Incense Cones
WARNING....IT IS GONNA GET MESSY!!
You will need:-
6 Parts Ground Charcoal
6 Drops Essential Oil
2 to 4 parts of your chosen incense
This can get messy, so I would also recommend LOTS of newspaper and a mask of some sort so you don't breathe in lots of charcoal dust!
Method:-
To make thinks a bit easier , place the charcoal in a plastic bag and beat it with a hammer or some other heavy object.
Mix the first 4 ingredients in the pestle until well blended.
Place all these ingredients in a bowl, and combine then well with your hands, thinking all the time of your intended purpose.
Next add the Tragacanth glue or Gum Arabic
Now shape the mixture into small cones and let it dry slowly for between 2 and 7 days, either in the sun or an airing cupboard.
To make professional looking cones try using the nozzle from an old icing bag as a mould. Pack in the mixture and then tap the icing cone on a flat surface and the little Incense Cone should slide out.
Final Word.....Think "SAFETY" at all times, you are making something that contains oils and charcoal and is designed to burn slowly when lit...NEVER knock it about when mixing the ingredients...
If you are one if these witches that loves to make your own candles, tools and spells, then here is another useful page for you!
But it's great fun, and VERY satisfying when you light one of your own, handmade, "special" Incense Cones.
1 Part Ground Benzoine
2 Parts Ground Sandelwood
1 Part Ground Orris Root
Pestle and Mortar
Bowl
(use the oil form of the oil form of one
of the ingredients of your chosen incense)
10% by weight of Potassium Nitrate
Gum Tragacanth or Gum Arabic
Set of scales
An old teaspoon
If you are the cautious type, heavy handed, unable to use a weighing scales or refuse to follow intructions closely have a fire blanket handy!
Add the essential oil and mix again
You will need to create a fine powered mixture with a fine texture, so use a good mortar.
Add 2 to 4 parts of your chosen incense mixture, grinding and empowering it thoroughly.
Now weigh and add 10% Potassium Nitrate
Mix GENTLY until thouroughly blended, be careful, this mixture can be volatile!
NEVER NEVER add more than 10% otherwise it will explode!!
Do this a teaspoon at a time, mixing with your hands, in a large bowl, until all ingredoients are dampened and the mixture is stiff and doughlike.