Stick a birthday candle inside the butter, oil, crisco or whatever you’re using. Much easier. Also you can pick up a cotton mop head from the dollar store to use for wicks.
Actually that's one of the best ideas is the Cotton mop it's already twisted and wound and that's what I use in my olive oil lamps and lighters excuse me and four lighters when I don't have a lighter to go to simply cut piece of the mop stick it in a half can feel the half can with olive oil boom light source lamp heat whatever
We have tried lots of ways of doing this. ( including all of these) Seems soybean oil works best. In one of the Aladdin lamps (they seem to be more efficient) we have one tablespoon that last for four hours.
I love the oil candle! 😍 It's perfect because oil is in everyone's pantry, whereas loads of salt, Crisco and butter are better used for other things (also, Crisco isn't readily available in Australia)(butter is food, not fuel)(use the salt for curing and preserving meat, not candlemaking)
Nice video. I love your gigantic Crisco candle! For wicks, I use 1/4 inch strips of paper from the shredder. Twist 3 strands together and stick it into your wax or makeshift candle. No need for a toothpick or wire and the flame is nice and bright.
This was fun and informative. Definitely could help in a pinch and that was the whole point. I have a large collection of oil lamps and this gave me the idea to take one and see if cooking oil will work in it as lamp oil has become so expensive. Thanx for the lesson.
it won't work with a kerosene wick. it's too thick for the oil to travel up and the distance of the wick in an oil lamp at the top is too far from the oil. You will only have a ruined wick if you try this.
Be aware that with the mason jar cooking oil lamp, generally the cooking oil is too heavy to go up the wick very far and the lamp burns out long before the fuel is used up. You might be surprised how short of a burn time you actually get on it.
One of the most fascinating things in this video was the realization that out in my shop I have a file that looks identical to your chisel. What are the odds of that happening twice?
Instead of using those glass jars for your emergency candles, use tin cans of tuna or those Campbell soup can, no worries about breaking those glass jars because if the heat generated by the candles.
Glass is typically manufactured at temperatures around 900 degrees C, or 1500 F, so I really wouldn't worry about a tiddly little candle flame damaging it....😉
Most people don’t realize, Crisco started out as a candle 🕯 company. LOOK 👀 at the letter “ i “ , in Crisco logo. It’s still a flame 🔥.... and now you know. 🐴🐴🦅
melt the crisco in a micro or double boiler put the wax candle in as it cools *outside this time of year, easy peasy I may make some of these for the family
Just a question...you used vegetable shortening...my understanding is that lard will last longer, burn better and smell awesome. Willing to do a video on that maybe?
prior planning, buy a box of 3-volt batteries and a compatible LED flashlight, So bright, you can light a room by the reflected light off the ceiling. no muss, no smoke, no fuss.
Melt your Crisco in the canning jar to a liquid first using either the microwave or setting in boiling water. Next, put it in the freezer for 20 minutes to return it to a soft semi-solid,,, THEN press your candle down into the middle and VIOLA! You’ve got a 7 day emergency Crisco candle that will burn cleanly and evenly for 24/7.
And then have some other poor sob burn his house down due to bad info?!?! Just shows me what kind of person you are. If everyone thought like you we would still be in the dark ages and burning witches at the stake.
A railroad tie works as a hammer. I crush croutons in their bag with it. You can also Crack nuts with it and use it like brass knuckles to protect yourself.
An idea to estimate the time of your giant "candle": set it on a scale to get an initial weight, light it, then 24 hours later check the weight. Divide the initial weight by the amount of weight lost, then multiply your result by 24. I want to see just how long this thing is estimated to be now!
Not trying to be negative, however, in regards to using something like the shortening, I would melt it first and then assemble the candle, thereby eliminating all air pockets and ease of getting it into the jar.
Well, you went to all the trouble of making that gargantuan mass of Crisco into a candle...so how long did it burn? Don't tell us you didn't even let it burn down completely!!! 😊
You need to do a video about harvesting natural oils *from nature,* like pine oil, eucalyptus oil, tar, and pitch etc. Store-bought fuels don’t make sense in a ‘forever’ scenario. Currently, it’s far cheaper to buy a few (solar) Luci Lights, each of which lasts for years, than to invest in toxic candles and cooking oils etc. Blessings! 🙏🏻 Jess.🌹
that chisel is a file...as me old Dad use to say if your not sure ask....judging by some of the comments you now know that is not a chisel....you now need to ask someone what a chisel looks like....I clicked on this video to find out what a 1000hr candle looks like....every day is a day at school.
