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What to do with excess candle wax
briskbeats
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Have a three wick candle about 12cm wide. Had it lit for 4-6 hours and candles just tunnelled. Now wicks bases exposed and unable to light anymore.
Still got about 40% of the wax left. What to do with the wax? Candle is in a shallow glass pot.
Why did the candles tunnel as read somewhere that you burn a candle one hour per inch diameter.
Why did the candles tunnel as read somewhere that you burn a candle one hour per inch diameter.
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Melt the wax and add new wicks - or pour into a smaller old candle container with a new wick. Could have been a poorly designed candle to tunnel - or designed to tunnel.
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I melt all the leftover wax in a saucepan, add essential oils and make my own wax melts.They do turn the vilest of colour but I don't mind that.
I've had tunnelling before and mine was not letting the wax touch the glass to set itbriskbeats said:Why did the candles tunnel as read somewhere that you burn a candle one hour per inch diameter.Candle tunnelling occurs when only the centre of the wax right around the wick melts and burns down. ... Sometimes, candle tunnelling is caused by a wick that isn't large enough for the size of the candle, but more often it's caused by the timing of the first burn
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Melt it and either put a new wick in or use as a wax melt.1
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Is the space left at the bottom of the tunnel big enough to place a tealight in, without the metal base? this is what I do.today's mood is brought to you by coffee, lack of sleep and idiots.
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Thanks for the replies. I will see if the tea lights without metal bases will fit the gaps.After doing this thread, I read online that put some foil around edge of candle jar helps to stop tunnelling. Done that with a CNN medium Yankee Candle and burns evenly1
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This is why I buy votives, a small plastic wrapper, little wax waste and no leftover jars.
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I have used up old wax by grating it and packing it into a jar around a part used birthday cake candle. No messy melting or buying a wick from goodness knows where. The resulting candle seemed to burn just fine.Decluttering, 20 mins / day Jan 2024 2/21
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