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If you think that your old candles or your candle wax leftovers are already garbage, then think again. The fact is that you can reuse these candle wax again in many different ways. Here are some great ideas on how to recycle your old or used candles and candle wax.

Melt the wax down and remove the wick, dirt, or any unnecessary substances in it with the use of a strainer. Before melting, be sure that you did not mix up all the colors together; separate them and melt them individually, if you do not want it to result to a dirty brown or gray color.

After the melting process, you can now mold your candle by pouring it into a container to serve as its molder. Place the wick in the middle. You can buy the wick in the market or from a craft store, or you can also make use of old cloths thinly cut and twisted to serve as the candle wick.

From the melted candle wax, you can now be able to create new unique candles. You can even make multicolored candles if you want. If you want a three-layered colored candle, just pour the melts on about one-third of the molder, place the wick in the middle reaching up to the bottom, let it cool, then pour the other one-third of a different colored wax, let it cool, and do the same until the last layer. With those simple steps, you’ll be able to create a personalized, unique, multicolored candle set.

If you do not want to create new candles out of these candle wax scraps, there are other usage for these candles which you may not have heard or tried before.

If you have some sticky drawer slides on your house, you can just make use of these candle wax to make it smoother. Just run the wax over it and you’ll be surprise of the result. This will also work on your defective zippers. Try running the candle wax on it and you’ll see that it really works.

Those were just some tips on how to recycle your old candles and candle wax. Having them in mind, you will be able to save a lot- with the use of these old resources, plus your great imagination.