Why can't you use a gas burner? Just curiosity, as i have a electric stove anyway.

candle wax + gas stove(IE:flame) = house fire.

Saftey first.. I SHOULD have said ... ALWAYS USE A DOUBLE BOILER. wow..ok... everyone breath deep. we got here in time. Parafin (what mostly makes up candle wax) is highly flamable. that's why it makes such good candles. The flame of pure parafin burning is INVISIBLE to the naked eye. by melting candles over an open flame, you create the ideal circumstances for the flames to go WHOOSH, and burn you quite badly and you may never even realize why! (unless you just read this :-) The average candle wax has a flash point of 375-400 degrees. once it reaches this tempature, it will self-ignite, open flame, or no open flame. And your only warning will be that plesant smell of burning hair, as your flesh begins to turn into people-steak. The trick is... open gas flames are usually in excess of a thousand degrees. plenty to light off the fumes. Now.. as to why the double boiler is so important. Water boils at an average of 215F(yeah, yeah, i know it's "really" 212) This means, as long as there is still water, in the double boiler setup.... the wax will never exceed 250 degree F. WELL below the flash point. Now, it's POSSIBLE to regulate an electric element to maintain a temp that's lower than the flashpoint... but it's so simple to be safe, do you REALLY want to chance it? :-) I add that last paragraph because there ARE applications where direct heating by electrical element is used.. and safely. Almost any wax-injection molding setup will have a variable-temp melting pot. But if you had to ask why you can't use a gas stove... you've got a ways to go before you safely design your own electric melting pots.

lol thank you so much. I could have either died or burned my eyebrows and eyelashes off as well as half the hair on my head! :) I was seriously going to try this on my gas stove.. Geez... Thank you so much!

Very good things to consider. Thanks for spreading the knowledge.

and a candle gets hotter I think that that glass can handle....which means it may break or shatter....

other word:BATHTUB

you've gotta remember, eggs arent round, theyre oval. they might tilt when you put them in water. did you use it in water yet?

In fact, the candle has not the whole egg shape, so the top part is not present and it doesn't tilt... Believe me, here you have the proof:

thanks!

here is the safest way that i know of, chip through the black glass near the bottom, then break the filiment holder withe the metal is still on the bulb, this gives a cleaner cut. once that is done peel off the metal and clean the bulb.

A carbide scribe works well too.

i used a sharp file very carefully. not foolproof but it works oftne enough. i fill mine with explosives :)

I use old bulbs that have been used a lot and therefore the bayonet cap has expanded and contracted due to heat weakening the joints, all i do is hold the glass in a towel and twist the cap

no, sorry i tough there was water in the thing you use to melt the candle in..

Liquid paraffin (candle wax) is clear. It goes back to translucent when it cools off. That's melted liquid wax in the video.

Yeah thanks, i have noticed right after :)

by water you mean melted candle?