Hello all. I am new here and have made several batches of awsome soap. The wife keeps hounding me to check and see if anyone has made candles out of the glycerine Is it even possible? Is the glycerine melt point too low?
Thanks Rich
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Location: Warsaw, Indiana | Registered: 01 September 2008
I would not burn the glycerin even if you could make candles from it.
From Penn State's Biodiesel Safety and Best Management Practices for Small-Scale Noncommercial Use and Production:
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High-temperature burning is imperative to avoid the formation of highly toxic acrolein, which results from burning glycerol at temperatures less than 536 degrees Fahrenheit (280 degrees Celsius). Acrolein, a suspected carcinogen, is dangerous to living things at concentrations as low as two parts per million. For this reason (and considering the fire and health hazards of handling methanol-contaminated by-product in the home), home-scale burning of glycerol is not recommended.
Here's the link the Graydon Blair posted earlier today of the whole article.