As we quickly approach the zombie apocalypse, these ideas are worth their weight in gold . Im a fan of rocket stoves, alternative heating and other cool useful survival stuff.
Subscribed ; I love how you don’t play annoying music in the background and I can see why, your content is solid and to the point ; no need for annoying music or explaining yourself over and over. Thanks for sharing brother, salute from California 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 Ps: that’s a nice little stove you used. Where do I get one ?
You mean wick's right 👍👌☺️????? Absolutely 🤗😉!!!! But 7 makes a really good pattern with one slightly more substantial in the middle which might light all 7 of them if close enough😊!!!! Excellent idea using metal!!!! Use caution with glass jars but again absolutely!!!!!
@@kimnielsenthewordyvikingett159 - Putting too many burning wicks too close together can cause the whole thing to ignite and start a house or tent fire - and 7 IS excessive.
I see one problem but maybe you can explain: the steel wick lacks the ability to transport wax up from further down. So I assume this candle will only burn properly as long as the height level of the wax is high and the candle close to default. Is that right? Not necessarily a problem if you have enough wax pieces you can add. And great to be independent from regular wick. Cool idea.
With the steel wick, you’re correct that it doesn’t actively pull the wax up like cotton does. However, there’s an interesting effect at play here. Any residual wax left on the steel from previous burns helps to the first ignition. When the steel gets hot from the flame, it melts and vaporizes the wax directly around and below it. This process heats the surrounding wax, and as it melts, it can feed the flame through capillary action at the base of the steel. So, even if the wax level is low, the steel wick keeps working as long as there’s wax under it to melt, and you can always add in more wax pieces to keep it going. Thanks for the thoughtful comment, I’m glad you liked the idea!
@ I see, big thanks for the explanation! So as I understand, the main difference is that while the steel wick stays intact, the point where the flame sits ‚travels‘ downwards just as the wax level within its container does. A cotton wick does the same thing actually, except that it ‚loses‘ its upper sections bit by bit as they a gradually too far away from the wax. Highly interesting, thanks again.
@@IOANCHRIST-GODSTEF Yep,. that should make ot start faster especially initially, since the carbon is the catalyst on this reaction. Theoretically you should be able to use a ceramic pin that is porous too. As long as there is a carbon deposit on the wick it works as a Catalyst to keep the fire going.
i genuinely do not understand purpose of this hack; i mean, "tea light" type of candle works until wax in container is vapoured, no matter what wick you have inside...or, it may be even worse; since metal is better heat conductor, wax in such "hacked" candle should vaporize faster:/
@@7JeTeL7ummm you ADD WAX as it burns.... just like he demonstrates in the video.... Since the wick will never fail, the candle can last forever as ling as you keeo tossing wax chunks in... its an infinite "WICK"
@@7JeTeL7 this is not meant as a straight replacement in your easy life this is a survival trick to use when you burn things like vegetable oil, motor oil and the like because you have no choice but to do so the candle is a demonstration, and snare for the less aware
Hi, Sire, you're a man of GENIUS! Thank you very much! I will make this trick right now, instantly, without deferring any longer! After all, I have all the necessary raw materials now, fortunately!
Hmmm... I think I'm gonna give this a try. Seems really interesting. I use cooking oil instead of wax or whatever material are those candles made of. They say it's wax, I tend to believe they are not. I saw at church that some candles are more expensive and it says wax underneath the price. But cooking oil is much cheaper. At least half the price for getting the same amount of burning time. And you don't have to melt it, stuff like that. And I use it for worming my house during winter. It does do that much. Maybe 1 degree Celsius if you let it burn for a long time. But if you keep it near you, it somewhat feels wormer. Oh, and I also put something on top of the flame so that the smoke doesn't dissipate that much and doesn't turn the walls black that fast. I just put a pot on top, at a certain distance so it doesn't extinguish the flame and it turns black from the smoke. If the pot turns black, it means that the walls don't. At least not that much anyway.
