Is there an easy way ...

[Dimplenose]

... to get wax out of a votive holder? I usually pour in boiling water and then fish out the floating wax with a teaspoon. There must be a better way.

[Danauk]

I just use a teaspoon to press down on the side of the dry wax and it all usually popps out as a full disc.

[natalielongstaff]

I try and pop it out as well, failing that ive used the hot water trick as well ! im not sure there is another way ;)

[Dimplenose]

Tried with just the spoon, but it's stuck fast and is just coming off in little shavings.

[DisneyJo]

Have you tried putting it in the freezer for a while?

[CustardTart]

Have you tried putting it in the freezer for a while?
That's what I do - they pop out very easily then... :thumbsup2

[Dimplenose]

I've just got one out with boiling water but I'll definitely try the freezer next time.

[CustardTart]

Libby, another thing I do (if I remember! ;) ) is put about a teaspoon of water in the bottom of the votive holder before I put the candle in - this definitely stops it sticking and it plops out with ease... :thumbsup2

[T16GEM]

Libby, another thing I do (if I remember! ;) ) is put about a teaspoon of water in the bottom of the votive holder before I put the candle in - this definitely stops it sticking and it plops out with ease... :thumbsup2

Yankee don't recommend adding water to samplers or tarts as the water can make the wax spit as it melts. I think the freezer method might be safer.
The only problem I have found is that sometimes if it's a shaped votive holder the blob at the bottom won't come out through the hole, so then I have been known to chop it up with scissors! :rotfl: