Cheese Wax Tea Lights

Having two younger children and teaching in High School, I come across these little red cheese wax cases on a daily basis.  So I decided to see if we could reuse the wax to make a servicable candle.

From other Instructables, the candles that are made end up with small flames and reasonably random burn times.  I wanted a commercial grade product that was "as good as new".  So we decided to reuse those little aluminium tea lights.

Step 1: What you need...

The kit list for these are all freely available:

1)  x2 cheese wax shells
2)  x1 used tea light container
3)  5cm / 2 inch of cotton string
4)  Source of heat / pan or plastic bag to melt wax
5)  Pliers / pincers & a blunt knife

First things first - remove the wick holder from the bottom of the tea-light.  It's not glued in, just held down by the melted wax.  Use the end of a butter knife to tease it out.

Comments

[Kringlur]

I've never bought cheese with plastic casings, but still, this is a great idea! Thanks.