I worked for Yankee in the US for more than five years...1) If you have an nearly empty jar, refrigerator/freeze it for about 15 minutes and you can get that last inch of candle out more easily so it can be refilled. Use the wax you remove as tarts; 2) please be careful with re-using empty jars--they're really only designed to be used once and are not tempered glass. Keep an eye on any candle rescued this way b/c it *may* (not guaranteed) shatter upon reheating; 3) never fill the candle up to the top, stop at where the jar begins to curve in; 4) the warehouse folks are not particularly happy right now because the company has been taken over several times so they sometimes don't care very much about packing well.
This has happened to one of my candles as well. But...... I just put the entire broken candle in a bag. Hit the jar with a wooden spoon, and broke the remaining glass. Took the candle out with an oven mit. Rinced it off. I then put the candle on a plate.
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Mines was delivered smashed...but i smashed all glass to get it out...so im left with just the candle no glass...How can i get that into another yankee candle with glass...putting it on a plate would that destroy the yankee... I just wish i saw this before i smashed the glass around it
I had a Candle arrive last week cracked & smashed on the jar. In the end I just wrapped the candle in a tote bag & lighty tapped the candle with a small hammer. Took the candle out, cleaned the candle and put the candle in to a new jar!! I did get a replacement Candle too.
I had my partner break the remaining glass and that left the candle in tact .. gave the whole candle a rinse under cold water to remove any glass particles then crumbled the while candle by shaving and chopping .. took a while but quite therapeutic. . then I just spoon the required mount into a burner 😊
Thank you so very, very much for this video! I just finished following your directions for my own broken Yankee Candle and I have it in a clay pot now instead of a broken glass jar. It DID take a while to melt and the wax DID get into the water but everything cleaned up nicely. Thank you again!
Who has time for this Fraf, not only is there a 50% chance the glass will shatter in boiling water, causing even more of a mess for yourself. just wrap it up in cloth, smash it with hammer gently, take huge complete wax out, and chunk it up and put it into a melt warmer or burner. Stronger scent, lasts longer, throw broken glass away, no Fraf.
@@PickThePixie Glass expands and becomes weaker during heating process, it's never a good idea to stick any thin glass into boiling water before or after burning a candle, Glass jars are at their optimum strength when wax is poured in, but once wax is burning and glass has cooled it is less durable, so would crack more easy. not worth the fraf in my opinion.
You are a godsend!! My husband broke one of my candles this morning. Luckily I do still have a few empty jars the same size that I can use. I'm going right now to do this! Thank you so much!
thank you so much. i had bought a very new candle and broke it as soon as i got home. i was so upset but then i found your video and it saved my candle! so, thanks again for making this video :)
Putting the entire jar in a plastic bag and hitting it slightly will release the wax and then melting the entire wax and adding it to other jars evenly. Also adding the wick to just the right size and holding it down with chop sticks or other utensil will releave you from holding it for a long period.
I received The White Company candle in my favourite scent (wild rhubarb) as a gift but it arrived broken. I wanted to do this but the glass was broken too far down so I broke the rest of the glass off using two teaspoons whilst it was still in the original box. I used kitchen tongs to take it out and held the candle over a pyrex jug whilst I poured kettle boiled water over it (in order to remove any little glass particles and rinse it). This melted/ rinsed the candle for about 10secs but I guess in doing so the wax poured over the wick so that when I transferred it to a recycled jar (of the same size and brand so that it fitted perfectly), the wick couldn't set alight. I used a blowdryer to soften the wick for about 45secs and then lit the candle for the first time. Good as new & I didn't have to handle hot wax or buy wicks etc.
The best way is to first carefully break the glass (with gloves and a hammer) and clean the wax and remove splinters with a brush, then scrape off the wax with a sharp knife all the way around the wick and collect the wax - until the remaining block fits into the opening of a large houswarmer. Place it in the middle and then liquefy the scraped off wax (in a water bath bain-marie) and pour it into the glass!
I worked for Yankee. You're right, it should only be filled to the part where the jar begins to curve in -- to the level a store-bought Yankee would be.