You are correct. Candles sold in stores and marketplaces are usually made of paraffin wax. Genuin wax candles are made of bee wax which is why they are more expensive. Burning paraffin wax is also more unhealthy.
I was thinking the same thing. What if you used the ground part of an old coaxial cable? You could twist it tighter and make a decent metal wick. Also: I wonder if copper gives it different properties?
This will cause the wax to burn faster. The Steel will conduct more heat to the wax below, and it will be vapourised faster. While the wick can be infinite, wax is not. The second issue is that when the majority of wax is used up for example the candle is half or one-third in length. this steel wick's tip will stick out way up far to get the flow of was from below ... so i am guessing it will burn around the wick near the wax's surface and at this point neither light or heat will be of as good output as to be called as a candle.
@@aaronbarthel6509 because it's a good way of using up candles that have tunneled and no longer work but theres loads of wax remaining. Modern life is too wasteful, you get a hole in your socks or jumper, people bin them and buy new; we used to darn the holes closed and not be wasteful, then the millennials invented the word "recycle" and think they are saving the planet lol! No, it's called going BACK to how life used to be!
It has its uses. I do a lot of handmade stuff where what I need is a tiny flame and I don't actually care about the light it provides. It also turns those chunks of parafin of prettier candles that somehow never burn completely into fuel for the workshop's tiny flame (of death :P).
Excellent idea. I know you can start a fire with steel wool and a 9-volt battery touching each other around some wood chips. But this gives me another reason for my steel wool because I do save all the remnants of my wax in a bag from old candles and I suggest anyone else doing that and start now. You could also use Crisco fat or cooking oil but the issue I have with my candles is the wick. So today I'm going to do a test run. Thank you
This is very cool! I'm going to make a few, some for light, and to take Leone's suggestion I'm gonna make some with extra wicks! I appreciate your channel!
I recently made fire starters using, in part, the drippings from my candles. No need to use new ones when the waste from old ones can see new life in these :)
When I will build something like this, I may install 4...6 wicks equally spaced (positioned on imaginary corners of a square ... hexagon). With a few wicks working together, that will be a practical portable heater for water or food.
Have you measured the burn time? Waa thinking that with the metal hot and radiating heat outwards and up vs a cloth wick radiating heat just upwards primarily, that the wax may melt faster. Just wondering.
They should make candles this way! I have a bunch of those little emergency candles. Hey can you do a side by side burn time of the emergency teacup candles one with a regular wick and one with the metal wick? I would like to see that.
Wow !!! This is great if it works. Thanks for your generous sharing. I often have a problem with candle wicks which burn themselves out and become too short to produce a good size flame to heat up my coffee pot. The flame size is so small (due to a short wick) that not enough heat is produced. If your metal wick is one which will never burn itself out, it will stay long and will produce a flame large enough to generate heat. But one question - is there a smell from burning what is essentially metal ? Does it produce any harmful or toxic gas ? That's something of concern.
For science of this, can you make this in transparent container and record it from side ways? I wanna see how it all reacts yk as the steel wick will conduct heat and also the the wax area around will melt. It will be a cool video.
Pure genius!! I am going to make a few of these!! Thank you. You can also use fibreglass cordage but it's more difficult to obtain and expensive compared to this pot scrubber!! 😊👍🏻👍🏻
I've just rebuilt it using old wax scraps: It works perfectly 🕯️👍 Next time I'll try a piece of the old cable from a bicycle gear shift instead of the stainless steel wool🤓
❓️question - what happens when the wax burns down? does the flame get bigger and bigger due to more exposed wick height or does it go out at some point? Have you tried this with olive oil instead of wax? to see if the oil goes up this metal wick?
Great idea. I think the application could be even more useful if this works for oil or lard burners where you can just keep feeding the fuel without worrying about the wick. Candle pieces are fine if you have a lot on hand but that's more about being frugal with what you have which is great. But those crisco long lasting candles would be even better if you can just scoop some into the "candle" as it starts to reduce. Have you tried any other fuels besides wax?
