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Leftover candle wax. Save or toss?
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Posted by Yellowhair (My Page) on Mon, Jan 12, 04 at 14:02
| I just threw away some candle wax where the candle burns down so far and then the wick is gone, etc. etc. I have used leftover wax for use on sticking drawers, some for inside the drawers (the one that smells like an ocean---ummm)as scents, and, I guess that's about it.
Do any of you buy the wicks and try to reuse the wax? It seems like it would be a lot of effort!
PS I'm a little irritated that I had to get rid of a round $ 9.00 candle that I bought from one of the school kids. It just wouldn't burn. |
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RE: Leftover candle wax. Save or toss?
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| I DO own a special pair of pots just for melting wax...one for the beeswax that I use to make a 'boy balm and leather food' that I give to all the tough men in my life (it smells like cloves, and works equally well on my dry hands, and my karate teacher's bald scalp) the other one for melting all those candle stubs down...but I've found that making candles is actually a little tricky- wax for tapers is much harder than wax from a jar candle, though I have learned that I can add olive oil to adjust the melting point. so that the whole candle melts, instead of burning a tunnel 1/2" from the wick all the way down... but what I have done is used that wax to make fireplace toys...mixed with sawdust for 'fire starters' or I'll dip pinecones in it, then roll them in 'salt substitute' or this 'fire rainbow' granules that I bought a pound of about a hundred years ago...then dip them again, toss them on the fire, and make pretty colors. |
RE: Leftover candle wax. Save or toss?
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| Melt them and pour them into the paper egg cartons for fire starters. |
RE: Leftover candle wax. Save or toss?
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| I had a whole bucket of scented candle leftovers, as well as some boring white unscented pillar candles. All I bought were the wicks (under $5.00; depending on the candle sizes you can make 50 candles or so.) I used an empty coffee can placed in a pan of simmering water to mealt the wax. Containers were anything I could think of - little yoghurt tubs, jars, cans, little flower pots, cracked coffee cups & glasses....I also made dipped tapers, which are really easy though more time consuming. Most of the wax was already scented, I added old weird spices to some of the unscented wax & came up with some interesting fragrances. I figure it's cost me about .10 each for candles that are $3.00+ at the store. The site below has just a ton of good tips. I've yet to try any of the more complicated ones though. I just couldn't see throwing all that old wax out, and I love scented candles! |
Here is a link that might be useful: candle making
RE: Leftover candle wax. Save or toss?
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| For those of you who have seen the TV show Father Ted. Take note of the use of earwax from Fr. Jack's lugholes and make your own candles in a subtle shade of brown. |
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