How to Create a Wax Hand Statue
- 1). Heat wax in a saucepan over low heat until it is liquefied. Pour the melted wax into one bucket and hang the candy thermometer on the side of the bucket so the probe is in the wax. Fill the other bucket with water.
- 2). Rub hand lotion all over the hand and wrist of the hand you want to cast. Apply a thick layer of lotion; the idea is to keep wax from sticking to your hand and breaking during removal of the statue.
- 3). Watch the thermometer for the temperature to read between 105 and 110 degrees F. If the temperature drops below this point, put the wax back into the saucepan and reheat to this range.
- 4). Dip your lotioned hand in wax to above your wrist. Dip your hand into the water bucket immediately after to begin cooling the first layer of wax. Continue alternating dips between the wax bucket and water bucket until the wax becomes thick enough to remove, about seven to nine dips.
- 5). Wiggle your fingers gently inside the wax mold while your hand is underwater. Pull your fingers up slowly into the hand area of the mold. Once the finger areas are empty, dip the wax hand in water only to the knuckles to harden the fingertips.
- 6). Hold the wax mold from the back of the wrist area and carefully slide it off your hand. Submerge the wax statue in water until it is fully hardened.
- 7). Dip the wrist of the finished wax hand into warm wax to melt it slightly. Gently fold the edges of the wrist inward to create a solid base for your statue to stand on.
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