👍👌👏 Oh WOW, simply fantastic! I didn't know that this could work (although I made a lot of candles out of residual wax in my life). Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and health in particular.
Very smart thank you, I will use this for a mini oil burner (olive oil...). Maybe with steel wool pads for the wick, very fine grade for better capillarity (hope it won't burn and degrade like cotton wicks though).
@@michaeldean5787Hi I have tried super fine grade (000) wool pads, it worked very well, the wicks doesn't degrade like cotton wicks do. However for my first attempt I had a big issue with soot: my wicks were way too long and thick. I like the idea of floating wicks, I had never heard of that before, so thank you ! Interesting point with this is that the lenght's wicks will always stay the same while the candle is burning, so better soot control is possible.
@@flolan2thanks for responding! Yes this was always the problem with oil for me - the level would drop and then I would have to mess around with the wick. Years ago I thought about floating wicks but never followed through with it. Recently I had the idea of using sliced wine cork with a hole in the middle. I was thinking of using a bottle cap over the top to protect the cork from burning. After watching this though, I'm thinking of using a tea light wick holder. Good luck with your project!
Guarantee that will work, because the capillary action of the melted wax rises with the heat through the sections of the Scotch Brite sections. Almost like a wick in a lamp. Genius!!!
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As we quickly approach the zombie apocalypse, these ideas are worth their weight in gold . Im a fan of rocket stoves, alternative heating and other cool useful survival stuff.
After the zombie apocalypse there won't be any farms or supermarkets and the no.1 survival tactic will be finding food. But... can we eat the zombies?
@hattmarvey1989 That depends on how fresh they are.
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After further research, it seems that we _can_ eat zombies, but only if they are properly cooked. I guess that's where the rocket stoves come in.
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I always wonder why they play annoying 🎵🎶🎶😢😢😢
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Thanks for sharing brother, salute from California 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Ps: that’s a nice little stove you used. Where do I get one ?
He makes them so look around on his channel he shows how he does it on one of them
You can also buy them at camping shop's
Great idea
I’ve read that putting salt in the wax helps it to last longer too.
This would be a great experiment to do with the kiddies.
Yes it does, but not much saltMoreover it does clean the air with sodium molecules,as in salt lamps :))
Excellent! If you want more heat, you can put 2 or 3 burners in a larger can.
You are right, thank you!
Good idea!
You mean wick's right 👍👌☺️?????
Absolutely 🤗😉!!!!
But 7 makes a really good pattern with one slightly more substantial in the middle which might light all 7 of them if close enough😊!!!!
Excellent idea using metal!!!!
Use caution with glass jars but again absolutely!!!!!
@@kimnielsenthewordyvikingett159 - Putting too many burning wicks too close together can cause the whole thing to ignite and start a house or tent fire - and 7 IS excessive.
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Now that's pretty cool
Thank you!
I've never had an issue with the rate of burn on ordinary candle wicks...however, there is the coolness factor with your approach...🎉😂
I see one problem but maybe you can explain: the steel wick lacks the ability to transport wax up from further down. So I assume this candle will only burn properly as long as the height level of the wax is high and the candle close to default. Is that right? Not necessarily a problem if you have enough wax pieces you can add. And great to be independent from regular wick. Cool idea.
With the steel wick, you’re correct that it doesn’t actively pull the wax up like cotton does. However, there’s an interesting effect at play here. Any residual wax left on the steel from previous burns helps to the first ignition. When the steel gets hot from the flame, it melts and vaporizes the wax directly around and below it. This process heats the surrounding wax, and as it melts, it can feed the flame through capillary action at the base of the steel.
So, even if the wax level is low, the steel wick keeps working as long as there’s wax under it to melt, and you can always add in more wax pieces to keep it going. Thanks for the thoughtful comment, I’m glad you liked the idea!
