@@pennynickels5216 I simply followed someone else's video on TH-cam here but she used the roach bait boric acid instead of borax, which isn't safe. I will find that recipe and relay back to you! I'm thinking it was 1 TBS of each in a cup of water soaked over night in a bowl and then left hanging on a clothes hanger to dry over night. I did squeeze out the excess liquid from each wick before hanging to dry.
@@pennynickels5216 Video is titled Candle wicks from Dollar Tree mop by Frugal Free Spirit. She uses 1 cup warm water mixed with 1Tbs table salt and 2 TBS borax. I would NOT use the roach bait as it's not the same chemical compound as borax. 2 very different chemicals.
@@pennynickels5216 you're welcome! I'll be going Live again soon to make these wicks and some Crisco Survival Candles and also making these bam a lamps!
I take candle wicks and hang them in large mason jars. Then I melt crisco in a bowl over a heated pot of water. When the fat melts I pour it into the jars and let it cool. Now no need to worry about the jar being knocked over or the oil evaporating out of the jar. I've also done the same thing with rendered beef fat. Screw on a lid and set on the shelf and they're good for many years for an emergency.
Thanks! Just the answer I was looking for, since i got two can of cheap shorting and was wondering if I could use such. While I do have quite a few regular candles(scented and unscented), it would be nice to have extra light and heat should that emergency arrive.
Don't the same! With crisco and with grease/lard left over from cooking ...but instead of using a candle wick I just used a slim candle and pushed in into the center while the grease was still soft enough....I sprinkled a little salt on top around the wick...not sure why the salt but it was in instructions I read I think. Either way they both work very very well
You can actually put a glass chimney on the candle lantern and it will give off more light. Also, you can wrap some aluminum foil halfway around the back side of the chimney and the light will be reflected into the room and be even brighter.
I'm 76 never knew u can make a candle out of cooking oil thank u going to call my son tell him what I wrote down; thank u going to make me a few so I will have them our winter is right around the corner it is Oct 27th
I have seen candles made with crisco. This is by far the best video i have seen - by giving excellent examples and step by step instructions. Thank you 🙏.
Love this guy. We used thinly braided strips of old cotton tee shirts for wicks when I was younger. We couldn't afford much and wasted nothing. Tried his sandwich - really, really good!
None of these candles work. I've tried four different cotton string and it all burns up to the lid in three to five seconds or as soon as the oil burns out of the cotton. Waste of time
@@Bushwakbill you need a wick, not a string. A wick is braided cotton that has been treated with something to keep it burning longer. It's not a waste of time.
I was raise by my grandparents who made it just fine through depression. We farmed raised animals, gardened, canned, sewed our own clothes, Grandpa was also a master carpenter. The house he built still looks brand new but better; he was so good at designing houses and built several churches at this point are over 100 years old. I my son (Praise the Lord I have help and get to spend time with my grandbaby) and daughter n law and new grandbaby live in. We are turning it back unto self sufficient farm one step at a time. I planted some fruit trees last year and grapes. I grow herbs for herbal remedies, tinctures, teas, salves etc in doors down stairs with grow light. Was built during WW2 so even has a bomb shelter in basement (full basement)
I've noticed with several of the DIY olive oil lamps I made last year, once the level of the oil got to where there was about 1 inch of space from the top of the wick to the top surface of the oil, the flame actively started to die down. With that, I found that I overfilled/designed some of them to take more oil than was necessary. I made my oil lamps similar to the 2nd version created in this video, but I used the flat cotton wicks (with the red stripe) found in the Walmart candle section. I didn't let the newly built lamps sit to wait for the wick to slurp up the oil. I just poured some more oil over the dry wick to saturate it for quicker use. I wrote down how long they lasted on average, but can't find the info at the moment. You will definitely get a small handful of deep winter, long overnight burns. I was surprised. I lean towards using olive oil in these types of candles due to the more minimal flame up/burn the house down factor. I don't worry about using up any expired oil in a hurry anymore since leftover or old oil can be relegated for oil lamp use. If there is an Ollie's closeout store near you, they tend to sell food that is close to expiration, including cooking oils, at a good price. Trimming the wick somewhat before a relight helps to cut down on unwanted smokiness. These lamps don't usually smoke up for me otherwise.
You're correct. Food oils don't travel up a wick more than an inch+ above their fuel level. Too thick. The tall mason jar full of oil and a flame on lid top is a waste of oil. 90% of that oil is holding up the 10% that's burning. If you cut the wick and pull it up, then you're again using the wick an inch or less above the level...till that dries out. The lamp inside the mason jar is best of his ideas. An inch of oil and a two or three inch wick with only one inch above the puddle is ideal. Betty Lamps show this design very well. Shallow flat puddle and a wick sticking out the side.
@@THEGLASSMANSWORLD why? Olive oil is $6 a pint for cheap food grade wesson olive oil. $9 a pint for good stuff...and that's not lamp press olive oil which is hard to find. A pint of alcohol is $2 to $5. Kero is $5 a gal at pump and $6 a pint for people buying it in stores in pretty plastic bottles. It's a fun experiment but hardly a long term cash solution. If you want to burn fat or olive oil get a Betty Lamp.
