Make a nice swimming oil lamp out of (nearly) nothing

Step 4 Set the lamp on the oil

now the lamp is ready.

Just put some vegetableoil into the jar (NO LAMPOIL!!!) , glass or whatever you chose and set the lamp on the surface. Now lite the wick and watch and enjoy how nice and long the light will burn.

You can also put some water first into the glass and then just a smaller layer of oil.

But be careful - as soon as the wick gets in contact with the water your light will flicker and get off.

Careful:

If the hole is to big there will get more oil through the wick than will be burnt and the lamp could sink.

have fun but be careful.

I will not take any responibilty for your outcomes or consequences ;-)

Comments

[Freke81]

cool idea! I'm going to give it a try at the weekend... what would adding some essential oils to the main reservoir do, do you think?! act like a giant oil burner?!?!

[Kostas K]

You can also use thin rolls of cork (from wine bottles) wrapped in tinfoil, with a hole in the middle. The cork part helps with the floating and the tinfoil prevents the cork from burning. I do it all the time. But be careful! If the tinfoil doesn't cover the cork properly, the cork may catch fire and imagine a burning piece of cork in a glass full of oil. A really big cork/wick.

[harman0]

Hehe, floating by burning. What a strange concept