Fresholi | Melting Pot Café

anyone do candles in these or seen anyone who has?

Umm I know I can daft at times but whats a Weck jar?

One that came off a ship weck? :mwaha:

 :mwaha: canning jars - don't know what they're called over there - they're from Germany.

How do you know what glass or ceramic containers will work for candles? Can you buy regular glasses in your department store for instance? One near us has lovely glasses but I wouldn't know if you could use them for candles and I doubt they would either. 

that's why I'm asking - I was all set to do mine in the Weck jars, figuring a canning jar is suitable - but here you need a certification from the manufacturer that the glass is annealed for use in candles and Weck jars aren't. At least, according to our rep. here. But, just wondering if anyone knows that they in fact are, and the US rep is wrong? Can you tell I really, really want to use those jars?

I always look for quite thick glasses and jars when I make candles. My container candles I use the KEA tumber type jars. I have useda preserving jar bit likea kilner jar for candles but I always do atest candle first.
IE I buy just one to try it out and do my first burn for far longer than the recommended hour more like 4. It serves a number of purposes, one I can check my jar is ok and two I can check my wicking and scent throw.

I use Soy wax which hasa lower melting point than paraffin.

One glass Id never use isa Wine Glass may look pretty but is usually much thinner and Id hate for it to crack and spill oil . or worse still spill with the flame still on it and set everything alight

So it's more down to testing than anything? That's good to know Michelle .. I'm the testing Queen!

It seems that Weck jars are pretty hard to get in the UK, I've been looking this week. There are only 2 or 3 places I've found that sell them and they are really expensive, much more than they are in mainland Europe.

So no help on the candle question but may explain if no one has tried it!

If anyone has found them at a sensible price I'd be grateful for a point in the right direction  :)

Honey - check with your insurance to see if there are any guidelines - if I use a glass that's not certified, I'm pretty sure I'm not covered.

I use the little votive glass jars from ikea for my container candles. that way I know they are candle safe.

In my ongoing search for these jars, I found this...

http://shopterrain.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=ST&Product_Code=WELL-AROM-33-001001&mySearch=weck&mySearchTtlPrds=10&mySearchCrrntPg=1&mySearchTtlPgs=2

So these guys use them for candles.

There are some pretty things here!

I'm with Ian Wallace for my insurance and he said it didn't need to be special glass as long as I had tested the candle and included all the relevant disclaimers. HTH

OT slightly, with the pre waxed & tabbed wicks, what's the point? Just when you pour the hot wax in they melt and fall over, so sort of defeating the purpose.

I've used both wicks, and prefer the non waxed. this is because I use soy wax and the wicks are predipped in paraffin, and when you pour them and this melts, it leaves a shiny puddle in the middle of the soy.