@@STho205 I mentioned adding the rubbing alcohol because someone said the thicker oils don't wick up so we'll, but they do if you think them out. I have actually been loving my Crisco Survival Candles and used them in our jack o lanterns this year! They burnt all night for 3 nights straight and still halfway full!
@@THEGLASSMANSWORLD it's just sillyness. If kerosene is impossible to get then Olive or Corn oil will be too...and better used for food cooking. If you want to burn veg or animal fat get a betty lamp or make a low wick burner with a jar and a piece of wire
Cooking oil is slow to wick to top if wick so use cheapest oil available as its a thinner viscosity...to offset the smell, add few drops fragrance oil...rather then having open top oil lamp, get a 1" chisel, punch thru jar lid and add 1" genuine lamp wick. Works great been doing it for eons!!
Yeah, I respect what y'all do, (unpackage, smell, reciew)! The first day I open a new snuff, I barely even know if I like some of them. Interesting video
USE A CARBON FELT WICK...(TO MAKE WICK)You can buy flame retardant blankets made from carbon felt for dirt cheap...THEY DON'T BURN UP AND THEY WILL HOLD OIL...cut the blanket into small squares...roll into a tube to use as a wick in whatever size jar you are using...you can use a threaded male connector for pipe fitting to slide your wick tube into, to keep it rolled up...and then put it into jar full of oil...Happy burning and save money from buying wicks...👊❤👊
I read in some thread or post that you can slowly heat your oil with some lavender or essential oils and boil it and let cool completely before using it for your lantern or candle. It's supposed to smell really nice. I have never tried it but I'm determined to give it a shot. Thank you so much 😊
Also check out putting a candle into a cannister of vegetable shortening such as crisco or a generic version of crisco. Lasts much longer and is cheaper in long term.
Very interesting and helpful. Plenty explanation, but not too much, and well filmed (proof that something is well-filmed is that the viewer doesn't even notice--well done!). I was thinking--if one of the only drawbacks of the lantern is a tip-over, I wonder how it would work if you wrapped wire around the top, and suspended the lantern from a cord, chain, or wire, attached to that. In the forest, that might give you a good deal of light, but no chance of a tip-over. I use a UCO candle lantern in the forest (have since my twenties, and am now in my late sixties), but I'm always interested in learning, and I did from you. Thank you.
I use leftover jelly jars with a handle on them. I fill them with lamp oil and use a wick/ceramic wick holder I get from Wal Mart online. Six of them will raise the temp inside my 29' fifth wheel 2 degrees in the dead of winter- does really help. I put the jars inside an old, unused heavy cooking pot that won't get knocked over. Next on my list is a vesta heater. Any help I can give my electric heater cuts the bills (yeah, I pay for the fuel) and I don't have to install a wood stove or cut holes in my roof.
Basically these style of lamp has been around for centuries. The lamp inside the jar is definitely the best option because it can be made to burn brighter and more efficiently with a small easy to do refinement! Simply use about a 1 inch long, 1/8 inch diameter piece of tubing flared a little on one end to pass your wick thru. This will act as an adjustable wick trimmer to keep the burning end of the wick out of the oil and act as a very efficient burn height control giving the both brightest light and keep smoke and soot to a bare minimum.
Ive actually boiled a cup of water for instant coffee using a candle. I placed a similar candle inside a metal canister where the sides were 2 to 3 inches taller than the flame, then placed a small lightweight grill oover it then placed a metal cup filled with water. It took about 10 minutes to boil. The surrounding temperature was in the 70s. I happened to be without electrcity due to a storm. I don't know how well this work in a really cold environment.
Knocking over the latern style lamp isn't particularly hazardous as the spilled oil won't easily ignite due to its high viscosity and temperature threshold - it's not a flammable spirit.
Turrican60 you are right; one reason the military uses kerosene is for the same attribute. Only on western movies can people burn down a barn by throwing a kerosene lantern at it. You can actually extinguish a lit match by tossing it into a small (or large) pail of kerosene. Like cooking oil, they are combustible but not flammable. Their wicks burn, but they do not.
I love your idea, especially the lantern, and I'm grateful that you took the time to produce the content. I've made lots of oil candles using everything from 50 ml whiskey bottles to glass taco sauce bottles. BTW, for those smaller candles I've found that the cotton strings from an industrial mop work great and one mop head will supply you and the next 5 generations of your people with wicks ;
Hi, do you have a link to a photo of your idea, if you did make it, please? I would love to be able to actually see it. To see the loops you made in the wire. English is not my first language and I can't see it in my head and I'd love to be able to store my lanterns because I will just use them occasionally . Thank you very much in advance ☺️
@@gabrielalobatosantos2198 Gabriela, I'm sorry that I don't have a photo to link to. I may be able to explain more simply than I did before. Bend the top of the wire just as it is done in this video. Next bend the lower part of the wire so that it sticks out into the middle of the jar and is a few inches up from the bottom of the jar. Then twist the loop to hold the wick like is in the video and cut the extra wire off. Basically you will just be eliminating the part of the wire that goes to the bottom of the jar. I think it is unnecessary and just prevents the holder from fitting inside the jar when you store it. The hook at the top of the jar holds it very well. I hope that was helpful for you.