When I lived in The Philippines for eight years, I saw how tough life was for the people there. They did the same thing there but with baby food jars. They would use Used oil used to cook their food (except for oil used to fry fish) for their oil lamps. They either used a rolled up piece of aluminum foil or the handle of an Acid Brush, cut it in half and could pull the wick through that and that would sit secure in the hole in the lid. I’d look up on the hills and see so many of these lamps it looked like a starry night. I learned a lot from these people about surviving tough times and never giving up.
Folks, just a heads up to maintain heat in your home: Cover your window with a shower curtain liner and painters tape. Economical way for those on a fixed income and a lot cheaper than commercial grade plastic.
@@billewilde1 But that blocks out daylight which you need for light and heat. clear plastic sheeting or layers of bubble wrap over windows insulate and allow light to come in.
You can take a box, cut off a piece with one “bend”, so it makes a “V”, cover with aluminum foil, and place it standing nearest to your homemade candle to reflect the light, (thus making the light from candle stronger).
For the crisco jar candle, it works better if you melt the shortening and simply pour it into the jar. Upon cooling, you will have a perfect jar with no air gaps.
One thing to tell people is, if they’re going to be burning their candles in any type of enclosed area to make sure you’ve got adequate ventilation. Also, which may go hand in hand is to make sure your wick(s) aren’t too long, as too long of a wick tends to smoke, whether it be a wax candle or any other type of candle such as your oil or even your butter candle. I lived in the Philippines and learned how to make candles using a small baby food jar, with a hole in the lid just big enough for an all cotton wick and coconut oil. They would thread the wick up through a rolled up piece of thin aluminum and make it extend about an inch above the cap, keeping the jar cool to the touch. It’s actually pretty bright and lasts for hours. They would also glue the jar in the middle of a small square of wood about 5-8” square to make it harder to fall or knock over. Hope this helps someone somewhere.
Be v careful as from lighting lots of candles in a small room it may lead to carbon monoxide poisoning so if u feel dizzy/ headaches then it's time to get air and open the windows
I heard when making candles it really matters the diameter of the candle vs the amount or thickness of wick. If the diameter is big, you'll flood the wick. That's why some candles have more than one wick.
If you use a chisel of wide screwdriver and make an X You can push from the bottom of the lid and make triangular tangs that you can be bent to hold the wick.
What???? you mean you don't???..I buy a couple of packages of tea lights every year..... will actually buy candles in yard sales.. and re-make "votive" candles from the drippings.......No candles aren't considered fashionable.. but you can boil water with them when the power goes out.. and if you can boil.. you can cook..Let me know how that raw steak tastes...
I get the small emergency candles and when we lose power (sometimes for days at a time) they last more than three times longer stuffed in Crisco than they do by themselves. One winter we used them and clay flower pots as heat when my kerosene heater ran out and there wasn't any around to buy. I never would have thought that I'd need to do that some day.
@@kevinrehberg8758 Simple rocket stove made from cinder blocks works better for cooking. A block may crack now and then but how long do you expect to be without power?
Yeah? Guess you’ve never been in Florida with a hurricane coming, you used up all your candles in the last hurricane and absolutely everything you need for survival sold out in less than a day...
Put rubbing alcohol in the bottom of a cut open or tipped upside down soda can, use the flicker of your lighter up close to the alcohol the spark will ignite it 🐿
Get the wind resistant, fireplace or BBQ lighters. I have them all over my house and by our grill outside. I also have battery operated tea candles (I use in jack-o-lanterns for Halloween for grandkids) all over the house, if your not next to light when power goes out.
Ziploc bag filled with water. Use the sun and baggy as a magnifying glass. When you have done that lighters dont matter. I bet my nephew 20 dollars he couldnt. I lost lol. I taught him some when he was young and spent 10 years in the woods. It took all day to get the sun just right
