Making Homemade Incense

Nakachi asked me how to make incense. Lemme tell you...

Making homemade incense is super easy. All you need is the stuff to make it. I bought the supplies (sticks, solvent) here.

I'm sure if you did a Google search, you could find other incense suppliers, as well. However, I used this instruction sheet (I printed it out so I could highlight and make notes on it).

Basically you make a solution/scent mix, lay the incense flat in it for 24 hours, then remove them (you can re-use the scent solution) and let them dry. I hung them by the bundle out on my clothesline, because that was the fastest way to get them to dry and I didn't have to worry about the drops of solution mucking up the house.

Lemme tell you, I really like the insence that I made. I used an apple scent and you could smell it pretty well, along with the regular burning-insence smell.

I thought about offering them at my store, but am not sure if I will.

You can find pictures of mine here.

Happy insence making!!

Posted by Groovy Mom at July 03, 2003 11:57 AM