@@gabrielalobatosantos2198 Did I explain well enough? It works well and I want you to be able to make it this way because you can close the jar and just have it waiting for an emergency.
I always wanted to try this. I saw a video before where they used the liquid from a glowstick. It was called like the unlimited never end candle or something. But my first time trying I would rather be outside. 👍🙏
This is a GREAT video, Sir! Back to the basics is where we are headed anyhow, so with that being said, I will be surprised if you don't get 5 million hits withing three days. 😃
I crochet my wicks as well, single stitch, 100% cotton yarn, about 5-6in long. I just trim the wick after each burn session. They work great! I have several lantern style around the house. I use Extra Virgin Olive Oil and I have some olive oil blend with sunflower oil. Both burn for hours. You have to have the wick low to not smoke. It still puts out a decent amount of light even with the wick low. I get over 8 hours per fill!
I love these! Thanks for sharing the ideas and instructions. I have to wonder, though, if you made a flat, rounded coil on the wire, to set flat on the bottom of the jar, if it would be more sturdy and centered.
Can you do a video on how you clean the soot from the mason jar after building the lantern style? I’ve used baking soda, vinegar, dawn dish soap, etc all of which kinda worked but took forever and required a lot of labor.
Try a generic brand of the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. I buy the dollar store ones. Some people buy that foam type material at a fabric shop, then cut it to their desired sizes.
For all the people asking about "Crisco" - I have no experience - but I saw a comment once from someone who had lived in a war zone. They used "Crisco" lights for weeks or months. He said it turned the walls black and also turns the insides of your lungs black. Not sure if they used the actual Crisco brand or something like Crisco. Just passing that comment on.
I would think that the none traditional lamp would blacken the glass over time. Have you experienced this? I have some old oil that expired that I will definitely make some with. Great idea
Yeah you might want to rethink this, because most mason jars are not tempered to absorb heat for long periods of time, so be aware that the jar might crack or shatter while lit, spilling flamable oil everywhere.
We used mason jar lamps back in the 70’s…However, instead of the lighted wick being way too close to the lid, we made a 1-inch long tube made from sardine can, fixed it to the lid itself, then feed the wick through it - it is safe way considering we used kerosene…
Seen these before but the wire wick holder was a spring in the shape of a Circular Cone.. small at the tip to hold the wick but as it circles down it got larger around to set flat and stable
Good stuff, I’m making many of these for myself & gifts. I have a huge supply of mason jars to use. Have you ever had a problem with a jar cracking? I put tea candles in some years ago & they all cracked.
I haven't personally had one crack. That seems really odd and a bit worrying that tea lights caused that for you. If you have any concerns with your particular jars, you may want to stick to the candle version.
Tea Lights burn at very High Heat due to Paraffin Wax... Oil Burns at a very Low Heat so Mason Jar use is "Safe" and will not Crack. 🤗 However ... I have never Cracked in more Rage... Than at a Tea Light and Flower Pot "DIY" Heater use Video Ad !!! Anyone else Mad 😠 at these ??? Online : Advert / Infomercial. Dumb Ad : Promo of Flower Pots, a Foil Tray and a few Tea Light... 🙄 To then show a (Geek) College Kid, an Elder Scandi Science Prof, or an AirCraft Engineer, not getting my Flight off on time ! Not... All ending up ... Stating : ..... I've cracked the Heating Crisis..... : Buy this stupid Plug Dinky Heater ! 👀💥 No you Muppets ! ...Go and Steal someone else's hard earned $$$$$'s. Get stuffed. TH-cam : Do your Duty and Ban this Crooked Dangerous Info Commercial !!! 😜 Oil Lamps are fine in a SoS Situation by a knowledge Person ... But never, EVER leave them Unattended !!! Or you have a Fire Hazard !🔥 Definitely not for Kids or Vulnerable Individuals.... Just saying. 🤔 Here in UK Cooking Oil is so Expensive, re Ukraine Crisis. (Olive Oil is way way to Costly to Buy Re: to Eat, or Cook with, let alone Burn via a Wick ! ) It's a Bag of cheaper budget Store Tea Lights, in a budget Op-Shop Stoneware Dish, (Heatproof) if Blackouts happen. (National Grid Electric Power gets turned Off? ?!?) Back to the Middle Ages ! 😳 I'll just ask my Hive for a little bit of Beeswax. 🐝 Beeswax Burns Cleanly, for a long time, and doesn't soot or Smoke. And it Smells lovely. 🤗
Have not tried the flower pot heaters but I am going to make more tin can tea candle heaters for Christmas presents. Those are safe. Make a design on the cans.
