Lunarlady
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Registered: Aug 2002
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Posted 02-02-03 10:30 AM
Get yer minds
out of the gutter! I wasn't talking about that! 
This morning I discovered how easy it was to get old wax out of my oil burner so I sent an email to my family about using oil burners instead of just lighting the votive candles. Thought I'd share a really good idea since someone else shared it with me over a year ago.
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Dear Mom and all;
I wasn't feeling that well this morning so I thought maybe a nice bath would be good. Especially with those Yankee votive candles B. got me yesterday.
I've made a few discoveries this morning.
1). If you ever decide to use votive candles, GET A GLASS OR CERAMIC OIL BURNER!! I had an old scent waxed into my "happiness" burner so I put the thing into the microwave (take out the tea-light...you don't want aluminum in your microwave) for 15 seconds, then pushed gently on one side of the wax and the whole thing came out in one clean disk. I was able to wash the burner (what I thought were scorch marks from the matches came off very easily!), dry it and put more wax in the bowl.
When I get tired of the new scent, I can repeat the process and put another scent in.
2). Those Yankee candle votives are TWICE as strong when you use a burner. I've got one going in the bathroom right now and I can smell it here in the office. Very nice! :-)
3). It's cheaper to buy votives and cut them up than it is to buy candles by the jar and use many of them not to mention the scent isn't as strong when you use them as candles.
Cost-wise example: I spent $1.50 on my "Wedding Day" votive candle right before Xmas 2001 and it is STILL being used. (That was the wax disc I removed from that burner). I also have a few chunks of wax left over from "Wedding Day" that are sealed in a jar somewhere in case I want to start out fresh.
I'm going to presume that those candles B. bought me yesterday for a whopping $3.00 are going to last for at least a year. Warming is much better than burning and the smell is stronger. You just have to invest in tealights and (at...what...$3.00 for 25 or 50?) they're much less expensive than scented candles.
So there ya have it. I just wanted to get this info down in case mom wanted to pass this along to Aunt ***. You can buy oil burners at any place that sells candles, just don't buy the expensive oils that they say you HAVE to burn in them.
Buy votives with smells you like, remove the wick via the metal disc at the bottom, chop them up into 4 or 6 pieces and melt in the oil burner.
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