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(More customer reviews)The photos and colored water didn't impress me much, and I was skeptical about how well a piece of rolled-up paper towel could work as a wick. I followed the instructions (but with plain clear water instead of adding the color) and was pleasantly surprised by how well these work and how nice they look in votive candle holders. The light is a little brighter than a typical votive candle. I am using these in the Wrought Iron 6 Arm Votive Candle Chandelier w/ Pots-Hand Made and they look great and give much more downward light (towards the table under the chandelier) than votive candles. I am using the cheapest store-brand vegetable oil I could find, with wicks rolled from a name-brand (starts with "Boun") paper towel. There is no smoke and only a little odor (like cooking french fries ... and much more mild than candles).
Caution: stick to the instructions and use only vegetable oil. I tried using citronella torch oil in one, and it seemed to work fine at first, but then after the oil warmed up enough, the entire surface caught fire. I was experimenting cautiously and had a snuffer (jar large enough to place over the entire votive candle holder) nearby. Without the snuffer, the situation could have been dangerous since the flame was too large to blow out and since the intense heat could have fractured the glass and spilled flaming oil everywhere if I hadn't put it out right away. Vegetable oil has a much higher flash point and should be perfectly safe. In the votive candle holders, it stays cool enough to comfortably touch (I am guessing around 120 deg F) and is thus well below its flash point (aprx 620 deg F for canola oil).
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