What can I do with the leftover wax in my candles?
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I absolutely love scented candles! What pains me though is when I get to the bottom of the candle and suddenly realize the flame no longer holds. 
There usually is a substantial amount of wax left at the bottom. That’s where you guys come in! Instead of throwing the candles away, I’d love to be able to do something with that bit of wax. What can I use it for? And what’s the best way to remove it (if need be)? Thank you!
There usually is a substantial amount of wax left at the bottom. That’s where you guys come in! Instead of throwing the candles away, I’d love to be able to do something with that bit of wax. What can I use it for? And what’s the best way to remove it (if need be)? Thank you!
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Submerge jar in a sauce pan with water to melt wax, once water has boiled and melted wax to a liquid, pour hot wax carefully into ice-cube trays. Once wax is cold you can pop out and use in vacuums to fragrant home as you vacuum, use them in a wax melter for more fragrance, put the cubes in your car and when the sun warms your car it will warm candle and emit its scent.
I place the jar on an electric candle warmer once it won't hold a flame. This way you get several more days of scent out of your candle.
The scented candles are very bad for your health throw them out.
I never burn my scented candles anymore, I have an ancient mug warmer and put them on there. The scent lasts vastly longer than burning them, and has the advantage that my curious kitties don't burn their whiskers off poking their noses into the flame!
i find that the scented candles really only have scent in the center core, and when that burns up, the scent is mostly gone. But the wax is still useful. I buy the "tarts" at the fancy candle store, I usually cut them into quaters and heat the Quarters in my melter which uses tealights because otherwise the scent is too strong to me. Then, i save the little tea light tins. When I have waste unscented wax, I add it to a burner and melted tart, about 50/50. When the burner has cooled, i put it in the freezer for 4 hours, and the wax usually pops right out. I break the disc into pieces that fit into the tins. I put those tins together in a nonstick skillet on low heat watching carefully til just melted, then take the pan off heat and let the tins cool. I then put like scents in a ziploc bag, sorting and labelling by scent. The tins are just the right size for the burner pots And I can control the strength of the scents.
Melt them down remove old wick and make a new candle. Different fragrances throughout the candle
I used to make pucks for the skate kids to wax edges of concrete.
You can also use lint from dryer and wax to make fire starters for camping.
Melt into it withleftover candle stubs in the oven. When it is all melted remove the old wicks and when it has cooled slightly stick in a birthday candle into the center as a new wick. A new smelly candle is the result
Just melt these down to make new candles.Or you can make the cubes for the burners!