Hey, Great Lakes, I know you said that you could use used oil for these lights, but I was wondering if this would be a good way to use the oil that, although it has not been used, was passed its "best-by" date rather than simply throwing it out. What do you think?
Absolutely! If the oil is decades old, the fats may have broken down so much that it's not especially flammable anymore. But short of that, expired oil could definitely be used for this.
Your saying cooking oil but that's pretty vague. I tried this cheap cooking olive oil buy I think it's too thick. Then again I tried using a piece of cotton mophead . I also tried a strip of cotton t-shirt. It would only stay lit for a minute or 2 and both just burned up and snuffed out. Do you think it would be a good idea to try a thinner oil, fill it up all the way? Do you think it's my wick or oil‽ I have a tiny bit of canola?
I made my own wick, out of cotton thread but I found myself having to pull it out too frequently, it was very uncomfortable. My husband got me some candle wick and I'm going to try, I don't know if it's too thin . I'm going to try to make the lantern. Hope I can figure it out before día de muertos because I want them for my altar on November 2nd
Canning jars can handle a lot of heat, they get boiled for 20 mins when being sterilized before canning ,then in a very hot temperature in a pressure cooker.
For permanent light you suggest the jar without cover ?with the cover jar you have to pull the cotton often.for the open jar are any risk of fire?I notice that in your version of open jar it s more more smoke...
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I got my cotton wicks from a $1 Mop from Dollar Tree! I treated them by soaking in salt and borax for longer burning wicks.
Please tell me hoe to soak the wicks please
@@pennynickels5216 I simply followed someone else's video on TH-cam here but she used the roach bait boric acid instead of borax, which isn't safe. I will find that recipe and relay back to you! I'm thinking it was 1 TBS of each in a cup of water soaked over night in a bowl and then left hanging on a clothes hanger to dry over night. I did squeeze out the excess liquid from each wick before hanging to dry.
@@pennynickels5216 Video is titled Candle wicks from Dollar Tree mop by Frugal Free Spirit. She uses 1 cup warm water mixed with 1Tbs table salt and 2 TBS borax. I would NOT use the roach bait as it's not the same chemical compound as borax. 2 very different chemicals.
@@THEGLASSMANSWORLD thanks. I'm excited to try this.
@@pennynickels5216 you're welcome! I'll be going Live again soon to make these wicks and some Crisco Survival Candles and also making these bam a lamps!
I take candle wicks and hang them in large mason jars. Then I melt crisco in a bowl over a heated pot of water. When the fat melts I pour it into the jars and let it cool. Now no need to worry about the jar being knocked over or the oil evaporating out of the jar. I've also done the same thing with rendered beef fat. Screw on a lid and set on the shelf and they're good for many years for an emergency.
Thanks! Just the answer I was looking for, since i got two can of cheap shorting and was wondering if I could use such. While I do have quite a few regular candles(scented and unscented), it would be nice to have extra light and heat should that emergency arrive.
Great suggestion... thank you! 😃
Don't the same! With crisco and with grease/lard left over from cooking ...but instead of using a candle wick I just used a slim candle and pushed in into the center while the grease was still soft enough....I sprinkled a little salt on top around the wick...not sure why the salt but it was in instructions I read I think. Either way they both work very very well
So if it's rendered it doesn't get rsncid?
@@suewilkinson5855 Not that I've seen but I don't intend to eat it anyway.
Commercial mop bottoms for wiping up floors are excellent wicks. They are made of cotton and perfect thickness. Awesome video
The use of mirrors behind these homemade lights is great.
You can actually put a glass chimney on the candle lantern and it will give off more light. Also, you can wrap some aluminum foil halfway around the back side of the chimney and the light will be reflected into the room and be even brighter.
Wow! Thanks!
I'm 76 never knew u can make a candle out of cooking oil thank u going to call my son tell him what I wrote down; thank u going to make me a few so I will have them our winter is right around the corner it is Oct 27th
Or a mirror for reflection
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forgive my ignorance, but what’s a glass chimney? and where can you get one?
I have seen candles made with crisco. This is by far the best video i have seen - by giving excellent examples and step by step instructions. Thank you 🙏.
Love this guy. We used thinly braided strips of old cotton tee shirts for wicks when I was younger. We couldn't afford much and wasted nothing. Tried his sandwich - really, really good!
None of these candles work. I've tried four different cotton string and it all burns up to the lid in three to five seconds or as soon as the oil burns out of the cotton. Waste of time
@@Bushwakbill you need a wick, not a string. A wick is braided cotton that has been treated with something to keep it burning longer. It's not a waste of time.
