Made a little candle for the kit

[Badawg]

"Altoid smalls" boxes are tiny and cool, but I have had a hard time finding suitable uses for them. I eat a lot of mints and just hate to throw the boxes away. I also have a bag full of partially melted votive candles that is just taking space. So I decided to combine the two useless items and make something useful.

First I setup a sterno stove and 2 standard altoids cans up.

then I peeled the foil off several votives and trimmed off the edges of two, squaring them up to fit inside the mini altoids can.I trimmed off a piece of the foil and blocked up the hinges in the mini can. I then jammed the 2 trimmed candles into the can and set it on a level surface

Then I cut up 2 more and dumped all pieces into a can. I added alcohol to the other big can and lit the stove.

I then melted the wax and poured it into the can to fill in all the space. I did this in two pours to fill all gaps and top off the candle. I have a bag full of these cans so I m going to make a bunch of them.

Pardon the pics, difficulty Iphone...

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Voila!

[welderguy]

Very good idea, thanks for sharing.

[your_comforting_company]

Let us know how well it holds up in summertime temps. Could make an aweful mess in your bag if it melted. Still, I think it's a great idea. Nice work.

[crashdive123]

Neat idea. The pictures came out just fine. Thanks.

[Badawg]

Just so you guys know. I burned it for 4 hours yesterday and it was barely used...

[crashdive123]

Thanks for the update.

[hunter63]

Good idea, these seem not to melt easily, I used to carry one in each hunting coat, still have a few.
I just tucked one in a pocket.
I like your idea better.