I did attempt the olive oil lamp today but didn't have much luck with the wick, I did get one to last a few seconds with one of the tea candle boats for the wick to float in however the "boat" sank after a very short time.
I also tried to bend up a paperclip, however it wasn't a very large one and it lasted for a little while but then the wick burned lower than the attached point on the wire and it fell into the oil and went out. It did do a nice job of burning clean and burning steady until the wick fell over. I will work on ideas to fix this and post more about it later. here is a pic of the one that worked the best:
as you can see I did add the layer of water on the bottom and then a thin layer of oil and not only did it work nice but it looked pretty cool too! I will have to check into maybe adding a touch of essential oil to the olive oil also.
In other news, we did finally get out of the house for a little while and went down to our neighbors house so my son could visit their bird, he loves to get the bird out and let it climb on his shoulder
I hope everyone is staying warm and enjoying the time they get to spend with family and friends.
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You know...that would seem like it'd be hard to keep the wick from not sinking.They do look pretty in the glass! I bet your son enjoyed playing in all that snow :) And that bird is beautiful! My grandfather use to have birds. He really enjoyed them.Hope you have a wonderful Thursday :)
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