I mean really. Who does enjoy washing candles?
What? You’ve never washed candles?
Oh.
Well, I guess it’s just me.
Remember all the talk in the past few posts about my master bedroom and the dust? Well . . . I can avoid dusting shelves for a long time, but I can avoid dusting candles on the fireplace candelabra that’s rarely seen anyway behind the clutter . . . for an even longer time.
But alas, while pulling EVERYthing out of my master bedroom, I had to make a choice. Was I going to keep the candelabra or not?
I decided to keep it.
So I had to clean it. And the candles on it. And simply dusting wasn’t going to be enough.
So off the candles and I went to the bathroom sink where I washed them like I wash the dishes. (Not in the dishwasher, though. I was afraid they would melt!)
And strangely, even though I’d put this off thinking I didn’t like washing candles . . . I actually didn’t mind it so much.
With a little soap and water, dust comes right off of wax.
Who knew?
Who else ever needed to know?
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Washing dust off is much easier than dusting. I have always joked that if you wait until the dust is thick enough, you can roll it up like batting. See, poor housekeepers, but great minds, think alike.
The top of my cupboards has shelf liner. I don’t dust up there, I just peel up the liner and toss it. Otherwise, I end up with water dripping down my arms as I try to clean it up.
washing off the dust instead of dusting…hmmm…I’ll have to try it
Washing dust off candles… novel idea. I am prone to just melt them down and make fire starters out of the them because they’re ugly now. But this is a good idea.
I like the candelabra… it looks great.
I don’t have a fire place just a wood stove and so the dust can build up in my living room pretty nicely…helping to insulate my old pier and beam house!
…from the country (outside big D) where you can look at my dust, just don’t write your name in it! Pat
I have the same candlebra do you know what store sold these? I was wondering where to get another one and the price range.
I don’t know where that came from. I think I got it from my mother. I did buy one for someone else at Pier One years ago, though. (I think.)
I have washed many candles before!
I love your candleabra in the fireplace. Glad you kept it and made it shine.
I don’t like it too. But I do it sometimes.