Scentaholic Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 HI, I am using the jelly jars with the IGI 4627 wax. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to clean out the jars when the candle is down? I am offering a discount price for refills and want suggestions for the cleaning out process................any help would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fern Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 What I do to clean my jars is...melt the remaining wax with my heat gun until it fully liquified...then pour it onto to a piece of newspaper or a paper plate. Then I wipe out as much residue as I can with a paper towel...but there is usually some that films over as it cools and remains in the container. Next I take a green scrubbie pad and load it with dish detergent and a little water and scrub the rest of it out...rinse and let air dry. This is what works for me. Others put them upside down on a cookie sheet and put them in the oven to melt out the wax. I'm very frugal...I hate to heat up my oven and waste electricity since out electric bills are quite high...that's why I use the heat gun method. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scentaholic Posted September 27, 2005 Author Share Posted September 27, 2005 Thank you Fern for your advise. I will pass that along to my friends. I appreciate your quick response and will go and do that right now with the jars that I got back "dirty". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristinesShower Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 When I used to do beeswax candles, I would put the jars in a shallow pot of water and melt them down. That worked very well and cleaned the jars really good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaybee23 Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Just be careful refilling used jars. Remember these jars have already been exposed to high temperatures, for long periods of time, while the candle was burning. Sometimes subjecting the same jar to the stress of burning a second candle in it is too much and will cause the jar to crack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sudsnwicks Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Just be careful refilling used jars. Remember these jars have already been exposed to high temperatures, for long periods of time, while the candle was burning. Sometimes subjecting the same jar to the stress of burning a second candle in it is too much and will cause the jar to crack. Wow, that is good to know. I was thinking of offering a discount on refills too. Knowing that the jar may not work as well the second time, would you recommend still doing the refills? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaybee23 Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 I thought about that as well, when I first started making candles, but decided against it. So, my own personal preference is no, I would not refill them. I guess it is up to the individual candle maker. But personally, I wouldn't want to take the chance.edited to add: you never know how long of a period of time each person burned the candle. Maybe they were a power burner and subjected the jar to many hours of heat. Maybe they never trimmed the wick and the jar was too hot every time they burned the candle. Just some of the unknown things to think about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sudsnwicks Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 you never know how long of a period of time each person burned the candle. Maybe they were a power burner and subjected the jar to many hours of heat. Maybe they never trimmed the wick and the jar was too hot every time they burned the candle. Just some of the unknown things to think about. I agree. Just because all the instructions are on our label, they may be disobedient and not follow those instructions. I'd like to try and make my candles as idiot proof as possible. So I'm going to reconsider doing those refills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LyndaJ Posted September 28, 2005 Share Posted September 28, 2005 I haven't had any experiences with any of my jars breaking after being used before, but I used to do alot of canning (in my younger years) with the mason jars. I used those jars over and over through the years. Never had a problem with them breaking because of being used before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaybee23 Posted September 28, 2005 Share Posted September 28, 2005 I have had one crack before. So now I mark them on the bottom and save them to reuse for testers, instead of using up all of my new jars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ShellyRobyn Posted September 28, 2005 Share Posted September 28, 2005 I haven't had any experiences with any of my jars breaking after being used before, but I used to do alot of canning (in my younger years) with the mason jars. I used those jars over and over through the years. Never had a problem with them breaking because of being used before.I agree with Lynda. I think "canning" jars are meant to be used again and again at high temps but it's all the others I would be concerned about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scentaholic Posted September 28, 2005 Author Share Posted September 28, 2005 thank you all for your opinions. I only use canning jars and was glad to see that they can be used without fear. I never even thought of breakage though but was relieved to see the note about Mason Jars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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