How Do You Make An Oil Burning Candle?
Making your own candles is a fun and useful hobby. The finished products make great decorations and wonderful gifts. Solid candles are easily made using wax, wick and fragrances purchased in craft stores and candle supply shops. However, oil candles (or oil lanterns) are made using the same wick along with simple cooking oil you already have in the kitchen. These types of candles are useful during power outages as they can be made quickly from simple ingredients. Cut the flexible wire so that it is two times the length of the mason jar. Shape one end of the wire into a long hook. Wrap the other end of the wire around the nail to make a coil one to two inches high. Remove the nail once the coil is fashioned. Cut a 30-40 cm. wick, then stuff the wick into the wire coil. Make sure to leave one-quarter inch of the wick outside of the coil, then carefully pinch the top of the coil to hold the exposed wick. Place the wire coil-end at the bottom of the jar, with the previously fashioned hook
