Tobasco Bottle candle

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Recently someone posted a pic of an oil candle made with a tobasco sauce bottle. I have the bottle but am having trouble with the wick.

What wick are you using? Mine keeps falling down inside...

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Can you repost a pic of the candle please?
 
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Found you! I can't seem to find the 1/8 cotton wick anywhere in town. I want to make these as a Christmas project.

Here is the thread.

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Check Ace hardware.

I had to cut it in half but works great. It was really cheap too.

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Charlie
 
I buy the wicks at an Amish store, but they are here, item WK185. I am sure anything would work as long as it fit down the neck. I like these bottles because if they tip over, nothing spills out.

http://www.oillampman.com/Page15.html

If you are going to put them in a tin or something, I always dip the cap in melted wax to seal them so they have no chance of ever coming loose while rattling around. Kind of like to see military water purification tablets bottles used to be.

Make sure you use a small piece of aluminum foil to regulate the size of the flame. A very small hole is all you need and they burn a long time. I never tested the burn time this way, but I did burning them with a large flame, and it lasted about 40 minutes. With a small flame, I would imagine 2 or 3 times that anyway.

Great picture CS. I am not very good with a camera, but you men sure take some beautiful shots of the outdoors, and gear. I do enjoy looking at them.



Burning with large flame.


Burning with foil regulated flame.
 
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Thats neato, but does the bottle not crack from the heat?
 
Fiddleback said:
Thats neato, but does the bottle not crack from the heat?
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I have the same bottle I started with and it has been used at least 20 times or more, and it is fine. They are pretty thick and hold up well.

When I use it outside, I poke a hole in the ground and set it in the hole to keep it from tipping over. Maybe the ground helps suck heat out of it?? I also burned them wide open on the table for test runs, and nothing happened.

I made this mainly for a pouch kit on a knife sheath. Candles never seem to hold up well for me, and candles this small burn very quickly. I wanted to be able to use this with a space blanket if I was ever in need of warmth right now in a wet environment. My thought was to be able to warm up enough with this and a space blanket to be able to build something better after a couple hours or so. Like I said, burning wide open it will last about 40 minutes, but a small flame should last much much longer, and under a space blanket, you loose almost no heat from this candle or yourself.
 
Some of the things thought up on this forum are really amazing and yet sometimes so simple ...... awesome stuff keep the ideas flowing :thumbup:
 
Tabasco Sauce Miniatures here at the original Tabasco website.

I love this idea. I like Multi purpose items that I can make myself. Not a lot here in 'the making' of it but lots of purpose.

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Did anyone say what kind of fuel is used?

Did I see somewhere that someone was using vegetable oil for a lamp similar to this one?
 
Does it have to be EVOO?

I got some oil at the craft store that burns really clean, it looks clear and almost water like. I also tried some TIKI oil for the back yard torches and that was too sooty. I suppose you could even try Citronella...

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rocketbomb said:
Dang, now I'm going to have to find a use for tobasco sauce. These are just too nifty.
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According to their site, best deal is on a case of 500!

I remember these being leftovers from MRE's. Might check an army surplus store for them and pick up a few. This is a good idea. A lot better than the calcium carbide poppers!:D

Codger
 
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