I just lined the bottom of the kitchen sink with aluminum foil, put the candle on top of it, and then hit it a few times with a hammer (wearing protective goggles). The large pieces of glass fell off from all around the candle. I then put gloves on and rinsed it off to remove the smaller pieces. It took less than 5 minutes to do.
Put the candle in the freezer for a few hrs and it should come out easily. Then rinse of any small glass w hot water. I just had to do this w 2 broken bath n body candles.
You can call the store, and they will send FREE replacement candles. They do NOT want the broken candles back, so you can reuse the broken, keep a brand new too. *personal experience on an order with broken candles from Bath & Body works* 💛
An even better way to do it, as to not loose scent in the melt down of the original candle is to put a towel over the glass and hit it with a hammer a few times lightly, throw on some working gloves, carefully remove the glass, make sure all glass is off... I usually wipe it down with a rag...then you'll have a big candle, usually you'll loose the wick bc its glued pretty good to the glass... But, what I do is take a screw driver, put it on the candle and hit the top of the screw driver w a hammer to break up the candle. Then, put those pieces into an electric wax warmer. Or, use an old knife and cut up the candle into pieces and again throw the pieces into a wax warmer. I usually have a lot of pieces and crumbs by the time I'm done (I cut it up on a tray or mat of some sort). You can even get a wax warmer at the Dollar Tree (not electric, the ones that you use a tea light to warm the wax on top), so you don't have to buy anything extra. I have a couple electric wax warmer pot of various sizes going 24/7 and will even find people that sell off their broken candles cheap, saves me money and my house always smells good!
Hi Nilla.. Im new to your videos but I just love them and have enjoyed watching many of them. You are so talented and I enjoy watching your DIYs. I love watching your videos on your Yankee Candles.. Im a big candle lover so I gravitate toward candle hauls. I loved watching you advent calendars reviews.. I will be watching more of your wonderful videos. Thanks for demonstrating how to crochet with your fingers.. That is amazing! Take Care and Thank You for your great hauls and videos! xoxo
oh littlexlola I was so sorry to hear that all your bath and body works candles were shattered. That's just awful! I buy my candles from that store myself and love them but its so disappointing and upsetting when they come all shattered and broken!
you said the wax that was above the cracked part would not be usable? Of course it is. It will melt into the water, but when the water cools down, just scoop up the wax as it hardens....another dish to get wax in would be a bigger pain than scooping up wax in water.
should just put the broken unit into a garbage bag and gove it a good tap to actually break off the already broken glass... would have saved you lots of time, energy and electricity!
I boiled water in a teapot first, poured that water in and then more tap water. The whole coming to a complete boil took me 30 minutes on high on the stove. Then another 20 to melt the wax in my candle.
jonathonxxable Thank you. I managed to peel it off and pop it on to the new jar. My jar was smaller than the original, so I trimmed it slightly. It did begin to peel off the new jar in the corner that I had used to peel it away from the first jar though so this isn't the perfect method! I'm still trying to figure that one out :)
too bad this wont work for me =[ i have 7 bath and body works candles that just came today and were completely shattered and the only glass thats left on them is the glass on the bottom and some shards stuck on the sides of the wax =[
She said she got her money refunded, But did this to also keep and use the broken one as they wouldn't handle the candle as it was damaged, What would she do throw it ? I know that I wouldn't ☺
So this is one of those “Have your cake and eat it too” situations? Better to have the money and try to salvage the broken candle rather than throwing the damaged one away and getting one that’s intact? Interesting point of view.
Debbie Burke if you worked in a business where this happens you would understand a consumer purchased an in tact product and paid good money. Why would she accept something broken?? They tell you they don’t want it back so yes she should get her mo eye and try to fix what she has. What country are you from??
@@endofanage223 break the glass and put the whole candle into another glass vase or something. Not that hard to find one where it fits perfectly. I did it once and it worked perfectly and the candle was the exakt size to fit the vase
Looking for anyone to answer.. I have a candle i purchased from yankee but i want to replace it to fit in my wall mount holder.. can i do this ?? The glass isnt broken but i just want to transfer it from the yankee glass to the wall mount one
