i have several candles that i dont know how to get wax out of when the wick burns so low and it wont stay lite.
2007-02-12 09:42:39 · 11 answers · asked by bluepits3 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
freeze it , then take a butter knife to it it should come out in one big piece
2007-02-12 09:50:00 · answer #1 · answered by xdimmysayzx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put the jar in the freezer for an hour, then take out and wait about 1 minute, use edge of butter knife between wax and glass and wax will pop out.
2007-02-12 09:53:13 · answer #2 · answered by Sue Quinn W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Microwave. Run it just long enough to loosen up the wax or go ahead and melt it. Be sure there are any metal objects in the glass and that it is microwavable. Have something to pour hot wax in. Preferably you are making a candle from this stuff. And please be careful, you can get a nasty burn from hot wax.
2007-02-12 09:57:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
heating or freezing may work, but could break the jars. My wife simply fills them with hot soapy water, change the water periodically and within a couple of days the wax comes right out in one piece.
2007-02-12 10:22:16 · answer #4 · answered by Larry G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The quick way is microwave it and pour out the wax, or put it in a pan of boiling water till the wax softens and then pour out the wax.
2007-02-12 09:48:09 · answer #5 · answered by ms_lovelace2 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
put the glass jar right on the stove at a low heat for about ten minutes. Then poor it out.
2007-02-12 09:51:22 · answer #6 · answered by Tim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try putting them in the freezer for a couple of days. the wax will shrink and then you will be able to get it out.
2007-02-12 09:51:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
put the glass in the freezer for maybe overnight, and then you should be able to pop it out after running a knife around the parimeter, if it doesnt pop right out, dip it in hot water for 10 seconds, run the knife around the edges again, flip it over and tap it out
2007-02-12 09:52:57 · answer #8 · answered by ktlove 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
put glass in freezer for about 30 min. Take out and very gently seperate with knife from sides. It will pop out all in one piece generally.
2007-02-12 10:09:32 · answer #9 · answered by Kentucky Girl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
PUT IT IN THE FREEZER FOR AWHILE, THEN IT JUST POPS OUT. DOES NOT BREAK THE GLASS. THIS REALLY WORKS GREAT. NOT MESSY LIKE TRYING TO MELT THE WAX.
2007-02-12 11:35:22 · answer #10 · answered by MARY P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