How to: Recycle Old Candles

If you like candles and use them a lot in your home, then you probably end up with lots of candle ends and remnants of wax that no longer function. Here's a way you can recycle those bits into new, beautiful candles...

This is a weekend project. It takes a number of steps, some DIY-prowess, and some materials you might have to run out and buy — but we think the results look like their worth it.

So check out the step-by-step candle recycling instructions over at the Failed Feminist. We love her conclusion: "I discovered that making a candle is actually pretty easy, but making a perfect candle is a lot harder."

Have you ever made candles before our of recycled wax?

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Comments (1)

Failed Feminist :) is a great instruction-giver. Thanks for this. Also,

To recycle the actual candle containers: Freeze overnight the old wax should pop right out. She's right about a glue gun - helps with the residue.

posted by mysoultokeep on August 22nd 2009 at 11:13am
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