Just finished another tin of Cinnamon Mints (not sure if that's the right name, but imagine Altoid mints, but cinnamon flavour...same tin, but different branding).
I planned to make it into another tin candle. But then realised there are probably a load of people on the forum that have not seen these.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Mint-Tin-Candle/
There is also the same style of thing where you have the tin filled with corrugated cardboard and the wax dripped through the gaps to make the same tin sized candle.
Just transported me back to my grandfathers smallholding S he had something pretty much the same neat idea for the bob.'
(27 October 2013, 19:59)Straight Shooter Wrote: [ -> ]Just transported me back to my grandfathers smallholding S he had something pretty much the same neat idea for the bob.'
They're small, light, multi-use, and refillable. Best of all, they're so easy to make and store.
Once you've burned one out, you have a nice small tin for other bits.
great link and very good ideal cheap and easy to do will be making up some
I put 4 wicks in the last one I made. I wanted to see if I could use it for boiling water as well as lighting. It got water hot enough to make a coffee or for Bovril, but not really hot enough for a cup soup.
(27 October 2013, 23:36)TOF Wrote: [ -> ]I put 4 wicks in the last one I made. I wanted to see if I could use it for boiling water as well as lighting. It got water hot enough to make a coffee or for Bovril, but not really hot enough for a cup soup.
Good to know.
How long did you leave it to heat up for the coffee? Did you leave it until it burned out? If so, how long did it burn for?
It took about 5 minutes or so to heat a cup of water, but it could have been longer, I didn't really take notice, just stuck my finger in from time to time until it hurt! LOL. Again, I can't really tell you how long it burned for exactly, but I used it each night on a 3 night camping trip and it's not finished yet, but I only had a couple of wicks lit for light. It's a very good tent warmer too if you're careful.
Tesco's and Asda sell these things by the bagful and cheap too.