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 Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:32 pm
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Do-It-Yourself/Make-Olive-Oil-Lamp.aspx
Basically, you pour oil in a jar and use a wick to draw the oil up and then light the wick and voila, lamp!
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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:31 pm
Cool, I never picture olive oil burning well... I wonder if it smells good ninja
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Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:02 pm
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 3:52 pm
Ooh and with a few drops of an essential oil it'd be amazing 3nodding
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 11:39 pm
Ok maybe you guys can help me...
I followed the directions for this lamp (except I added lavender oil to the olive oil and used a rock to help weight the wire donw) and got it all finished and pretty, but the wick burns too fast to actually make a lamp. I lit it and it burned for just a couple of minutes before burning down the 1/4 inch of wick. So I let it soak for a few hours to absorb the oil (I used a simple cotton wick that hadn't been pre-waxed) and lit it again, and it burned faster.
Can you tell if I did something wrong?
Otherwise, is there something I can do to make the wick burn slower?  
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 11:43 pm
Reading the directions again; I think I needed to salt the wick... would salting still work even though it's absorbed oil now?
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Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 4:37 am
you'd need to make a new wick. salt keeps the material from burning too fast and prevents charring.
your oil lamp looks so pretty!
i found some more instructions searching instructables.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Glass-Bottle-Oil-Lamp/
http://www.instructables.com/id/Make_a_working_oil_lamp/
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Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 9:55 pm
gonk I salted a new wick and re-made the lamp; let it soak in the oil for a few hours, then lit it and it burned out just as quickly stressed So I let it sit overnight, and it still burns out quickly... crying
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