Also for a wick you can use a kerosene lamp wick or a 5/8" strip of carbon felt and support these with some bare copper which will also transfer heat down into the candle to make them burn a little hotter and burn faster. There are a multitude of things that can be added to the vegetable oil (like candle making hardeners and powdered metals, etc.) that will make the container candle burn up to 1,000°F or hotter if that is needed.
Great idea! The wicks that go in a zippo lighter have tiny bare copper wires woven around them & I just read the insert from my zippo lighter box and it says those wicks should actually last a lifetime, which is crazy but I wonder if the wire has anything to do with that. I guess they are also usually saturated with lighter fluid & aren’t burn constantly. Anyway. Thanks!
If you use tall candles you can leave the shortening solid and simply push the candle into the shortening. No need to melt the shortening or fiddle with wicks.
When welding galvanized metal it emits poisonous gas requiring a respirator. I don't know if a candle gets the metal hot enough for this reaction to occur but I would proceed with caution. Hopefully someone familar with the temperature that galvanized metal emits the poison gas can share their knowledge here.
Get dollar store emergency candles or taper candles dropped in the middle of the semi solid shortening. The idea is to turn the wasted heat of an open candle into radiant heat or infrared heat like some guys do with the tin cans and stainless steel screen. The biggest issue I have with Terra cotta pots is consistent quality. I've had them crack using this type of heater.
If a person happens to raise their own hogs they can render the fat and use it for making candles. I know this doesn't apply to many of us, but I do have family who do just that. Any animal fat can be used, pork fat does not go bad as fast as most others, that's why it is used for lard and can sit on the shelf out of the refrigerator for a prolonged period of time. Lots of "preppers" and hog farmers know that trick. 🙂
If you use candle wick stickers to place your wick into your jars and use a Bobbie pin to hold the wick at the top centered where you want it. Just to make things easier🙂
I was actually looking at metal containers, ideally with lids or even stackable. I saw a 6 gallon trash can with lid that could hold a lot of crisco! To radiate the heat longer, another video talks about using copper to transfer heat to sand. Not having to worry about an unattended flame, a heat sink like that could radiate heat for a while after we blow out the flames and go to bed. I am thinking about a number of ways to mix & match good ideas. I really like the idea of a 3 to 7 gallon long burning crisco candles, in glass containers. Not all glass is created equal, and high temp is an issue. I don't want anything that could break.
gorgeous stove, but most are closer to $25, not $90. And, why he started by calling it propane, idk. if you are prepping for SHTF, there is a huge difference. I now think getting a burner that is dual butane/propane might be best - or just one that uses a 1lb propane tank. because, with a $55 converter set up, the latter can be refilled from a 20lb propane tank, but butane cannot. Depends on what your climate is as to which is best, but I supposed having the option to use either is nice.
What kind of wicks do you use with the crisco candles, and what is the approxment burn time for the quart size candle? Is smoke a problem? I’m planning to make a six quart bucket of sand, copper flashing heater with one quart crisco and want the best information on the wick (wicks) that have been most successful for you and where do you purchase such wicks. This sand heater has impressed me and I thank you for this!
Hey there, I'm new, but I'm enjoying all the different DIY heating methods you've been utilizing! TIP: I make candles, and the way you keep the wicks from falling is to buy the wicks with the stickers for the bottom as one viewer I saw, said, but you must ALSO, take popsicle sticks and make holes in them big enough to slide over the wick and lay the popsicle stick down across the top of the candle, after sliding it down, over the wicks through the hole in the middle that you made in the popsicle stick. Use one popsicle stick for each wick, and just criss-cross them on top of the candle jar. You can order the bags of wicks that come with the stickers and the popsicle sticks with holes in them already, too! I hope I made sense, sometimes I do to myself, but not too much to others, lol.
@debra-qq1np I don't know, but the wicks I buy come with the popsicle sticks with the holes in them. Basically, running the wick through the hole, and laying the popsicle stick across the top of the jar keeps the wick standing up straight.
I liked your video, and I know what you mean, but its carbon monoxide not carbon dioxide you need to worry about. It's understandable people confuse the two all the time.
y think you can put some 8 by 4 stiro form insulation to cover all the sides of the green house in the night easy to put them on the inside will be better on both side will be great.. then you fo not need that much heat...just a idea...
I tried the 3 terra cotta stack-o-pots using walmart shortening. I used 3 wicks per another youtube video, trimmed to 1/2". I had an ample gap at the bottom for intake air.... it started smoking badly initially but after it warmed up it cleared up. I assumed all was good until I came back after about 90 minutes to check it. The greenhouse was totally full of black smoke. I shut er down and haven't revisited using it. I wonder what the problem was 🤔
My interpretation of "mixing up wick types" is: 1) A newer wick vs. an aged, weathered, sunlight stored, 'it was free", wick 2) As in: Different type, different manufacturer or both. It could have been as simple as it was tilted at an angle and as it began its burn, the lard oil suddenly ran and exposed more wick to ignite.i😢
one coment only if you put insylation during the night on the walls is rhat will be better to heat the green house? somthing that you put against the plastic,, only in the night easy to puto and take off...pre cut to sixe,,,
