Beer Candles, Wine Candles, Liquor Candles...OH MY!

That's right. Over here at candle land (aka Amanda's apt) we are currently experimenting with beer, wine, and liquor bottles-reusing them with our 100% soy candles!  Still in the early stages of the process and haven't quit determined if these bad boys are sell-able and safe, after a bunch more testing and applications, there will be an announcement on FBC's site (and we hope it is good news!!).

Now I know you are wondering what the heck is going on...why are you making candles in a alcoholic bottle and how??

FBC, many years ago pondered on the idea of putting a candle in a beer can by cutting the top off with a box cutter (not a good idea) and from there I have always wondered how I could perhaps make candles inside of glass bottles. Specifically reusing bottles-because we LOVE our eARTh ;)

And vuole la laa FBC found a company that sold glass bottle cutters. Special thanks to Mike for being the faceless model ;)

This is the process BEFORE the candle is made:

• These are the bottles we  used with our glass cutter.

• Next, we took our glass cutter which puts a score on the glass bottle in a perfect circle, similar to a compass. 

• Now we take boiled water and pour it very  s l o w l y over the score in hopes that it will crack along the line.

• Once the bottle is (hopefully) cracked we need to take the bottle and separate the top and lid from the body. The next step is pouring very cold water on the score and it should break (sometimes if you place the bottle in a bowl of cold water it will crack at a slower, and therefore more even line.

• And it broke off!

• Here is an example of a even break and an uneven break. The last step before we can make candles in these bottles is wet sand the edges that were broken off to ensure no sharp edges and boo-boo's :)

Stay tuned in to see the results of making candles in the bottles, burn them and see what happens.