3" stovepipe, don't clip it together, use Duct tape, couple of layers,
remove it when cool and clean up the one side, it comes in 24 in length, and
you will even have a rippled end to put in the candle holder.
My wife has done 12" candles in them, but not, 22".
gary



"Bob Chilcoat" wrote in message
...
I've been asked by our Pastor to cast a 3" x 22" "Christ Candle". I
haven't
been able to find a candle mold this big. I have a few feet of new 3" PVC
pipe that I can make into a mold, but the inside is rippled from the
extrusion process. Any suggestions as to the best way to make the inside
of
this true and smooth so that the candle can be extracted after molding?
I''ve thought of running a cylinder hone down it, but this will probably
not
do exactly what I want, and will leave a grooved surface.

I've thought of buying a piece of 3" copper drain pipe, but this will be
expensive and may be unobtainable in a two-foot lenght. I don't have slip
rollers, so I can't see how I could roll a mold. Any other suggestions?

Thanks for any help or advice you can offer.

--
Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)

I don't have to like Bush and Cheney (Or Kerry, for that matter) to love
America