@ I see, big thanks for the explanation! So as I understand, the main difference is that while the steel wick stays intact, the point where the flame sits ‚travels‘ downwards just as the wax level within its container does. A cotton wick does the same thing actually, except that it ‚loses‘ its upper sections bit by bit as they a gradually too far away from the wax. Highly interesting, thanks again.
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Yep,. that should make ot start faster especially initially, since the carbon is the catalyst on this reaction. Theoretically you should be able to use a ceramic pin that is porous too. As long as there is a carbon deposit on the wick it works as a Catalyst to keep the fire going.
It would be cool to put one in a tea light and burn one next to a regular wick and see how long they last against each other! Thanks!!
The wax or the wicks? Infinite is a long time; plan ahead.
i genuinely do not understand purpose of this hack; i mean, "tea light" type of candle works until wax in container is vapoured, no matter what wick you have inside...or, it may be even worse; since metal is better heat conductor, wax in such "hacked" candle should vaporize faster:/
@@7JeTeL7ummm you ADD WAX as it burns.... just like he demonstrates in the video.... Since the wick will never fail, the candle can last forever as ling as you keeo tossing wax chunks in... its an infinite "WICK"
@@7JeTeL7 this is not meant as a straight replacement in your easy life
this is a survival trick to use when you burn things like vegetable oil, motor oil and the like because you have no choice but to do so
the candle is a demonstration, and snare for the less aware
@@7JeTeL7 The point being you can carry your fuel seperately and buy it in bulk or larger bags. and customise whatever you want to burn it in.
How freakin COOL!!! Headed to Dollar Tree now for supplies!!!
That’s awesome! Glad to heard you found it helpful, good luck with the shopping and let me know how it goes ✌️
Most satisfying job.❤
Hi, Sire, you're a man of GENIUS! Thank you very much! I will make this trick right now, instantly, without deferring any longer! After all, I have all the necessary raw materials now, fortunately!
That’s awesome! Glad it helped!
Hmmm... I think I'm gonna give this a try. Seems really interesting. I use cooking oil instead of wax or whatever material are those candles made of. They say it's wax, I tend to believe they are not. I saw at church that some candles are more expensive and it says wax underneath the price. But cooking oil is much cheaper. At least half the price for getting the same amount of burning time. And you don't have to melt it, stuff like that. And I use it for worming my house during winter. It does do that much. Maybe 1 degree Celsius if you let it burn for a long time. But if you keep it near you, it somewhat feels wormer. Oh, and I also put something on top of the flame so that the smoke doesn't dissipate that much and doesn't turn the walls black that fast. I just put a pot on top, at a certain distance so it doesn't extinguish the flame and it turns black from the smoke. If the pot turns black, it means that the walls don't. At least not that much anyway.
You are correct. Candles sold in stores and marketplaces are usually made of paraffin wax. Genuin wax candles are made of bee wax which is why they are more expensive. Burning paraffin wax is also more unhealthy.
La combustión del aceite, produce monóxido de carbono.
if there's smoke,that means the wick is too high.cut it until it doesn't smoke
Good idea might also work with the braided wire used for absorbing solder.
I was thinking the same thing.
What if you used the ground part of an old coaxial cable? You could twist it tighter and make a decent metal wick.
Also: I wonder if copper gives it different properties?
@@drTERRRORRRcopper changes the conduction property a bit.
Definitely will do this. Thank you x
As with so many of the best ideas, it's obvious - once someone has shown you! Thank you for this most interesting video.
Interesting... I have to try it.
This will cause the wax to burn faster. The Steel will conduct more heat to the wax below, and it will be vapourised faster. While the wick can be infinite, wax is not. The second issue is that when the majority of wax is used up for example the candle is half or one-third in length. this steel wick's tip will stick out way up far to get the flow of was from below ... so i am guessing it will burn around the wick near the wax's surface and at this point neither light or heat will be of as good output as to be called as a candle.
Every few hours just drop a few small fragments of fresh / recycled wax in it to replenish.
