Refurbished Microwave Candle

Surely you know this. Especially after Christmas. You have some candle stubs left over and they are lying around. Everyone knows that you can melt down candles and make new candles from them.

This also works in the microwave and after a few minutes you have a finished candle.

• Candle stumps
• Cotton or jute string
• Aluminum foil
• A jar or other heat-resistant container.
• A microwave oven
• Scissors
• Wooden skewer
• Clothespin
• Time

The crushed candle stubs go into the heat-resistant container.

The container with the crushed wax is placed in the microwave and heated at about 360Watt power.

From here I write only wax, although candle material is usually kerosene or stearin.

Higher power could make the wax boil.

Per 100g wax takes about 30 minutes to melt down completely.

Those who buy the wick ready can skip the following steps.

The wick is made of a thin jute or cotton string. Caution. Do not use plastic string. The length of the string should be slightly longer than from the bottom to the rim of the container. The string needs to stick out of the container a bit so you can attach it later. Cut the cord to this length.

The aluminum foil is cut into two squares with 2 cm edge length and a hole is pierced in one of these squares.

The string is frayed a little at one end and put through the hole so that the frayed part forms the bottom.

The other foil plate is held against it and folded over at the sides. If you like, you can also put a small coin or a washer between the foil pieces, so that this becomes heavier and later remains better in the liquid wax on the bottom of the container.

When the wax is completely melted, you can remove the container from the microwave. Caution. The wax and the container will be about 60°C hot. Without a protective glove you will burn your fingers.

The finished or self-made wick now comes into the hot liquid. The self made wick should be dipped a little so that the string is soaked with wax at the part that looks out of the wax, otherwise this will be broken when lighting.

The construction I use consists of a Wooden skewer and a clothespin. Surely other holding constructions also work but this one has proven itself for me. With purchased wick sets is often a ready holder.

Now you just have to wait until the wax has set. You still need to shorten the wick so that it is about 1 cm long. Ready is the candle from the microwave.