If you do spill wax, the best thing to do is wait for it to harden. Apply an ice cube to the wax and chip it off. See 2torial #0513 Remove Stains for more details.

2torial #0481: Learn2 Make Candles (Continued) Set up your double boiler Wax should never be heated directly in a pot; instead always heat wax indirectly with a store-bought double boiler or a double boiler improvised in the kitchen. Since wax can be difficult to remove from pots, you'll probably want to improvise a double boiler with a coffee can in a pot of water. Put a medium-sized pot on the stove, filled with a couple of inches of water, on high heat.   Place a clean coffee can in the water while it is heating.   There should always be some water in the pot, but not so much that it bounces the can around. Eventually the combined weight of the can and the wax will be heavy enough to keep the can from bouncing around in the water. Step 3