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Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 2:14 pm
by 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

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Lynne
Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 2:29 pm
by ina
Great idea - I must admit that I sometimes buy them, too (not the low fat ones, though - rather no cheese than that!)
Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 12:39 pm
by possum
I melt them down and use them to seal the ends of logs stored to season for wood turning
Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 1:51 pm
by 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.
Re: RE-USING OLD CANDLES
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 7:25 pm
by 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.