@@Bushwakbillreading is fundamental
I was raise by my grandparents who made it just fine through depression. We farmed raised animals, gardened, canned, sewed our own clothes, Grandpa was also a master carpenter. The house he built still looks brand new but better; he was so good at designing houses and built several churches at this point are over 100 years old. I my son (Praise the Lord I have help and get to spend time with my grandbaby) and daughter n law and new grandbaby live in. We are turning it back unto self sufficient farm one step at a time. I planted some fruit trees last year and grapes. I grow herbs for herbal remedies, tinctures, teas, salves etc in doors down stairs with grow light. Was built during WW2 so even has a bomb shelter in basement (full basement)
I've noticed with several of the DIY olive oil lamps I made last year, once the level of the oil got to where there was about 1 inch of space from the top of the wick to the top surface of the oil, the flame actively started to die down.
With that, I found that I overfilled/designed some of them to take more oil than was necessary.
I made my oil lamps similar to the 2nd version created in this video, but I used the flat cotton wicks (with the red stripe) found in the Walmart candle section.
I didn't let the newly built lamps sit to wait for the wick to slurp up the oil. I just poured some more oil over the dry wick to saturate it for quicker use.
I wrote down how long they lasted on average, but can't find the info at the moment. You will definitely get a small handful of deep winter, long overnight burns. I was surprised.
I lean towards using olive oil in these types of candles due to the more minimal flame up/burn the house down factor.
I don't worry about using up any expired oil in a hurry anymore since leftover or old oil can be relegated for oil lamp use.
If there is an Ollie's closeout store near you, they tend to sell food that is close to expiration, including cooking oils, at a good price.
Trimming the wick somewhat before a relight helps to cut down on unwanted smokiness. These lamps don't usually smoke up for me otherwise.
You're correct. Food oils don't travel up a wick more than an inch+ above their fuel level. Too thick. The tall mason jar full of oil and a flame on lid top is a waste of oil. 90% of that oil is holding up the 10% that's burning.
If you cut the wick and pull it up, then you're again using the wick an inch or less above the level...till that dries out.
The lamp inside the mason jar is best of his ideas. An inch of oil and a two or three inch wick with only one inch above the puddle is ideal.
Betty Lamps show this design very well. Shallow flat puddle and a wick sticking out the side.
@@STho205 You can mix some rubbing alcohol with oil to thin it out
@@THEGLASSMANSWORLD why? Olive oil is $6 a pint for cheap food grade wesson olive oil. $9 a pint for good stuff...and that's not lamp press olive oil which is hard to find.
A pint of alcohol is $2 to $5.
Kero is $5 a gal at pump and $6 a pint for people buying it in stores in pretty plastic bottles.
It's a fun experiment but hardly a long term cash solution. If you want to burn fat or olive oil get a Betty Lamp.
@@STho205 I mentioned adding the rubbing alcohol because someone said the thicker oils don't wick up so we'll, but they do if you think them out. I have actually been loving my Crisco Survival Candles and used them in our jack o lanterns this year! They burnt all night for 3 nights straight and still halfway full!
@@THEGLASSMANSWORLD it's just sillyness. If kerosene is impossible to get then Olive or Corn oil will be too...and better used for food cooking.
If you want to burn veg or animal fat get a betty lamp or make a low wick burner with a jar and a piece of wire
I plan to make the lamp type one in a Mason jar with handle just to make it easier to carry one around. Thanks for the video.
Cooking oil is slow to wick to top if wick so use cheapest oil available as its a thinner viscosity...to offset the smell, add few drops fragrance oil...rather then having open top oil lamp, get a 1" chisel, punch thru jar lid and add 1" genuine lamp wick. Works great been doing it for eons!!
Vegetable Oil, Canola Oil?
Going to try this! Going to dollar store and get me some mop heads! Thanks for that suggestion!
Me too 😝
Yeah, I respect what y'all do, (unpackage, smell, reciew)! The first day I open a new snuff, I barely even know if I like some of them. Interesting video
USE A CARBON FELT WICK...(TO MAKE WICK)You can buy flame retardant blankets made from carbon felt for dirt cheap...THEY DON'T BURN UP AND THEY WILL HOLD OIL...cut the blanket into small squares...roll into a tube to use as a wick in whatever size jar you are using...you can use a threaded male connector for pipe fitting to slide your wick tube into, to keep it rolled up...and then put it into jar full of oil...Happy burning and save money from buying wicks...👊❤👊
I read in some thread or post that you can slowly heat your oil with some lavender or essential oils and boil it and let cool completely before using it for your lantern or candle. It's supposed to smell really nice. I have never tried it but I'm determined to give it a shot. Thank you so much 😊
Boiling oil? Are you sure? That sounds dangerous because I had a friend who started a kitchen fire trying to boil oil. Heat it yes, but boiling?
@@MHus-bv3kx yes. It was supposed to bubble. It does seem dangerous. But you were supposed to, like I said, slowly heat it.
why would you have to heat the oil? just adding lavender essential oil should make it smell good, no?
Why can't you add scented oils to a cold cooking oil ?
One of the best videos I have ever watched. Great details, clean and simple. Good job!
Thank you, I appreciate that!
That's exactly right!
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What different kinds of oil work and how well different ones work and how long they last.
Thanks for the info!