@@steveneveritt4871 why would we do that though? may as well just grab a new 15 cent candle
@@aaronbarthel6509 because it's a good way of using up candles that have tunneled and no longer work but theres loads of wax remaining.
Modern life is too wasteful, you get a hole in your socks or jumper, people bin them and buy new; we used to darn the holes closed and not be wasteful, then the millennials invented the word "recycle" and think they are saving the planet lol! No, it's called going BACK to how life used to be!
It has its uses. I do a lot of handmade stuff where what I need is a tiny flame and I don't actually care about the light it provides. It also turns those chunks of parafin of prettier candles that somehow never burn completely into fuel for the workshop's tiny flame (of death :P).
Concept not bad, I can see it being used more for an oil lamp. Either that or what Manlio said and just keep throwing in scrap wax from other things.
I like the little melting cooker
Excellent idea. I know you can start a fire with steel wool and a 9-volt battery touching each other around some wood chips. But this gives me another reason for my steel wool because I do save all the remnants of my wax in a bag from old candles and I suggest anyone else doing that and start now. You could also use Crisco fat or cooking oil but the issue I have with my candles is the wick. So today I'm going to do a test run. Thank you
This isn't steel wool though. Steel wool would burn. This is a stainless steel scrubber.
Dude, this is simply brilliant.
Great trick, thank you for the demonstration!
Brilliant!
This is such a genius idea! A candle wick that burns forever is truly impressive and super useful. Great project and well explained! 🕯🔥
Boy you are clever!!! Tks.
Nice!
I've underestimated steel wool, or iron foam, or whatever you call it.
A very useful and easy-to-do thing! Thanks for sharing the idea!
Wow, loving all the ideas. People are coming up with amazing.
I use beef fat. Amazon sells metal disks that float and I put my wick in those. I tie a knot in the wick so it doesn't sink into the fat
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I don't know how metal wick could burn but once again I like videos that spark quriosity. I am trying tomorrow 🎉
Steel wool is great for starting fires and should be in your survival tin. You can ignite it with a 9v battery.
@JohnofthefamilySmith I wish I could learn this at school. Thank you for sharing your knowledge
This is very cool!
I'm going to make a few, some for light, and to take Leone's suggestion I'm gonna make some with extra wicks!
I appreciate your channel!
I learned something new.
Alright, that's pretty damn cool.
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Pretty cool. Merry Christmas 🎄🎁
Happy holidays!
Perfect thank you !
Can't wait to try this!!! Thanks!!!
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Thanks!
I like this idea. I'm gonna try it. Thanks. 😀
I recently made fire starters using, in part, the drippings from my candles. No need to use new ones when the waste from old ones can see new life in these :)
When I will build something like this, I may install 4...6 wicks equally spaced (positioned on imaginary corners of a square ... hexagon). With a few wicks working together, that will be a practical portable heater for water or food.
This is such a creative idea! Can't wait to try making an infinite candle wick myself. Thanks for sharing this innovative hack
Bit of string works quite well ! 😃
only if cotton or natural fiber
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Might be my new favorite channel. Awesome content. Thank you
Have you measured the burn time?
Waa thinking that with the metal hot and radiating heat outwards and up vs a cloth wick radiating heat just upwards primarily, that the wax may melt faster. Just wondering.
Metal transfers heat better than wick, so you're absolutely right
It worked!,, thank you xxx
Finally can build my candles properly. Will test it out at some point. 😊
Thank you for the tip. I really appreciate your time and help . God bless you and your family. ❤
Im going to have to try this. I have a candle base I want to use over and over, and this could save me a bunch.
These are great tups 🎉
Glad you think so, thanks!
They should make candles this way! I have a bunch of those little emergency candles. Hey can you do a side by side burn time of the emergency teacup candles one with a regular wick and one with the metal wick? I would like to see that.
With the metal wick you can continue to add wax.
Awesome 👍💯
Brilliant. Thank you.
