Emergency Kitchen Candle

katrine2706
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burning candle I learned this idea from my mom three years ago. We used to have rotational brownouts in our area and sometimes we won't have the chance to charge our emergency lights or even our phones. It would be too costly to buy candles for that purpose and candles easily melt. So, here's an amazing idea I would like to share to everyone.

Total Time: 5 minutes

Yield: 1

Supplies:

1/3 cup cooking oil/used oil
3 Tbsp salt
1 cotton ball
2 in stick
match/lighter
1 glass or jar

Steps:

Put 3 tablespoons of salt inside the glass. Press it to level the salt into place.

Pour the cooking oil into the glass of salt.

In the next step your oil is poured over the salt.

View of the open jar with salt layer and oil.

Loop the cotton around a piece of stick.

Readying a cotton ball to fashion a wick.

Cotton ball twisted around a small stick.

Insert the stick in the middle of the glass, this will serve as the candle wick. The salt will stabilize the stick into position.

Inserting the cotton ball wick into the jar.

Light it up with a match stick or a lighter.

Now you have a candle made from items found in the kitchen. It will last longer than a candle and is much safer to use.

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Anonymous

October 24, 20161 found this helpful

Great Idea....thanks very much...sue

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Anonymous

January 1, 20190 found this helpful

I am confused about the cotton ball. Do you put the cotton ball into the oil once it is wrapped around the stick and light the stick? Or the reverse? And do you use the whole cotton ball?

Thanks!

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cjdwjd1117

February 1, 20200 found this helpful

I am also curious about this. May I know the correct direction if you know? Thanks!

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madjan68

September 4, 20230 found this helpful

Under a couple pics shown there are 2 dots. Slide to the side for 2nd pic

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trish.38

November 26, 20230 found this helpful

Its confusing to me as well because it doesnt say how long it burns but I did notice that some of the photos will slide to the side and it shows another view of it. Im wondering how the cotton will stay on the stick. Going to go try it and Ill write back with how it goes

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laniquekeyerra

February 19, 20190 found this helpful

You forgot to tell people it last for a minute max

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madjan68

September 4, 20230 found this helpful

It says 5 minutes above the ingredients

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trish.38

November 26, 20230 found this helpful

Are you saying it only burns a min and then goes out?

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Jess
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November 27, 20230 found this helpful

It says it will burn longer than a candle so I think it should be more than a minute. I don't have any extra oil right now or I would try it to see how it works.

I remember reading about a similar technique in the Little House books.

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11-0375

January 29, 20200 found this helpful

How many minutes will it last?
I am using this topic for my Science Paper.

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