Also check out putting a candle into a cannister of vegetable shortening such as crisco or a generic version of crisco. Lasts much longer and is cheaper in long term.
Very interesting and helpful. Plenty explanation, but not too much, and well filmed (proof that something is well-filmed is that the viewer doesn't even notice--well done!). I was thinking--if one of the only drawbacks of the lantern is a tip-over, I wonder how it would work if you wrapped wire around the top, and suspended the lantern from a cord, chain, or wire, attached to that. In the forest, that might give you a good deal of light, but no chance of a tip-over. I use a UCO candle lantern in the forest (have since my twenties, and am now in my late sixties), but I'm always interested in learning, and I did from you. Thank you.
That was cool and now I can use old cooking oil so double win , thank you so much
This is a great use for some cooking oil of mine that has gone rancid.
I use leftover jelly jars with a handle on them. I fill them with lamp oil and use a wick/ceramic wick holder I get from Wal Mart online. Six of them will raise the temp inside my 29' fifth wheel 2 degrees in the dead of winter- does really help. I put the jars inside an old, unused heavy cooking pot that won't get knocked over. Next on my list is a vesta heater. Any help I can give my electric heater cuts the bills (yeah, I pay for the fuel) and I don't have to install a wood stove or cut holes in my roof.
Basically these style of lamp has been around for centuries. The lamp inside the jar is definitely the best option because it can be made to burn brighter and more efficiently with a small easy to do refinement! Simply use about a 1 inch long, 1/8 inch diameter piece of tubing flared a little on one end to pass your wick thru. This will act as an adjustable wick trimmer to keep the burning end of the wick out of the oil and act as a very efficient burn height control giving the both brightest light and keep smoke and soot to a bare minimum.
We did this back when my family was going thru real hard time back in the late 80's..
Can’t make a cheaper one. Good show. Prep it to the roof! Paul J.
Thanks Paul!
Sitting a candle or tea light on top of a mirror will also increase your light area.
Great idea!!!
@@DorisPeacock-wo1jx I sit my candles in a bowl with water to almost covering be amazed how much longer candles last
Ive actually boiled a cup of water for instant coffee using a candle. I placed a similar candle inside a metal canister where the sides were 2 to 3 inches taller than the flame, then placed a small lightweight grill oover it then placed a metal cup filled with water. It took about 10 minutes to boil. The surrounding temperature was in the 70s. I happened to be without electrcity due to a storm. I don't know how well this work in a really cold environment.
So a woman after my own heart…priorities!
Was the metal canister a soup can? Thanks.
@@user-uy8nw9zm6b I used a coffee can. Ace Hardware carries several rather small grills that one could use for backpacking.
@@user-uy8nw9zm6b coffee can and small thin grills from Ace Hardware of the backpacking type. I answered 3 times and only the last reply appeared.
Thanks. Where did you get the metal container from? Was the candle a tea candle size or larger?
Very smart indeed. I cant wait for our next power cut. Thankyou.
Thanks so much for this video!! I'm using mine for arts and crafts, much easier than having to use a lighter while making my flower deco!
Knocking over the latern style lamp isn't particularly hazardous as the spilled oil won't easily ignite due to its high viscosity and temperature threshold - it's not a flammable spirit.
Turrican60 you are right; one reason the military uses kerosene is for the same attribute. Only on western movies can people burn down a barn by throwing a kerosene lantern at it. You can actually extinguish a lit match by tossing it into a small (or large) pail of kerosene. Like cooking oil, they are combustible but not flammable. Their wicks burn, but they do not.
Like the Phoenix or Iftit!
I love your idea, especially the lantern, and I'm grateful that you took the time to produce the content. I've made lots of oil candles using everything from 50 ml whiskey bottles to glass taco sauce bottles. BTW, for those smaller candles I've found that the cotton strings from an industrial mop work great and one mop head will supply you and the next 5 generations of your people with wicks ;
Hi, do you have a link to a photo of your idea, if you did make it, please?
I would love to be able to actually see it. To see the loops you made in the wire. English is not my first language and I can't see it in my head and I'd love to be able to store my lanterns because I will just use them occasionally . Thank you very much in advance ☺️
@@gabrielalobatosantos2198 Gabriela, I'm sorry that I don't have a photo to link to. I may be able to explain more simply than I did before. Bend the top of the wire just as it is done in this video. Next bend the lower part of the wire so that it sticks out into the middle of the jar and is a few inches up from the bottom of the jar. Then twist the loop to hold the wick like is in the video and cut the extra wire off. Basically you will just be eliminating the part of the wire that goes to the bottom of the jar. I think it is unnecessary and just prevents the holder from fitting inside the jar when you store it. The hook at the top of the jar holds it very well. I hope that was helpful for you.
@@mrhalfstep yes ☺️ thank you!!
@@gabrielalobatosantos2198 Did I explain well enough? It works well and I want you to be able to make it this way because you can close the jar and just have it waiting for an emergency.
