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Vinca1is

Yeah, they did this in elementary school science classes I had


jaxspeak

Tried it with three differant candles ,whats the trick.


curious_kitten_1

Don't let the candle wick get cold - you need to do it while it's still glowing red, so you need to let it burn a little while first and then when you blow it out, relight it with the smoke pretty quickly. The smoke also needs to be fairly thick so again, don't linger too long. It really does work!


YEETAWAYLOL

Go for the white smoke, not the grey/black smoke.


RnDanger

Candles burn vaporized paraffin wax. The "smoke" is supposed to be the combustible vapors when you light it, so, grey, not black, as someone else said.


RnDanger

In normal candle operation the solid wax melts and capillaries up the wick to be vaporized and burned, generating heat to keep the process going as long as there's wick in wax


jpbarber414

Knew about this 50+ years ago when I was just 10 years old. I've always been a science geek though!


SadAcanthocephala521

it's the wax in the smoke that is doing it. which is why it only works with wax candles.


Particular-Ad2454

Why not hold the lighter in any other way that doesn’t involve cooking your thumb


Living_adblocker

because shes appears to be an "influencer"


Living_adblocker

Why not use a metal spoon


myshoesaresparkly

Yes, I did.


Shitknucks

Living humans eat dead mushrooms Living mushrooms eat dead humans


Junior_Button5882

Yes I discovered this at age like 10


Living_adblocker

actually i did know this