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Okay.
I spent part of this morning replacing tealight wicks.
I'm burning paraffin candles on my altar right now. That's not my ideal situation - partly because petroleum products, and partly because they're not something I made myself - but they do the job in a pinch and I'm waiting for (A) the ice to melt off my back steps, and (B) the cash to order more beeswax, before I start bashing up the last of my current order.
The tea lights I got are the one-ounce kind, which is great. But the wicks are too thin and they tend to either drown in the melted wax, OR burn a tunnel out of the middle of the candle but leave a thick wall of un-burned wax around the edges.
So I yanked out all the wicks and replaced them with the ones I use when I make beeswax candles. They're thicker and should (hopefully) do the job of actually using up all the wax.
It's nice to have the altars lit again, I don't mind telling you.
It's kind of a spring cleaning day over here. Putting books back on shelves, getting rid of superfluous paper, putting away the clean laundry, sweeping and vacuuming (the vacuuming, I still need to do - but I found the rug-beater attachment, so it can happen!)
Roll On, Spring! :-D
I spent part of this morning replacing tealight wicks.
I'm burning paraffin candles on my altar right now. That's not my ideal situation - partly because petroleum products, and partly because they're not something I made myself - but they do the job in a pinch and I'm waiting for (A) the ice to melt off my back steps, and (B) the cash to order more beeswax, before I start bashing up the last of my current order.
The tea lights I got are the one-ounce kind, which is great. But the wicks are too thin and they tend to either drown in the melted wax, OR burn a tunnel out of the middle of the candle but leave a thick wall of un-burned wax around the edges.
So I yanked out all the wicks and replaced them with the ones I use when I make beeswax candles. They're thicker and should (hopefully) do the job of actually using up all the wax.
It's nice to have the altars lit again, I don't mind telling you.
It's kind of a spring cleaning day over here. Putting books back on shelves, getting rid of superfluous paper, putting away the clean laundry, sweeping and vacuuming (the vacuuming, I still need to do - but I found the rug-beater attachment, so it can happen!)
Roll On, Spring! :-D