculptures it will melt more slowly over a double boiler. So try to only use 1 color at a time when doing this method.
I will definitely do it this way next time. Thanks!
The most important advantage of a double boiler is that boiling water is always the same temperature. Water boils at 212 degrees F, so while your burner may be 500 F, the pan sitting in the water will never be able to get hotter than 212 F (until all the water has evaporated). Wax burns at around 480 F, so with a double boiler it’s impossible to start a crayon fire (again, unless all of the water evaporates). It’s not just that it will take longer… it literally can’t happen.
That's what I was thinking!
On removing the wrappers: put the crayons in the freezer for few hours first. The wrappers will slip off easily when crayons are cold
because the wax shrinks and the paper does not.
This guy is a MORON. He has NO Common Sense.
Or you can drop them in water to soften the paper. Both ways works pretty well.
Why do you know this? 😂
Next time, try closing a steel pot cover on the burning pan. It definitely puts out the fire. Pot cover must be the same size with the pan. Nice sculpture :)
Thanks for the tip!
@@BMSculptures Apparently, you don't do much cooking. Putting a lid on the pan is the best way to put out a grease fire. Also, in my kitchen, I have a dry chemical fire extinguisher on the side of a cabinet near the stove.
@@johnhobson9165 was that first part of the sentence really needed? Kinda snarky
U can also use a wet towel
Might be time to tell you how candles work…
When the wick is lit, it stays lit by melting the wax, and some of the wax condenses into a gas that keeps the fire burning.
So no, you won’t put out that fire by piling more wax on.
Yep, need to suffocate the flame
Suffocating the flame will put it out.
He wasn't using candles, he was using crayons. JS
@@patriciahawkinson3235 Crayons are made of wax
When I was a kid, I used to recycle my old crayons by melting them down and making them into candles. Crayons are made of wax. So are candles.
I was a preschool teacher for eight years and I can’t tell you how many thousands of crayons I pealed and separated by color during my tenure. What a chore! They were great for projects.
Awesome work!
Just as a tip for your next experiments, at first I would always keep a fire extinguisher near by when working with fire and flammable material. If it's burning fat, you need a special extinguisher that can handle burning fat (not all do this).
And when the fire is still small, you can try to take away the oxygen. In a pan or pot this is best done with a metal lid. So best have this fitting lid always nearby before lighting anything up. As soon as a fire doesn't have oxygen anymore, it will eventually die down.
For candle carving, a slightly heated tool "butter knife", wax chisel they also use what I would have called a wax bath, its kinda like a hot plate just filled with water 1 section would be cold where as the bigger section has 3/4 hot wax bowls and a section for dipping the way to soften it for shaping or carving
Our house burned when I was 12 and one of my most vivid memories of that time was finding the box that used to contain all of mine and my siblings’ crayons and dumping them out in one big block. Interestingly, the same thing happened with all of my Hot Wheels 😂
Love The Bear!!
When you're melting the crayons in the future, use the pan in pan method with boiling water to melt them not flames 👍😁 just a lottle friendly advice.
I like how all the worlds top experts in wax-melting teamed up and decided to school you in the comments.
This is both ridiculous and cool at the same time. You are a great artist.
Love how you did absolutely the least effective things possible to put out a flame there. Still a cool experiment and learning experience.
wow well done on perservering. you need a lid to tightly close that pan ;-) When you mix more than 2 primary colors (red-blue-yellow) you will always get brown. even if you do red and green as green is blue and yellow
I needed this Info before I started the sculpture!
I'm not exactly sure why you thought feeding the fire more material to burn, while being outside getting a great amount of air would put it out... You do know how fire works, no? xD
Respect for pushing through though, ended up being super cute.
haha yes. Thank you!
My grandparents were member of their local gem and mineral society and one of the things they were known for was their soapstone carvings.
Mainly using the same tools you used (wood chisels) of different sizes and shapes, sanding materials to fine tune your art work and finally shoe polish to shine it up.
Beautiful, I love how you challenge yourself I have melted wax and I was told to do it with low flame and melt slowly
I used to make candles, and they had to be melted in a double boiler: a regular pot filled with water, and a soup can as the inner "pot." You can't put wax directly over the heat source because it has a low flash point. In this case you would need a separate can for each color, so they don't mix together too much. The fire was scary, but the sculpture turned out very well.
I'd like to see you try this again.
I have a BS in Art and Design in Sculpture and Ceramics. I’ve carved in wax, plaster, foam, clay, etc. and your choice to settle on wood carving chisels was the right one. I’d maybe add a whittling knife for blocking, but it’s all about taking small shavings off.
Oh, and if you want more vibrant colors (less mixed), you need to stack broken crayon pieces in a larger box and heat the whole thing slowly in an oven at once.
The pink crayon on the bears tummy looks like a heart .Love it !
To prevent the flames, use TWO PANS to create a double boiler...
Water in the bottom pan, crayons in the top pan, which should rest on the water.
My heart broke when I saw you throw the crayon chips in the garage. That would have looked so cool cast in resin. With the resin heating up it would have given it such a cool effect.
Oh man. Peeling? I'm pretty sure just setting them in a bowl of warm water would have been faster.. paper would just fall off.. but hey, maybe someone who is going to try doing your project, can try my idea, and let us know if it works! Also.. time to put the lid on the pan to smother the fire. Reduce the oxygen levels and the fire will go out. Really interesting project, though. 👍 Great job!
Hmmmm...... That is definitely worth a try. I know I actually didn't have a pan lid nearby so I tried to use the BBQ to smother it. If the fire got any worse I would have ran to grab the fire extinguisher! Thanks for watching Paul!
On those crafty videos I often have seen ppl just lighting a crayon on fire. I guess that part isn't faked
I know freezing crayons makes the paper pop off, it be interesting to see if warm water does as well.
Would steaming the crayons help to melt them just like we do with chocolate? It maybe worth a try.!!!
@@BMSculptures I assume you could treat it like a chip pan fire, as it's similar. If you don't have a pan lid to cover it with, the way to put out a chip pan is to have a damp cloth - like a (not dripping with water, just slightly wet) wet tea-towel, and drape it over the container to smother the fire and prevent further oxygen getting to the grease. A grease-fire fire extinguisher on hand is always going to be the safest.
Chalk is really nice to carve. Messy af, but very satisfying.
A double boiler is what you need. Do it one color at a time. I have carved a few castles out of candles using tools that I heated over another candle, simple tools like old flathead screwdrivers, big canvas needles,and bits off the brushes on the street sweeping machines. Those are long flat bristles made of mild steel that fall off when they become worn. They are good for many different types of uses. When I've done pours, I have always had problems with bubbles. I suppose that I might be rushing it a bit....
Besides the scary fire, this video was quite enjoyable to watch!
Makes sense. Kid's toys are very flammable.
I do crayon art melting them and your instruction gave me a bump up to an way to take some new creations ...you bet I subscribe
As you found out, wax burns. It is a petroleum based product. I am sure that you know by now, use a double boiler. The hot water in the lower pan melts the wax in the upper pan. I am glad that you work with several different kinds of materals.
Well end the end its a victory. Great job Blake!!
VICTORY!!! haha joking. I wish I could have spent a little more time caring the details of the bear. I was just under a little time constraint. Glad it worked though!
You should totally use my candle wax melting method. Get a “fry daddy”/rice cooker and on the bottom of the pot, you want to drill a hole and install a ball valve spigot. Make sure it’s good a good seal. You’ll be able to just melt the wax down and open the spigot to pour into your form. Very easy
Holy Crayola Blainman!
Beary nice work!
hi! glad you got that fire under control :) I carve wax and soap and found that there is quite a variety of manicure tools, and they work wonderfully on wax and soap . sculpt on!
🤣🤣 The fire scene is classic. Great sculpture and it came out really good. My daughter would like one 👊🏼👊🏼
Ill get working on one for Bella 😂😂
Absolutely stunning
hello great idea! if you don't have a saw, it's not impossible to cut the material like plastiline or monster clay by heating a wide enough blade. i love what you're doing, you've got a lot of ideas and the mix of materials is always interesting! hats off to the artist!
Couldn’t resist subscribing !! 😂,
Wood epoxy sculptures the absolute dogs danglies 👌👌as we say in Liverpool, UK , everything is just completely stunning 👌😃,
An idea that may or may not work for melting the wax crayons 🖍, candles 🕯, but possibly worth a try 🤔, try doing it the same way as melting chocolate, in say a Pyrex type bowl over a pan of boiling water 🤔, fingers crossed it works for you for any potential future projects and reduced risk of flames 🔥 🤞🤞,
Keep posting these videos!!👍👍
loved your exasperation removing the 1st few papers from the crayons, the end product was an adorable big crayon, awesome in spite of all the paper peeling & eternal flame!!!
Thanks so much 😊
Oil base clay, which is like pliable wax, and wax sculptures used in the lost wax processing in casting and foundry work. It’s very satisfying working with these mediums.
Fun fact, crayons can burn from anywhere to 30 minutes to an hour, it’s why in survival situations they always tell you to burn a crayon
I love your videos! And i love how you show us your mistakes and the whole artistic process!
I love how he starts coloring with it at the end.
