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Glass candles on a wood stove

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  1. Nordic Splitter

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    My Daughter-in-law loves to place glass candles on top of a trivet on top of my Jotul F600. It melts all the wax in the candle. Should I be worried about a disaster taking place, hence, the glass breaking or shattering? Kinda freaks me out..Haha

    ps.. It does smell nice, I must admit...:)
     
  2. Eric Wanderweg

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    I personally wouldnt do that. If you like the smell use a few drops of aromatic oil in a kettle of water on the stove.
     
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    I would at least have it in a cast iron pan in case the glass broke.
    I don't think it's such a good idea though.

    Unrelated; those candles in a jar can get quite hot on the bottom and certainly need a trivet or something (like a cast iron pan) even with just a lit wick.
     
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    Seems dangerous ,may get too hot and send glass and hot wax onto a family member .
     
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    I have used orange and grapefruit peels with cloves as well. Smells everything real nice.
     
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