RE-USING OLD CANDLES

[lsm1066]

On the subject of candles, and what you can use to make them, my mum eats those horrible Babybel cheeses (the low fat ones - she's a Slimming World junkie). Yes, the cheese is foul and plastic, but the wax they come in melts down in a double boiler to make excellent candles (although I suspect they do smell a little cheesy )

Lynne

[ina]

Great idea - I must admit that I sometimes buy them, too (not the low fat ones, though - rather no cheese than that!)

[possum]

I melt them down and use them to seal the ends of logs stored to season for wood turning

[mrsflibble]

I used to rub it between my fingers until it was soft, then place some over the posts of my train track braces to stop them rubbing at night. so long as it got brushed off in the morning it worked really well.

[ollybean]

I used glass containers with wicks begged from the candle factory.
Found it easier to break up cold wax into the container and then
pour over melted wax to fill. Tried a 3 wicker and it was ok.