DIY Mason Jar Oil Lamps (Making lantern and candle with cooking oil)
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- Опубликовано: 5 авг 2024
- In today's video I'm going through the simple steps to make two types of functional oil lamps. Using pint mason jars, some ordinary cooking oil, and a couple other basic materials, we'll build a simple oil-burning lantern and a candle-style lamp. Both styles of lamp are cheap, effective lighting sources that can be used with new or used vegetable oil, canola oil, or other types of cooking oil.
Disclaimer: I shared this video to show the proof of concept for how you could make effective light sources using mason jars and cooking oil. This video is not a recommendation or endorsement of anything. As with anything that involves an open flame, do so at your own risk and take all possible safety precautions. Keep in mind that these are glass jars full of oil that you intend to light on fire, and the potential for disaster, injury, or worse does exist whenever you play with fire.
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These are the wicks I use:
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00:00 - Intro
00:41 - Oil Burning Candle
04:57 - Mason Jar Oil Lantern
09:20 - Comparing Candle vs Lantern
11:16 - What Kind of Oil
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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 RUclips 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
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
Mirror
forgive my ignorance, but what’s a glass chimney? and where can you get one?
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
The use of mirrors behind these homemade lights is great.
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
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 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.
Going to try this! Going to dollar store and get me some mop heads! Thanks for that suggestion!
Me too 😝
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?
This video is good. I made one while listening to you. Thank you!
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!
That was cool and now I can use old cooking oil so double win , thank you so much
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!
Another great video. Thank you. Going to make a few of these with my little grandchildren.
Thank you, Elizabeth.
Wow 😲 thanks for sharing this!! Really neat. I'm going to try to make it.
Great video. Thanks for sharing!
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 so awesome thanks Brad for your great ideas and instead of one I made three and is so much better 💋💯
That is so utterly cool! I am going to do this very soon ! Great upload!
Great video! You're a really good and detailed teacher.
Thanks Stacy!
Thank you, very informative and much appreciated
Thanks for the tips.
Very good idea. Thank you for sharing.
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.
Thanks both my boys in scouts..great Dad kids project. If mama let's us steal a couple of canning jars😆
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.
Awesome, thank you so much!
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
So, I am crocheting wicks, sitting around at night, single stitch, we will see how it works
How’s it working out?
Ty for making this vid. Valuable info!!
Can’t make a cheaper one. Good show. Prep it to the roof! Paul J.
Thanks Paul!
Video suggestion:
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.
Thank you for the video.
Very cool!
We did this back when my family was going thru real hard time back in the late 80's..
Amazing thank you so much
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!
Good use of old oil.
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! So useful
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.
Cool man , I'm going to build one
Good lookin out!
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 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.
THANK YOU !!!! THANK YOU !!!! THANK YOU !!!! THANK YOU !!!!
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 ?
Thank you
I have a bunch of these around the house, gotta adjust the wick every 2 minutes though
Nice like this guy showing you how to keep out of the dark and maybe even a little bit of warmth.. which any simple Simon can make somebody buy this guy at cheeseburger 😁lol thanks for sharing... I'm definitely going to make some of these
Hay thanks great explaining I will try this
Just found your utube channel
Amazing 👏👏👏❤
nice, was wondering if the galvanized is the best choice, cutting through galv-tanks is not recommended but maybe the heat of the wicks is not hot enough to cause reaction...... anyone know?
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!
Lantern gives off a lot of smoke 👍
I rap tin round the top of my wick so only a couple of mm is exposed to the flame, stops the black smoke.
This is another reason to save your old jar lids
Tnx,you should mention the lantern style will make the glass quite hot and could cause quite the accident if dropped.
You can also use a piece of material cut/torn into a strip.
Question:
I used a T-nut in the lid because I had some anxiety about the flame catching more oil than desired.
4 of 5 of my lamps worked perfectly. The 5th one seeped through the top and I couldn't figure out why.
Any idea why it would do that?
Same design as yours but the wick runs through the T-nut. Picture a top-hat washer but with screw holes so I could screw it to the lid.
I tried both a looser & tighter fitting wick. I tried tightening the T-nut again, and again with larger screws.
It didn't start working until I rebuilt a completely different oil lamp.
If you have little oil you can add water in the jar and water ,if the wick is long soot will form
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
You can put a globe on the candle one..
Great way to recycle used lids!
Used cooking oil works. I have access to used cooking oil.
Can use tiki torches with used vegetable pil too...some have adjustle wicks
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?
nice any way to make this to heat ? maybe with metal can ?
Thanx bro
New Subscriber... Wonderful content! 💞
Thanks!
I tried this with lawn essentials yard torch wicks and it masicslly burns the wick away instantly. I'll have to try to get other wicks.
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.
New Subscriber. Keep the videos coming
Thanks Mark, will do
@@GreatLakesPrepping you're welcome my fellow Great lakes neighbor. I'm in Chicago right off Lake Michigan
Can you add a flower pot and use for heat
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.
RUclips : 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.
I wonder if a common hurricane lamp top would fit over the jar with the open flame&lid????
Wow
the lantern seems to be very smokey..thanks 4 upload gonna ..make a few ..
How many hours do the lantern and candle burn?
Re the first lantern, how long can you leave the wick burning? Do you have to pull the qick up to keep it burning?
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.
My wick is burning away really quickly then it goes out when it gets to the wire holding it?
Use large size t lite nice bright inside jar
Have you ever tried using a floating wick?
Make the wick tip smaller on both jars good idea in an emergency .
Hello Great Lakes Prepp how long can you have these lite .. and before the jar cracks ...
How many hours it last the candle type and lamp type? Thanks for the info.
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.
Can you use essential oils in them too?
How do you go about feeding in new wick when the old wick gets all burnt up?
I personally use a pair of needle-nose pliers.
Can you use Parrafin ( Kerocine) ?
I wonder what the burn time is, like per oz of veg oil.
Love this video. Question: can i use a coated copper wire or do i have to cut away the coating wrap?
Thanks Dianna. I would err on the side of caution and remove any coating/insulation. That coating would probably get super nasty and probably start breaking apart in the oil. Plus it's somewhat flammable.
@@GreatLakesPrepping sounds good
I wonder if some old white shoelaces would work
I tried both. The one with the lid dies down inevitably. I dunno why yet. The other way it works. I used cotton rope, macrame type. I really want to make the one with a lid work. I wonder what I need to adjust.
The problem is that vegetable oil is heavier than lamp oil and there for the ability to travel up the wick from the level it is at is limited so my guess would be to try a shorter mason jar
My only concern is the soot burning in your video. Was your wick too long?
You could of took the excess on outside of the jar and wrapped it around the neck , under the lip, and it would of added stability to the burning wick inside.