Since white wax flowers have a lot of impurities, put them in boiling water and cook them. The insects will sink and the wax will melt and float on the water. After cooling, they will condense into blocks. After taking them out, add water to heat and melt them, then filter and solidify.

It needs to be boiled several times in a clay pot to obtain relatively pure white wax.

This kind of white wax can also cure diseases and be used for wound bleeding, hemostasis and muscle regeneration.

From white wax to beeswax, they can be used for lighting, but using beeswax is very luxurious, and the Xia tribe is not that wealthy yet.

In the process of making candles, he wanted to mix white wax with animal oil to save the cost of white wax. In fact, white wax can also be mixed with other vegetable oils to make better candles than those mixed with animal oil. But in order to improve the quality of the candle, the more wax

The better, there won't be more black smoke.

There are also special candles, burn-resistant candles and windproof candles, which require higher craftsmanship.

Making candles requires a mold, and Wang Wei used the simplest bamboo mold.

First break the bamboo tube into two halves and boil it in water to make the candle easy to demould. Fix the two halves of the bamboo tube with a small bamboo hoop, then insert the candle wick into the tube, pour in the white wax, wait for it to solidify and then open the tube.

Just take out the candle.

Candle wicks can be made of rushes, flax straw, and thread and cloth don’t need to be considered.

Due to the rush of production, Wang Wei and other eight people made more than a hundred candles in total. Also because the bamboo tubes were uneven in size, the candles produced were also uneven in size, and the size of the candles needed to be unified later.

Then distribute some of the made candles to canteens, housing, etc.

Shi Yun was also assigned three. When she lit the candle, the light from the candle illuminated her bright smile.

This time, when Wang Wei made candles, he thought of making torches. He had never thought about this aspect before, so he didn’t give it any thought.

The simplest torch is to use a dried firewood stick tied with firewood or animal fur, and then fully soaked in animal oil.

If you want to make a torch that burns longer, you need to find a wooden stick of about 50 cm. This height can ensure the safety of holding it. Choose small branches of different thicknesses, and use rattan to wrap the small branches around the main body of the torch.

On the tree, the thicker branches are on the outside and the thinner branches are on the inside. Then the outer layer is wrapped with animal skin, and animal fat and wax are placed inside the animal skin.

It’s also that Wang Wei can’t make glass yet, otherwise he would use a glass cover to cover the candle, which can prevent wind and can be moved around in the wild.
Chapter completed!