How To Get More Life Out of Your Candles

It’s been a while since I did a crafty post and I recently learned a new trick- so I documented it!

Have you ever bought a candle and it is in the cutest container and smells like peaches and it’s on clearance at T.J. Maxx? Yeah- me too.

But then you burn it and that once super cute container is now the bane of your existence because the wicks burn to the bottom but there is a whole candle worth of wax stuck on the sides of the container! UGH!

So here is a quick and easy trick to fix that!

1. Set your oven to the lowest heat setting- mine was 170 degrees.

2. Put your rebellious candle on a sheet pan or in a round cake pan and put it on the middle rack of the oven ~ set the timer to 30 minutes to start.

My candle took about an hour to completely melt, I just kept checking back every 20 minutes or so.

3. Once the candle has melted completely, carefully remove from the oven.

Use tongs to gently remove the old wicks. Be careful- the manufacturer probably used glue so tug at your own risk and make sure your husband isn’t watching if he is like mine and takes knives and hot things out of my hands when he sees them LOL.

4. Put in a new wick ~ I purchased 100 of these on Amazon for about $6. You might have to finagle the wick to get it to stay. I used a toothpick (carefully again!) to push the base of the wick down to the bottom.

6. Let it dry! And wah-lah! You salvaged 50% of your candle and you’re feeling pretty good about yourself! Snip the wicks down with a wick cutter and you’re good to go!

This is an inexpensive and easy trick for stubborn candle jars

OR

If you always burn the same scent candle, you can melt down whatever is left in one jar that didn’t burn and add it to your next one!

Thanks for reading this Modest Blondie craft edition post!

XOXO ~ Taylor