Patent ID: 7004752

Claim:
A process for producing a decorative candle having multiple pigmented layers, the process comprising: (a) dipping a wax core containing a wick into a liquid clear wax multiple times in sequence with dipping the wax ball core in water; (b) dipping the wax core coated by the process of step (a) into a first liquid pigmented wax multiple times in sequence with dipping in water to form a pigmented wax ball; (c) dipping the pigmented wax ball in step (b) in a liquid clear wax and cooling the ball to about ambient temperature; (d) rubbing an outer surface of the ball to form a primed layer; (e) dipping the ball of step (d) multiple times in the liquid clear wax followed by dipping in water; (f) dipping the ball of step (e) into a second liquid pigmented wax multiple times followed in sequence by dipping in water; (g) dipping the pigmented wax ball containing the second pigmented wax in a liquid clear wax and cooling the ball to about ambient temperature to form a second primed layer; (h) dipping the ball of step (g) multiple times in clear wax followed in sequence by dipping in water; and (i) decorating the ball of step (h) by peeling the second pigmented layer away in desired patterns.