How many candles? testing 1-2-3

[jansman]

LED for me. I have candles. So do my stupid neighbours to whom I am joined. That is what worries me about candles. Stupid people= housefires. Why are they stupid? Because they routinely light candles and go out leaving them burning!

[Plymtom]

Why are they stupid? Because they routinely light candles and go out leaving them burning!

They need sitting down with a fireman and perhaps someone who has survived a house fire, the risks we all take are pretty bad with what can catch fire, but those things which are already on fire need great care, in modern houses all it takes is a curious cat or a trespassing moth taking the flame to something else and it's goodbye house(s)

[scruffypaul]

Probably be good to have a couple of different options to use - candles okay for use indoors if in a glass or something for safety (also a tealight can help you light a fire outdoors); LED/battery lights and lanterns ideal for brighter indoor lighting or torches (I like the Rolson 72 LED work lights); glowsticks for situations where you don't want a flame or electricity (I keep a couple of white and a couple of orange glowsticks in my car for use as warning signals e.g. around a crashed/damaged car at night)

[bettersafethansorry]

LED for me. I have candles. So do my stupid neighbours to whom I am joined. That is what worries me about candles. Stupid people= housefires. Why are they stupid? Because they routinely light candles and go out leaving them burning!

friend of mine is a fireman, the horror stories ive heard does not bear thinking about i would defo have words.

[damaralenoire]

i have been doing an experiment over the last 10 days regarding something you guys may actually know and practice already, but i lit one of my 50 hour pillar candles after placing it into an old brockwurst sausage jar as it was a perfect fit and calculated the hours it lasted and there is still a quarter of the candle left after burning for 65 hours so far. It kind of makes sense as there is nowhere for the wax to escape so it makes the candle last longer.

[nickdutch]

i have been doing an experiment over the last 10 days regarding something you guys may actually know and practice already, but i lit one of my 50 hour pillar candles after placing it into an old brockwurst sausage jar as it was a perfect fit and calculated the hours it lasted and there is still a quarter of the candle left after burning for 65 hours so far. It kind of makes sense as there is nowhere for the wax to escape so it makes the candle last longer.

Hypothetically, it might be worth while taking pillar candles, slicing them into 4 and then wrapping the bodies of the candles in foil to make massive tea lights, if you can slice off a bit extra to expose the wick to light it, then recycle the cut off wax as another candle.

[XMaramena]

[ForgeCorvus]

Hypothetically, it might be worth while taking pillar candles, slicing them into 4 and then wrapping the bodies of the candles in foil to make massive tea lights, if you can slice off a bit extra to expose the wick to light it, then recycle the cut off wax as another candle.

A while back Homebase (I think) sold extra large tealights two or three inches across (and the lanterns to go with).

They didn't throw much more light (the wicking was pretty much the same size as in the normal ones) but they seemed to burn for ever

[QUAID]

To see me through an initial crisis i have around 200 candles, couple of hundred batteries for led head torches and some oil lamps.
But when these are gone they are gone.... How many of us know how to make candles from scratch using basic tools?

If anyone has found any tutorials that make sense or are easy to follow please post them.

[ForgeCorvus]

.... How many of us know how to make candles from scratch using basic tools?

*Raises Hand*

If anyone has found any tutorials that make sense or are easy to follow please post them.

You want to know about moulding, casting or dipping ?
Beeswax or Paraffin wax?

Basic tools are:
Heat source (a safe one)
Wax pot
Wicking
Moulds (not needed for 'normal' stick candles)

Should I write out a how-to ?