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What is rebatching you say?
It's basically remelting used wax and remaking a candle from it.
I don't know about you but I can't bare to toss away leftover wax from burned out candles ~ fragranced or not. I sort the colors in baggies with the intention of rebatching them into "new" candles. We lose electricity in the winter - sometimes a lot - so candles come in handy and let's face it~ I love candles!
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When I came across not one but 2 boxes of all kinds of wax at a yard sale for 10 cents, I couldn't leave it there. These boxes contained huge hunks of plain wax along with votives without wicks, broken tapers, wax pebbles and more.
I still had my drawer of baggies I hadn't gotten around to use,
so in the Marie Kondo world of decluttering the only joy I was going to get was to use this wax up and have some 2 empty drawers.
I used to make scented candles all the time so I know the correct way but I wasn't making pretty candles (that's a whole other post)
I was making candles for light in case of an electricity outage.
So I was doing it the easy peasy way.
I cut up the wax into small chunks.
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I used my electric candle warmer. Placed a small glass jar on top and placed chunks of plain wax inside along with some colored wax for color.
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Prep your candle jar with a wick
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Go about your business doing your other milion things.
Check back once in a while to see if it's all melted.
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When it is pour it in.
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You can see the layers building up each time some is poured in.
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Add more chunks.
Repeat.
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Keep filling until your jar is full.
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Out of all my wax I made 18 assorted sizes and colors of candles.
Now that's JOY.
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Let there be light!
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