Interesting!
Lovely I'm sure it let's the light in when it's dark ❤
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Wow !!! This is great if it works. Thanks for your generous sharing. I often have a problem with candle wicks which burn themselves out and become too short to produce a good size flame to heat up my coffee pot. The flame size is so small (due to a short wick) that not enough heat is produced. If your metal wick is one which will never burn itself out, it will stay long and will produce a flame large enough to generate heat. But one question - is there a smell from burning what is essentially metal ? Does it produce any harmful or toxic gas ? That's something of concern.
Excellent idea 😮 👌👌👌🌹
I will try..
Excellent!!!
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Dear Heaven! You are brilliant!
Bravo! 😊
For science of this, can you make this in transparent container and record it from side ways? I wanna see how it all reacts yk as the steel wick will conduct heat and also the the wax area around will melt. It will be a cool video.
Pure genius!! I am going to make a few of these!!
Thank you.
You can also use fibreglass cordage but it's more difficult to obtain and expensive compared to this pot scrubber!! 😊👍🏻👍🏻
You can use carbon felt too, cheap and cheerful. You could even cut a strip from an old carbon insole out of your boots.
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Dam that is amazing, guess what I’m doing over the weekend 👏👏👏
You got this! Thank you!
Gotta try this, especially as I have several large candles lying around that the wicks won't stay alight.
Thank you.
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I've just rebuilt it using old wax scraps: It works perfectly 🕯️👍 Next time I'll try a piece of the old cable from a bicycle gear shift instead of the stainless steel wool🤓
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Eficient !Good!
This is really cool. But, I'd like to see a cotton version.
loved it. one can simply use oil instead of wax perhaps?
Thank you.
❓️question - what happens when the wax burns down? does the flame get bigger and bigger due to more exposed wick height or does it go out at some point? Have you tried this with olive oil instead of wax? to see if the oil goes up this metal wick?
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Great idea. I think the application could be even more useful if this works for oil or lard burners where you can just keep feeding the fuel without worrying about the wick. Candle pieces are fine if you have a lot on hand but that's more about being frugal with what you have which is great. But those crisco long lasting candles would be even better if you can just scoop some into the "candle" as it starts to reduce. Have you tried any other fuels besides wax?
Nice idea 😮
👍👌👏 Oh WOW, simply fantastic! I didn't know that this could work (although I made a lot of candles out of residual wax in my life).
Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards luck and health in particular.
Thank you
The best is bark from a tree - birch trees. it burns even when wet
Im going to make and try using them .
Pretty cool! Need to try this 🕯️
Could you add oils for fragrances could be a good gift idea?
Very smart thank you, I will use this for a mini oil burner (olive oil...). Maybe with steel wool pads for the wick, very fine grade for better capillarity (hope it won't burn and degrade like cotton wicks though).
Good idea, this is what I plan to do. Have you thought of using cork to make a floating wick?
@@michaeldean5787Hi I have tried super fine grade (000) wool pads, it worked very well, the wicks doesn't degrade like cotton wicks do.
However for my first attempt I had a big issue with soot: my wicks were way too long and thick.
I like the idea of floating wicks, I had never heard of that before, so thank you ! Interesting point with this is that the lenght's wicks will always stay the same while the candle is burning, so better soot control is possible.
@@flolan2thanks for responding! Yes this was always the problem with oil for me - the level would drop and then I would have to mess around with the wick. Years ago I thought about floating wicks but never followed through with it. Recently I had the idea of using sliced wine cork with a hole in the middle. I was thinking of using a bottle cap over the top to protect the cork from burning. After watching this though, I'm thinking of using a tea light wick holder. Good luck with your project!
Guarantee that will work, because the capillary action of the melted wax rises with the heat through the sections of the Scotch Brite sections. Almost like a wick in a lamp. Genius!!!
Thanks so much for this very bright idea! 👍😊
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Hmm not bad 👍
Very cool. Thanks.
Super.