Economical, Cooler Use of Your Dishwasher

When the weather is hot, use your dishwasher in the late evening, and turn off the heated drying feature. The glasses and dishes will dry naturally overnight. Your place will not heat up as much, and because heat has a bad effect on polymers, rubber and plastics, the items made with those components will last much longer without it.

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Conserving Candles

Wick material is pushed to the bottom of the newly-formed candle with a disposable wooden skewer.

Set your old glass candles in simmering water, pour the wax into newly-cleaned candle glasses or ones that have reduced amounts of wax in them. Put in new wick material by pushing it in with a wooden skewer when the wax is almost set.~~M-J

Courtesy of M-J de Mesterton

>Conserving Candles

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Wick material is pushed to the bottom of the newly-formed candle with a disposable wooden skewer.

Set your old glass candles in simmering water, pour the wax into newly-cleaned candle glasses or ones that have reduced amounts of wax in them. Put in new wick material by pushing it in with a wooden skewer when the wax is almost set.~~M-J

Courtesy of M-J de Mesterton

Conserving Candles

Wick material is pushed to the bottom of the newly-formed candle with a disposable wooden skewer.

Set your old glass candles in simmering water, pour the wax into newly-cleaned candle glasses or ones that have reduced amounts of wax in them. Put in new wick material by pushing it in with a wooden skewer when the wax is almost set.~~M-J

Conserving Candles

Wick material is pushed to the bottom of the newly-formed candle with a disposable wooden skewer.

Set your old glass candles in simmering water, pour the wax into newly-cleaned candle glasses or ones that have reduced amounts of wax in them. Put in new wick material by pushing it in with a wooden skewer when the wax is almost set.~~M-J