@@mrhalfstep yes, I think so. I could "see it" a bit more clearly 🙏🏼 I appreciate it
I always wanted to try this. I saw a video before where they used the liquid from a glowstick. It was called like the unlimited never end candle or something. But my first time trying I would rather be outside. 👍🙏
Thanks from a UK pensioner.❤
I keep watching these vids I'll be off into the sunset not needing much of anything lol ❤❤❤❤❤
This video is good. I made one while listening to you. Thank you!
Another great video. Thank you. Going to make a few of these with my little grandchildren.
Thank you, Elizabeth.
Do you have to keep pulling the wick up? Does it not just burn down to the level of the oil and burn itself out?
Thank you for sharing this great project. Will be making multiples for storage as well.
This is a GREAT video, Sir! Back to the basics is where we are headed anyhow, so with that being said, I will be surprised if you don't get 5 million hits withing three days. 😃
Thanks Robert. I'm not so sure about that 5 million, but I appreciate it!
Hello there I like your presentation . I like the lantern style it can can give you wind protection
Thanks Richard, I appreciate it
Wow 😲 thanks for sharing this!! Really neat. I'm going to try to make it.
I have a bunch of these around the house, gotta adjust the wick every 2 minutes though
Very nicely explained 👍🏼
So, I am crocheting wicks, sitting around at night, single stitch, we will see how it works
How’s it working out?
I crochet my wicks as well, single stitch, 100% cotton yarn, about 5-6in long. I just trim the wick after each burn session. They work great! I have several lantern style around the house. I use Extra Virgin Olive Oil and I have some olive oil blend with sunflower oil. Both burn for hours. You have to have the wick low to not smoke. It still puts out a decent amount of light even with the wick low. I get over 8 hours per fill!
Crochet wicks - brilliant.
Can you use vegetable oil?
@@June-tb4vi yes you can but for me, it doesn’t burn as long as olive oil does.
I love these! Thanks for sharing the ideas and instructions. I have to wonder, though, if you made a flat, rounded coil on the wire, to set flat on the bottom of the jar, if it would be more sturdy and centered.
My same thought....just spiral the wire upwards and towards the center.
Thanks both my boys in scouts..great Dad kids project. If mama let's us steal a couple of canning jars😆
That is so utterly cool! I am going to do this very soon ! Great upload!
Can you do a video on how you clean the soot from the mason jar after building the lantern style? I’ve used baking soda, vinegar, dawn dish soap, etc all of which kinda worked but took forever and required a lot of labor.
You might try oven cleaner I haven't tried it just a thought
Try a generic brand of the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. I buy the dollar store ones. Some people buy that foam type material at a fabric shop, then cut it to their desired sizes.
Too Good brother. God bless
Great way to recycle used lids!
Used cooking oil works. I have access to used cooking oil.
Great video! You're a really good and detailed teacher.
Thanks Stacy!
Good use of old oil.
For all the people asking about "Crisco" - I have no experience - but I saw a comment once from someone who had lived in a war zone. They used "Crisco" lights for weeks or months. He said it turned the walls black and also turns the insides of your lungs black. Not sure if they used the actual Crisco brand or something like Crisco. Just passing that comment on.
Cut a carbon plumbers soldering mat in 1/4 inch strips for wicks. They last forever.
Very good idea. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for the upload
I love stuff like this home made
How many hours do the lantern and candle burn?
I would think that the none traditional lamp would blacken the glass over time. Have you experienced this? I have some old oil that expired that I will definitely make some with. Great idea
Thanks,great advice and easy to follow. Thanks
Cool man , I'm going to build one
Great video. Thanks for sharing!
This is so awesome thanks Brad for your great ideas and instead of one I made three and is so much better 💋💯
Tnx,you should mention the lantern style will make the glass quite hot and could cause quite the accident if dropped.
Yeah you might want to rethink this, because most mason jars are not tempered to absorb heat for long periods of time, so be aware that the jar might crack or shatter while lit, spilling flamable oil everywhere.
That's why you'd want to use canning jars. They are heat tempered.
@@JaneH3675 mason jars are canning jars
These jars are created for high heat and pressure. That candle is not going to create that much heat...
A can from tomatoes or something might work too.
I just cup my hand to hold the oil and pinch the wick in my fingers and use it like that.
Thank you, very informative and much appreciated
Excellent
We used mason jar lamps back in the 70’s…However, instead of the lighted wick being way too close to the lid, we made a 1-inch long tube made from sardine can, fixed it to the lid itself, then feed the wick through it - it is safe way considering we used kerosene…
Awesome, thank you so much!
Hay thanks great explaining I will try this
Just found your utube channel
This is another reason to save your old jar lids
Seen these before but the wire wick holder was a spring in the shape of a Circular Cone.. small at the tip to hold the wick but as it circles down it got larger around to set flat and stable
Thanks for the tips.
Good stuff, I’m making many of these for myself & gifts. I have a huge supply of mason jars to use. Have you ever had a problem with a jar cracking? I put tea candles in some years ago & they all cracked.
