Suggestions what to do with used candle jars

KxMx

It's for this reason I use the Yankee Votives. No waste at the end bar a small amount of wax.
Scent wise they'd probably take some getting used to after jars, but I've always been delighted with the strength and coverage from them. 

kdotdotdotdot

An update on this:  putting my garden to rights after the winter, I've found a great use for the large candle jars (particularly the 640g yankee candle jars).  I put them on top of my newly planted bulbs to keep the damn squirrels (and later, slugs and snails) off them until the plants are large enough to fill the jar and stand up for themselves.

They're heavy enough that they don't blow over and really help me remember exactly where I've planted my most precious bulbs.  The only difficult part of this is getting the wax out of the bottom of the jars.    

LittleVoice

KxMx said:

It's for this reason I use the Yankee Votives. No waste at the end bar a small amount of wax.
Scent wise they'd probably take some getting used to after jars, but I've always been delighted with the strength and coverage from them. 

I would scrape out the residual wax and add it to the next one.

calleyw

On the yankee candle FAQ it does state not to re use the jars for either food storage or candles.  

https://www.yankeecandle.co.uk/help/faq

Yours

Calley x

mandy47

They look lovely in the garden with a tea light. Lovely when entertaining outdoors.

General_Grant

calleyw said:

On the yankee candle FAQ it does state not to re use the jars for either food storage or candles.  

https://www.yankeecandle.co.uk/help/faq

Yours

Calley x

I wonder why. 

It says the glass is recyclable so that means it isn't toughened like Pyrex.  If it can withstand the heat from a Yankee candle, why from no other?
(I've never had one of these candles so maybe the answer is obvious to those who have.)

And what is special about it that food would come to harm?  I would use old coffee jars to store pasta, nuts, dried fruit and so on, so why not one of these?

calleyw

General_Grant said:

calleyw said:

On the yankee candle FAQ it does state not to re use the jars for either food storage or candles.  

https://www.yankeecandle.co.uk/help/faq

Yours

Calley x

I wonder why. 

It says the glass is recyclable so that means it isn't toughened like Pyrex.  If it can withstand the heat from a Yankee candle, why from no other?
(I've never had one of these candles so maybe the answer is obvious to those who have.)

And what is special about it that food would come to harm?  I would use old coffee jars to store pasta, nuts, dried fruit and so on, so why not one of these?

I don't know,  you would have to ask them.  Maybe its just to cover themselves. But old coffee jars have already held food so are food safe grade glass. So not the same.  Would you store say milk in old bleach bottle? No, as its not designed for that.

Yours

Calley 

General_Grant

calleyw said:

General_Grant said:

calleyw said:

On the yankee candle FAQ it does state not to re use the jars for either food storage or candles.  

https://www.yankeecandle.co.uk/help/faq

Yours

Calley x

I wonder why. 

It says the glass is recyclable so that means it isn't toughened like Pyrex.  If it can withstand the heat from a Yankee candle, why from no other?
(I've never had one of these candles so maybe the answer is obvious to those who have.)

And what is special about it that food would come to harm?  I would use old coffee jars to store pasta, nuts, dried fruit and so on, so why not one of these?

I don't know,  you would have to ask them.  Maybe its just to cover themselves. But old coffee jars have already held food so are food safe grade glass. So not the same.  Would you store say milk in old bleach bottle? No, as its not designed for that.

Yours

Calley 

I was just musing about a reason but no, I wouldn't store milk in a bleach bottle because that is plastic.  "Food safe grade glass"?  Just musing again but I would have thought any glass could be used to store food - obviously not putting food in when it's at a high temperature or if freezing but ambiant temperature seems reasonable.

youth_leader

For anyone that is thinking of reusing them, using a hairdryer on the label is the fastest way to remove the labels.

3secondmemory

youth_leader said:

For anyone that is thinking of reusing them, using a hairdryer on the label is the fastest way to remove the labels.

I was going to suggest using the nozzle of a handheld steam cleaner (I don’t have a hairdryer) 

My two nicest candle jars had tiny metal wick holders glued to the bottom which meant the new candles didn’t sit flat