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Cleaning candles from votives?

Lisa7310Lisa7310 member
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What is the best method to get old, melted candles out of votives? I have a ton of votives that I would like to reuse for our reception, but found that it is a pain to get the candle out of the votive to replace with a new one. Does anyone have any tips that are quick and easy to clean them? TIA!
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    mordaciousmordacious
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    edited December 2011
    Freeze them and they should pop right out with the help of a butter knife.
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    emarston1emarston1 member
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    edited December 2011
    The freezer trick didn't really work all that well for me since I had substantial amounts left in votives I bought from another knottie. 

    So I found that letting the candle burn for a few minutes (so the wax softens) worked the best.  That way you could just pull the entire candle out, almost like taffy.
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    sunkissed212sunkissed212 member
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    edited December 2011

    I bought about 150 votive holders from another knottie that still had varying amounts of candle left in them. I froze them overnight and then just popped out the candle by either tapping it on the counter until it popped out or (some of them) I helped the candle out with a butter knife. 

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    klreese0213klreese0213 member
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    edited December 2011
    i worked in a candle gift shop for 3 1/2 years.. the method we always used was running hot water in the jar/glass/candle holder/(whatever the candle is in), let it run for about a min or so... then take a spoon and kinda scoop it out. Then to clean the holder, if it's glass, use windex
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