I haven't personally had one crack. That seems really odd and a bit worrying that tea lights caused that for you. If you have any concerns with your particular jars, you may want to stick to the candle version.
Tea Lights burn at very High Heat due to Paraffin Wax...
Oil Burns at a very Low Heat so Mason Jar use is "Safe" and will not Crack. 🤗
However ... I have never Cracked in more Rage...
Than at a Tea Light and Flower Pot "DIY" Heater use Video Ad !!!
Anyone else Mad 😠 at these ???
Online : Advert / Infomercial.
Dumb Ad : Promo of Flower Pots, a Foil Tray and a few Tea Light... 🙄
To then show a (Geek) College Kid, an Elder Scandi Science Prof, or an AirCraft Engineer, not getting my Flight off on time ! Not...
All ending up ... Stating :
..... I've cracked the Heating Crisis..... : Buy this stupid Plug Dinky Heater ! 👀💥
No you Muppets ! ...Go and Steal someone else's hard earned $$$$$'s. Get stuffed.
TH-cam : Do your Duty and Ban this Crooked Dangerous Info Commercial !!! 😜
Oil Lamps are fine in a SoS Situation by a knowledge Person ...
But never, EVER leave them Unattended !!! Or you have a Fire Hazard !🔥
Definitely not for Kids or Vulnerable Individuals....
Just saying. 🤔
Here in UK Cooking Oil is so Expensive, re Ukraine Crisis. (Olive Oil is way way to Costly to Buy Re: to Eat, or Cook with, let alone Burn via a Wick ! )
It's a Bag of cheaper budget Store Tea Lights, in a budget Op-Shop Stoneware Dish, (Heatproof) if Blackouts happen. (National Grid Electric Power gets turned Off? ?!?)
Back to the Middle Ages ! 😳
I'll just ask my Hive for a little bit of Beeswax. 🐝
Beeswax Burns Cleanly, for a long time, and doesn't soot or Smoke. And it Smells lovely. 🤗
Have not tried the flower pot heaters but I am going to make more tin can tea candle heaters for Christmas presents. Those are safe. Make a design on the cans.
Hey, Great Lakes, I know you said that you could use used oil for these lights, but I was wondering if this would be a good way to use the oil that, although it has not been used, was passed its "best-by" date rather than simply throwing it out. What do you think?
Absolutely! If the oil is decades old, the fats may have broken down so much that it's not especially flammable anymore. But short of that, expired oil could definitely be used for this.
@@GreatLakesPrepping Excellent! Thanks, Great Lakes!
You can put a globe on the candle one..
How many hours it last the candle type and lamp type? Thanks for the info.
Re the first lantern, how long can you leave the wick burning? Do you have to pull the qick up to keep it burning?
Noce. I prefer the Candle style. Burns Cleaner and less smoke
Can use tiki torches with used vegetable pil too...some have adjustle wicks
I wonder if a common hurricane lamp top would fit over the jar with the open flame&lid????
Amazing 👏👏👏❤
Lantern gives off a lot of smoke 👍
My only concern is the soot burning in your video. Was your wick too long?
the lantern seems to be very smokey..thanks 4 upload gonna ..make a few ..
Have you ever mixed denatured alcohol with the veg oil to reduce smoke
Your saying cooking oil but that's pretty vague. I tried this cheap cooking olive oil buy I think it's too thick. Then again I tried using a piece of cotton mophead . I also tried a strip of cotton t-shirt. It would only stay lit for a minute or 2 and both just burned up and snuffed out. Do you think it would be a good idea to try a thinner oil, fill it up all the way? Do you think it's my wick or oil‽ I have a tiny bit of canola?
Hello Great Lakes Prepp how long can you have these lite .. and before the jar cracks ...
How long will the candle style burn before you need pull more wick out?
I made my own wick, out of cotton thread but I found myself having to pull it out too frequently, it was very uncomfortable. My husband got me some candle wick and I'm going to try, I don't know if it's too thin . I'm going to try to make the lantern. Hope I can figure it out before día de muertos because I want them for my altar on November 2nd
Have you ever tried using a floating wick?
I'm using the left one with my filteren old oil to make marshmallows
What brand cordage did you use? Does the oil go ino the air? Thank you.
They are both cool. Lantern style seems like it would get really hot and break jar?? Could we use old candle jars?? Thank you 😁😁
Canning jars can handle a lot of heat, they get boiled for 20 mins when being sterilized before canning ,then in a very hot temperature in a pressure cooker.
Ty for making this vid. Valuable info!!
Good lookin out!
I'm from the oil lamp erea 1940s, shorter wick will give less soot smoke ,
How long does a full jar last?
You can also use a piece of material cut/torn into a strip.
Thank you for the video.
Very cool!
For permanent light you suggest the jar without cover ?with the cover jar you have to pull the cotton often.for the open jar are any risk of fire?I notice that in your version of open jar it s more more smoke...
I like the lantern version, more light and maybe heat.