Candles in Glasses

MikeyMacbeth

Hi, hoping someone can help...

You know those candles you can get in glasses - has anyone any idea how you can :-

a) clear out the remnants of wax so you can re-use them as glasses? (stick it in the microwave for a few seconds? (metal bit at the end of the wick would need to dug out 1st I suspect!)

b) re-make them in to new candles? how messy/ economic to do (they usually are about £1.50 when on offer in Morrisons). where would you recommend to get candle making kits and what's involved?

Reason I ask - been saving them for ages , sure they'd come in useful some day :-)

Piccys of what I mean:-




Been having a useful day... washer serviced, faulty grill element on cooker replaced, replacement fridge shelf cheaply sourced and fitted, glass panel for door sorted, wonky chair fixed - proper money saving! - looking for more things to do now ! :-)

Valli

I put them in a cooling oven and tip the dregs out when molten

I just buy new candles (well actually get given as gifts)

any good craft shop will sell the wax and wicks; you can add dye and fragrance

Melt the wax carefully - it's flammable - in an old saucepan

St. Kirsty Allsop (tongue in cheek here) made teacup candles on Kirsty's Homemade Home so there will be instructions to be found on line

There^ you go! Google is your friend;)

iris

I put the whole thing in the freezer and the wax etc comes out easily. I then wash glass thoroughly and re-use accordingly.

Lizzieanne

The wax can usually be washed out by using hot soapy water. Let it soak for a minute or two then ease it out whilst the water is still hot. You could then reuse as a candle holder using tealights - the sort with the clear cups look best. x

midnightraven3

freezer is the answer
its how you get the wax out of a burner (think yankee tarts)

its not worth re using whats left as the smell will have gone and you would spend more on wicks than replacing the wax/scent/candle

LameWolf

The glasses, once cleaned, are useful for holding toothbrushes and tubes of toothpaste in the bathroom; I wouldn't personally go to the bother of trying to re-make the candles in them; for a start, if you don't get the wax mixture and the wick size exactly right, there's the risk of the glass cracking when you use it.

lizzyb1812

I've got a nice set of six small matching tumblers that used to be glasses with candles in - I just put some recently boiled water in a bowl and stood the glass in it to melt the leftover wax, threw the wax in the non-recycling bin and washed the glass out each time.

Don't buy them much now as they are a want not a need - besides I probably have a year's supply of plain and scented tealights to use up :rotfl: