Never discard your expensive scented candle wax when the remainder of the soy wax has liquefied, and the wick is visible in the melted wax again! Here are a few ideas to save, recycle and reuse the candle wax preventing waste, while saving you money.
Personally, I like to take the soy candle wax remaining in the bottom of the container and use it to make “new” scented soy votive candles, especially if I am particular about a fragrance, and do not want to mingle it, or the candle color. However, this will also work if you have a wick fall into the candle container, and the candle wax hardened around the buried candle wick.
If you do not use votives, here is another idea. Sometimes I pour my left over soy candle wax into a mason jar container, that I have pre-wicked, and save until it is full. Unless you are using one fragrance or essential oil in every candle that you make, this blending will create a unique mingling of scents, making it a one-of-a-kind candle.
If the wax is still liquefied, pour the remaining melted wax into smaller votive molds that you have wicked in advance.
If the wax has solidified, place the container in the top of your double boiler, and heat until it is melted. (Be sure to place your candle thermometer on the pot, and watch the wax temperature. Also make sure no water spills into your wax.)
If you do not use votives, here is another idea. Sometimes I pour my left over scented soy candle wax into a mason jar container, that I have pre-wicked, and save the mason jar until it is full of wax. Unless you are using one fragrance or essential oil in every candle that you make, this blending will create a unique mingling of scents, making it a one-of-a-kind candle.
(For an added thought, place the jar in a shoebox full of sand, and tip it in a different direction each time you pour. This will show off the different colored candle waxes that you have used in a fanciful way.)
A third idea is to pour the melted soy candle wax into wax tart molds. This are wonderful to have around so you can simple drop them into a potpourri wax tart melter. The melts are held up over a burning votive candle, releasing their fragrance as they melt.
Store any extra tarts in a sealed container or tin to keep them at their maximum freshness.
If you do not use votives, here is another idea. Sometimes I pour my left over soy candle wax into a mason jar container, that I have pre-wicked, and save until it is full. Unless you are using one fragrance or essential oil in every candle that you make, this blending will create a unique mingling of scents, making it a one-of-a-kind candle.
If the wax is still liquefied, pour the remaining melted wax into smaller votive molds that you have wicked in advance.
If the wax has solidified, place the container in the top of your double boiler, and heat until it is melted. (Be sure to place your candle thermometer on the pot, and watch the wax temperature. Also make sure no water spills into your wax.)
If you do not use votives, here is another idea. Sometimes I pour my left over scented soy candle wax into a mason jar container, that I have pre-wicked, and save the mason jar until it is full of wax. Unless you are using one fragrance or essential oil in every candle that you make, this blending will create a unique mingling of scents, making it a one-of-a-kind candle.
(For an added thought, place the jar in a shoebox full of sand, and tip it in a different direction each time you pour. This will show off the different colored candle waxes that you have used in a fanciful way.)
A third idea is to pour the melted soy candle wax into wax tart molds. This are wonderful to have around so you can simple drop them into a potpourri wax tart melter. The melts are held up over a burning votive candle, releasing their fragrance as they melt.
Store any extra tarts in a sealed container or tin to keep them at their maximum freshness.
Click "How to Make Soy Candles and Tealights!" to learn where you can get all of the instructions to make soy candles and tealights, votives, soy pillar candles, even container jar candles, so that you can make these easily, quickly, while having fun at home!
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