As I was cleaning my house the other day I noticed how some of my candles, even though they had a lot of wax left, they no longer burned. Not sure if it is something wrong with the wick or what happened, so I decided to buy new ones.
Image courtesy of Chickens in the Road
As I was taking the old ones down and replacing them with the new ones, I thought, I don’t want to just throw these away, is there a way to recycle them? I figured there had to be something I could do with them, instead of just throwing them in the trash. So I started my search to find how to recycle candles.
I found that it is fairly easy to recycle your old candles into new ones. With a few simple tools you have lying around the house you can make new candles out of your old ones.
Instructions Below:
- Take your old candles that are burned too low to light again.
- Scarp out the wax with a butter knife.
- Separate the scents of the candles, unless they blend well.
- Be sure to take out all the old wicks and tabs.
- Reuse your old candle jars. After you scrape the wax out of them, wash them real good with hot soapy water.
- Re-wick your clean jars.
- Place salvaged wax in a double boiler and bring to pouring temperature.
- Pour candles, supporting wicks while candles set up, topping off as needed.
For the complete instructions check out Chickens in the Road blog post – Recycling Candles. She has beautiful pictures, poke around and I am sure you will find plenty of interesting articles and photos to enjoy.
Oh, this bring back Jr. memories.
My brother actually does this all the time, only he buys candle scents from Michael’s to add. His recycled candles smell fantastic!