Wickman Taper Candle Shaver

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If your candle is too small for the candle holder, why not look at our aluminium foils or adhesive wax grips.

Hot water should be used to clean wax from metal, glass or ceramic holders but care on some coloured glass holders not to remove the colouring. Looking forward to all the wonderful Before and Afters linked for this week’s Metamorphosis Monday! In that post I mentioned how I had used a knife to carve down the bottom of each candle so it would fit tightly down inside each bottle. Afterwards, a very smart reader of BNOTP told me about something called a Taper Tipper. Have you ever heard of a Taper Tipper? I never had but I can tell you, they are awesome! If you ever use taper style candles in your home, you need a Taper Tipper! My Taper Tipper didn’t come with any instructions, but it’s so easy to use, you really don’t need any. The candle only fits into the Taper Tipper one way.Have you ever used a Taper Tipper? I wish I’d had one years ago because they are definitely a time saver. A lot safer than a knife, too! With a candle sharpener, there is no need to trim the base of the candle with a knife, instead,use acandle sharpener to reduce the base to fit the candle to the holder. Simply size the base of your candles using the candle sharpener in the same way you would a pencil sharpener.

To pare down the base of a candle, you put the candle into the Taper Tipper as shown below. Next, while holding the Taper Tipper steady in one hand, you simply twist/rotate the candle around and around in the other. It’s a lot like sharping a pencil, only you’re whittling down a candle instead of the point of a pencil. Only link up Before and After posts that are home, gardening, crafting, painting, sewing, cooking or DIY related.I was curious to see if it would also work for candles with bases like the one you see below on the left. I gave it a try and it worked great. It was a bit bumpier to use since that type candle has a lot of grooves/ridges around the base, but it definitely worked as seen on the candle on the right. Always use a proper lighting taper or lighter as this will prevent any unwanted debris falling into the candle wax which can result in burning problems.