Thread: LED Tealights - Flame redo

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ooh, I was a cusssssing the other night!! LOL

I was so excited to attempt this - and I get the first one, and put the hot glue around the led light....use a small nail to "pull up" the whisps of "flame" and the first try, I of course get the loooonnngg thread of hot glue webbing crap!! I tried it again, and again, as I'd pull it up..and be ready to disconnect the nail from the glue, it drag out the glue even further!! LOL I was so mad - I was like how the hell are they doing this so neatly?!?!? *sigh*

So, I have one LED tea light with a glob of hot glue on it now. And 8 LED's with nothing...I threw the original plastic "flames" out, when I took them off. oopps! Guess I shouldn't have done that! LOL

oh well, I guess this one just takes practice.

BevAnn - I didn't use hot glue, I used Clear Silicone. I think Hot Glue will setup way to fast to be able to work it enough for the tips.
Try the Silicone... you will see there is a huge difference.

ok, guess I will. Thanks!

Cool redo and excellent job on the candles!

Lizzy

Originally Posted by KimilyTheStrange

Spooky Steve - Your Candelabra idea, from the PVC Candle post, actually gave me an idea. I think I will wire it though instead of using the batteries powered lights.

Thanks everyone for the kujo's

Hey Kimilythe strange, Great tutorial.
This additional concept (quoted above) sounds even better.
I dispise all the batteries I must test and replace each year for my haunt.
Were you intending on running several candles off of, say 2-4 AA or D cells?
If so have you tried it? That would help immensely with setup (The same set of batts would last acoupla years at least).

Thanx and keep the great ideas comin'!

I love that! Really simple tutorial and it adds impact. It is always the small details that get me and I am sooooo gonna have to copy this

Tried this & its fantastic~~~~. (jumps up/down!) Lov, lov the look of this!!! Found out after buying silicone at Home haunters, it says takes 7-14days to dry. Well no way! Went back & found tube of same clear caulk for bathrooms that dries in 3hrs. It comes in nice tube so dont need caulk gun/extra wire to make flames. End of tube is pointed/just cut tip off & squeeze caulk. No mess. Easy to use. Same price as other tube, 3 dollars & change. I tried it & it works perfect for making flames. Think it was Dap. It was in next sectn over from where ur caulk was. About 5ft away, same side isle.

Really like the double/triple wind blown flame look. Think that is sooo pretty/realistic. I kept getting a D-Q dairy queen thing happening on the tip of my flame points as I tried to make several 'wispy points'. So I held t-lite uspide down & swirled caulk on it by squeezing tube. Got the exact look I liked, but noticed perfect wispy ends would droop over & do the D-Q thing again even after blowing on it a min/so. So If I turned candles on their sides to dry, it kept the ends from falling over on itself. Got wispy edges to dry exact way I wanted. Also there is a great deal of play time/wipe time if you mess up/not happy w/look of caulk. Wipes off w/paper towel.

Found out cant make the flames 2 tall bc it dims t-lite and makes it too dark Caulking also works better when t-lite is upside down when u swirl on caulk. I also turned lights on while working to see finished look. Love the look thank you Kimily for sharing this! This is fantastic!
Also found out after eating some candy corn & drip glue on candles, my hand shook pretty bad. My hand never shakes, so I guess I need to lay off candy. Anyway, dripped the glue UP the sides of the candle & not down like normal. Bc my hand was shaking & tired from gluing; I made really bad squiggly lines. I connected it to the drips I already made from the top. Looks much more creepy w/squiggly drips down sides helps w/overall look of candles. Didnt care for just str8 drips made from dripping glue down from the top of candle. They were 2 str8, looked ok -not great. Now my candles really look creepy. Im also going to brush on some darker paint in drips/wipe off for a tonal look that emphasizes drips. Cant wait to do more candles they are so great/addictive lol.

Sounds cool Zombiegirl1. Can you post some pics of your results?