How do I get old wax out of voltives so I can use them again?
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Stevie
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Please help save beloved votives
6 answers
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If they are glass, turn the oven on warm. Place the votives upside down on a baking tray, lined with foil. (Sometimes I put a lining of paper towel on top of the foil.). As the oven warms, the wax will drip down onto the paper towel. Then I take a paper towel and wipe out the inside of the votive until it's clear. no need for the oven to be hot--just warm.
Christine
on Nov 30, 2014
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Either that, or put them in the freezer until the wax freezes up. Then it will just chip out and you can wash them.
Country Design Home
on Nov 30, 2014
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I use the freezer method too. After the container has been in the freezer for a while, usually the wax will pop right out in one solid piece with a good tap on the bottom. If I set the container on the freezer shelf upside down, oftentimes when I come back to take it out, I find the candle has already fallen out of the container on its own, leaving little or no wax residue. Clean and super simple!
Shari
on Nov 30, 2014
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Freeze for a few hours and the wax will slide right out.
Judy Colavecchio
on Dec 01, 2014
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Put hot water with Dawn dish soap; soak overnight and wax should come out; works for me.
Joan
on Dec 01, 2014
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Soak in hot water. Will soften old wax and slide right out
Bonnie Daspit Poirrier
on Dec 01, 2014
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