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tea lights. I'm going to be making my own unscented tea lights for my burners but am not sure if I can use hurricane wax for these and if standard tea light wicks will burn well in this wax. I want a long burning tealight and thought with the high melt point that these would last longer. Any one out there know?

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Well you can use just about anything except hurricane wax. I mean, for all I know it might be possible to make it work but it sounds like a wicking hassle. I haven't heard of anyone using it.

I guess the main thing is that the logic doesn't work. It's the same amount of wax regardless of what kind. It won't magically last longer because it has a high melting point.

Long burn = low rate of consumption = small flame. You can use container wax and make it long burning based on how you wick it, but the longer it burns the less heat it's generating for your burner.

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Thanks Top and Cindy. I see what you're saying Top...I was just thinking the higher the melt point the slower the burn, but then again there was the issue with the wicking. Looks like I'll just use left over pillar wax to make my tea lights with.

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