Expert: Neecie - 1/10/2007

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I use candles in my church arrangement.  People donate candles for me to use but alot of time the pilars are broken.  Do you know of any way of fixing them so that they are useable?  Thank you for your time.
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Hi Karen,
I'm not sure how your pillar candles are broken. Can you please explain a little more? Are they completely broken in half? Or is it that there is no wick?  Please be as specific as you can. Once I have a little information, I hope I can help you. The candles are just broke in the middle of the candle. Thank you

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Karen,
The only thing I can think of is remelting the candles down and starting from scratch. However, you'd need to invest in wicks and molds. It would be a time consuming task at best. Another thought is, instead of having one pillar candle, you now have 2 short pillar candles. Take an old frying pan, one that you wont want to use again. Take your short pillars and level them off in the fry pan. You can do this on your stove stop. Take your old pan and turn the stove on low heat. Put the candle in the pan and you'll see the bottom start to melt a bit. Continue to do this until the candle is level. Just be safe in doing this, and maintain a low temperature on your stove.