In addition to the cool idea and the excellent carving, major kudos for the courage to fail, get up and try something else.
Cute bear! Awsome carving👍👍
Just found your channel, stuff looks awesome. For melting wax you want to use boiling water with a bowl above it holding the wax. Its less likely to catch fire. We use the same methode when melting cooking wax.
Next time use a double boiler for melting crayons as we do with chocolates....... And it you want the colours to not mix abruptly slow down the process add one colour at a time then let it sit and get a bit hard then pour the next colour Hopes it help
Crayola sells a cheap plastic tool that is specifically for taking the paper off their crayons. The fire won’t happen if you melt them on a double boiler like you would with raw flammable wax. The crayon block would be easier to carve & less prone to cracking if you were working in a warm environment. Don’t be discouraged, it’s very easy for me to come up with all these suggestions AFTER I see the problems you found a way to work with
Next time, if there is a flame over a pan, just put a towel or some thick cloth over it, it'll remove the oxygen and the fire will die out
One person commented of using a heat source to heat up you carving tools. One other tool also available is a wood burning/ soldering iron as well. Gulf wax is sold in blocks for larger home projects. Then color the mealy mixture with the crayons.
Larger projects could be done with molds. And respecting builds as if working with metals.
THAT SCULPTURE IS AWESOME🐻😁
You have to make more of these sculptures! They're really nice! Zeger, 9, from belgium
I used to make & sell candles.
Try clay working tools, heated gently, to start with. Sharp paring knives work pretty well too, along with rasps & files for removing a lot of material quickly.
6:50 where you showed the bear still rough - I loved it!
That looks great but next time you melt crayons, Get a pot of boiling water and place a bowl on top of that with the crayons in it lol. Thanks for the video :)
The sculpture looks awesome,, Well all you needed was the BEAR NESSESITIES!!!
what a dream ! I love it.
So cool. That was a hoot.
You really went through the gauntlet to get to the bear, so worth it.
You always pull it off, your sculptures are beautiful!
Even the banana sketch was nice. Luv your show.
Thank you so much Lee!
Nice shirt!!!
I will be following your work!!👍👍👍
Dude...crayons are made of wax. Candles are made of wax...let's do that math. :-) I melt crayons safely in a double boiler. I carve wax with clay sculpting tools, mostly. Cute project and it's definitely a video that I wouldn't have expected from you. This is totally something that Nick Zammeti would do...with about the same amount of flame and panic. I won't forget this one any time soon. ♥
I done something similar when i was a child. I am 55 now. It was fun reminiscing. Great job, but too much heat, and 1 color at a time is best.
You were suppose to melt them by color, pour it into the cast, wait till it dries before pouring a different color over, it would looked way nicer.
Or
Make a cast pan, 2 in 1, put the cast/pan under fire, throw the crayons by same color, melts, throw the second color, no stir, till you finish,, wait to dry and it is ready to carve.
I won't have open fire near my house, that was too much risk, now you have smoke and soot damage to clean plus poisonous chemicals inside the grill
The easiest way to melt wax, candles, crayons, etc, is get a large pot and fill it 1/3 to 1/2 full with water. Get a smaller pot to float in the pot with water - a double boiler principle. Put what needs to be melted into smaller pot. Keep a low heat on the bottom pot of water while the other stuff melts. The purpose of a double boiler is to keep what is melted from burning. Such as these crayons.
Safety msg about fire, think of it as a triangle, when all three points are met you get fire. 1: Fuel 2: Heat 3: Air/Oxygen Remove one of the three requirements you generally can reduce or put out a fire.
In this video a simple fire blanket over the pot would put out the fire once the heat source was removed.
I melt crayons in an old toaster oven. Probably takes a bit longer but lower heat over longer time prevents flash point issues.
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I haven't read all 492 previous comments so someone may have already pointed this out. Crayons a basically just wax, the same as candles. The best way to melt wax is in a double boiler. This is a pan of water under a smaller pan that fits either just on the rim of the water pan. You can also set the top pan on a block in the center of the water pan. This will help keep the wax from catching fire.
The fastest way to getting the wrappers off; soaking in hot water from the tap...takes about 8 hrs...
Baking soda puts out fires!
I'd probably make a mold that's a lot higher than what I'm trying to get. I dunno, maybe double... depends on how much air is inbetween those crayons. It also needs to be heat resistant. Then I'd stack crayons in the mold and then melt them in place, maybe in an oven or something. But slowly, and carefully... Just above melting temperature. When they're molten, switch off the heat and let it cool slowly... I figure that would create much more separated colors.
I really like the end result! I've always liked carving so I might actually have to try this. Thank you for sharing this with us, great job! 👍👍👍
BEAUTIFUL little bear
😳 this is incredible!
