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After a few failed attempts, I've come up with a recipe for a THC candle !!! You just light and enjoy.
Important safety note! Most essential oils are flammable, and have flash points around 60 C, PLEASE follow the instructions. Do not add essential oils to a lit candle - the potential for a serious burn or worse is too great. Thank you, Infundibulum, for asking me to update this safety note.
What you'll need:
A citrus essential oil (many people have lemon oil lying around the house) or food grade d-limonene. Note: the essential oil will work better because it also contains alpha and beta pinene, which are bronchiodiolators. I'd suggest the citrus oil over straight d-limonene, but either will work to some extent.
A tea light candle Edit: Not all tea light candles are created equal. If you want to avoid parrafin candles, there are tea lights made with palm wax that burn cleaner. They are more expensive and harder to find than parrafin. Parrafin is still considered by the US FDA as being Generally Regarded as Safe, but at least one recent study found toxins in parrafin wax. Make the decision that makes you most comfortable about the type of tea light.
A tight sealed glass container
A 1mL dropper
Optional: lemongrass essential oil
Methods:
1) Take some weed and put it into the glass container.
2) Cover the weed with citrus essential oil or food grade d-limonene in the glass container. I used a small nug for the test run, and later made a larger batch.
3) THC is soluable in d-limonene; most people don't do this because there isn't a good way to get the limonene out of the thc afterwards. But we don't care about that. Allow the extraction to happen.
4) When you're ready to make your candle - separate the plant matter from the essential oil/d-limonene.
5) Light your tea light. Let the candle burn until a pool of liquid wax has formed (usually takes 5-10 minutes for a decent sized area of liquid wax to form).
6) Fill your 1mL dropper with THC/EO solution.
7) Blow out the candle and immediately drop the 1mL of solution into the liquid wax. DON'T disturb the candle until it has hardened, otherwise the liquid portion will spill and you'll lose your product.
8) Optional: While the wax is still liquid, drop 5 drops of lemongrass EO into the liquid wax. This will add myrcene to the air when you burn the candle and enhance the experience.
9) Allow the candle to fully harden before relighting; this minimizes the risk of lighting the THC/EO mix before the wick ignites.
Ok, time to enjoy. Light the candle, leave it next to you, and chill.
Important safety note! Most essential oils are flammable, and have flash points around 60 C, PLEASE follow the instructions. Do not add essential oils to a lit candle - the potential for a serious burn or worse is too great. Thank you, Infundibulum, for asking me to update this safety note.
What you'll need:
A citrus essential oil (many people have lemon oil lying around the house) or food grade d-limonene. Note: the essential oil will work better because it also contains alpha and beta pinene, which are bronchiodiolators. I'd suggest the citrus oil over straight d-limonene, but either will work to some extent.
A tea light candle Edit: Not all tea light candles are created equal. If you want to avoid parrafin candles, there are tea lights made with palm wax that burn cleaner. They are more expensive and harder to find than parrafin. Parrafin is still considered by the US FDA as being Generally Regarded as Safe, but at least one recent study found toxins in parrafin wax. Make the decision that makes you most comfortable about the type of tea light.
A tight sealed glass container
A 1mL dropper
Optional: lemongrass essential oil
Methods:
1) Take some weed and put it into the glass container.
2) Cover the weed with citrus essential oil or food grade d-limonene in the glass container. I used a small nug for the test run, and later made a larger batch.
3) THC is soluable in d-limonene; most people don't do this because there isn't a good way to get the limonene out of the thc afterwards. But we don't care about that. Allow the extraction to happen.
4) When you're ready to make your candle - separate the plant matter from the essential oil/d-limonene.
5) Light your tea light. Let the candle burn until a pool of liquid wax has formed (usually takes 5-10 minutes for a decent sized area of liquid wax to form).
6) Fill your 1mL dropper with THC/EO solution.
7) Blow out the candle and immediately drop the 1mL of solution into the liquid wax. DON'T disturb the candle until it has hardened, otherwise the liquid portion will spill and you'll lose your product.
8) Optional: While the wax is still liquid, drop 5 drops of lemongrass EO into the liquid wax. This will add myrcene to the air when you burn the candle and enhance the experience.
9) Allow the candle to fully harden before relighting; this minimizes the risk of lighting the THC/EO mix before the wick ignites.
Ok, time to enjoy. Light the candle, leave it next to you, and chill.
