Lard Based Candles?

We’ve been accumulating a massive amount of pork fat over the last couple years, I know I said that little freezer was full of it… well it is and I found about 100lbs between 2 other freezers… and to be blunt we can only eat so much lard in our 2 person house hold, and so far it just doesn’t sell, but I refuse to let any part of our animals I have control over go to waste.
So here’s one of three solutions we are working on: Lard based candles!
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[@suewilkinson5855]

I also have lots of lard and started using it for lamps. The lard becomes too soft with string/fiber wicks; dropping in a twist of cotton also didn't work for me. The magic solution was a floating wick: fold aluminum foil into a square and bend the corners upward a little. Make a little hole in the center to run a wick through it. Voilà!

[@greenthicketfarm]

We wound up using the wood wicks on later batches and really liked them over the cotton for that very reason! Yours is a great solution!

[@popuphomesteadlivingoffgri8606]

OMG, this video is so helpful! You answered all my questions on lard candles, except what type of wick did you use?

[@greenthicketfarm]

Glad I could help! We had just bought a big spool of the basic candle yarn from Micheals. It worked ok, but it kinda tunneled a bit so we wound up on a follow up batch trying out wood wicks, and those had way less tunneling!

[@toddcaskey9984]

Off topic a little , but I was thinking cuz u have so much lard , I heard that people switch the good lard with a boar that is processed to help combat the taint .

[@greenthicketfarm]

That would be a good use, only issue might be intramuscular fat. But if it worked the tainted fat could just be used for suet cakes! The birds wouldn’t care 😂.

[@anio6865]

How long do they burn for ? And what size ?

[@greenthicketfarm]

@@anio6865 pint jars, 40-65hrs, the higher the bees wax percentage the longer the burn was.

[@coloyikes]

Bla Bla Bla byeeeeeeeeeeee

[@greenthicketfarm]

Yea definitely not one of my better videos, still figuring this whole thing out, But I appreciate the engagement, bye!

[@billymills6646]

don't waste your money, does not work

[@greenthicketfarm]

Ours did, we just needed to find that balance of bees wax as a carrier. Also used wooden wicks on a later batch and really liked that better than the cotton.