I melted crayons and put them in already made molds for my daughters bday party give away! but so glad i didnt do the pan cuz I wouldve burned down my house too if that happened to me! i used a heat gun and a metal bowl, took awhile but much safer lol! great job!
Put all the crayons in your mould , use a heat gun to melt the crayons , no open flame so the crayons stay cool enough to not catch fire but hot enough to melt and give out beautiful patterns and stay in colour
He turned out super cute.
Bearyyyy colorful 😉
So I was kinda expecting crayon in resin and when I saw you chipping away at the block I thought you'd reveal some colours and then do the resin thing... And before my eyes it transformed into something unexpected that made me smile. #talent. Your style produces forms in an aesthetic that feels pleasing and familiar. Glad I stumbled across your channel.
Blake, the very best a d least dangerous way to melt the crayons is the same way as you would melt chocolate, place the crayons in a glass bowl and then sit the bowl in a pan of water that's gently heated upon the stove top or your barbecue will also do 😮😢😅.
This was definitely exciting at least haha. Great idea... but the melting point of crayons is only about 120-140F so you could have probably done this by putting the crayons in the mold then surrounding it with heat packs or boiling water, maybe in an electric oven on a very low setting. Great entertainment though!
Since I was a kid I've always wanted to melt crayons!
For valentine's day in the early 80s, my mother decided we would make heart shaped crayons to give to my classmates using plastic chocolate molds. She knew to use a double-boiler for it so nothing caught on fire, but we made the same discovery about pouring the colors causing them to mix together into a sort of dull color (in our case, brown).
That is just cool as hell.
Try standing the crayons up in the mould then in the oven until they melt, the moment it comes out run a skewer through the liquid at weird angles to get marbling of the differnt pillars of colour.
I know lots of people that weighed in if you want to try this again put all the crayons in a metal container and put them in the oven at about 250 or 300 degrees well below the flashpoint and they will melt homogeneously and blend nicely
Cool idea and its pretty hard to plan around things you don't expect to happen. I would encourage you not to give up from that set back. I'm assuming that you got tons of comments on how to remedy the situation. Hopefully next time you have a flame like that on a stove, have something metal that you can use to cover the flames. Take away the oxygen and the fire goes out.
You are very good at what you do and very good looking love your work
This was the funniest thing I’ve seen in a while
I kindly suggest you next advices when you are working with wax:
1. Mash up the crayons, it's more easy remove the covers and melt the material in that way.
2. The wax should be melted with low temperature to avoid burning it. By the way, remember that the burned wax is toxic due to the colorants. You need to wash properly your BBQ before cooking anything on it.
3. The best technique to sculpt wax is using a mold, however if you want to carve it you need first to get the block using layers of melting wax. You need to wait between layers to get cold the wax.
4. You can't carve wax with chisels or other tools commonly used with stone or metal. You need a hot wire to get the best results.
Regards.
kids crayons are non-toxic
@@mgratk there are crayons made with beeswax for babies; the beeswax is not toxic when is burning. However mainly the crayons are made with plastic which becomes toxic when is burning. Regards.
@ Crayola, the by-far most popular brand, are made with paraffin wax and non-toxic dyes. They are not made of plastic.
The foam heat wires work well for candles but honestly if you did a dipping wax you’d be able to carve it with a knife while it’s still soft.
If you put the crayons in warm water for a short time, then you can easily peel the wrapping off :)) (in case you do such a project again)
I’m just glad you didn’t throw water onto it, in your case crayons but also home candle’s like grease fires will explode larger when water is applied.
That was super cool
FYI, a hot wire will cut the wax easily. You can make your own easily. It will also cut foam for future projects.
Double boiler method for melting the crayons, dude.
Also pop them in the freezer for a bit to pop the papers off. They'll slide right out.
lol the Bob Ross shirt. That’s awesome 😂
Very cool as always. I think I would refine my casting technique a bit more so that each leg is a solid color. Maybe even the head. Then leave the body as the swirl. Just my two cents. But as I said very cool idea. Thanks.
Cool project dad!
My mom made a wire heart that she formed around a wax blank. She melted it in the oven. Just when she was thinking, "I wonder if this will hit flashpoint?" FWOOM!
Gotta say, this didn't turn out as well as your other stuff. The mix of colors is just too ugly for my tastes. But I'd love to see you try this again someday!
Use an electric burner, and to carve the chunks something heated up. Because it just makes sense.
Also, next time keep a pot lid handy, smother that flame.
1. Double Boiler
2. Hot knife, soldering iron
3. Hot air gun
4. Research first. Flames are no bueno 😉