We have always used votives - (placed directly in bag with sand) for our luminary bags.  We have had 1000 tealight candles donated to the event this year -- our concern is - length of burning time.  We were told the tealights will burn 6 hours --  I have never had a tealight burn for 6 hours!  (more like 2 hours max).  Has anyone had experience with the tealight candles?   And do you place them directly into the sand---  or do you use the "plastic cups" in the sand.  The candle rep thought that placing them in the cups would make them "hotter' and therefore burn faster? 

any experiences you have had are greatly appreciated  (good or bad) -- I just need to know what to expect!

 

 


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June 4, 2008 - 10:27am
Interesting

This sounds interesting. I have never used any tealight candles, I have been an avid fan of handmade candles but never tried that. This is a must try for me.



November 5, 2008 - 5:30am
My Relay used Tealites and

My Relay used Tealites and the lasted about 7 hours and it was better because the wind had to be very strong for a bag to flame only like 5 did


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 Team Captain Team Kids For the Cure Flagler, FL



June 13, 2008 - 5:07pm
tea lights

We have used tea lights every year for our Relay, except 1 year indoors.  We have a group of volunteers that begin lighting them at 9:30 and they burn well past midnight.  We don't put them in any container - just straight into the sand.



June 10, 2008 - 5:41pm
PL Tealights

It sounds like you are referring to the PL Tealights that were donated by the company and the PL team captain.  PL tealights do burn for 6 hours each.  They are not the same as tealights that you buy from the stores in the silver metal cups.  These will last a full 6 hours and I would recommend placing the tealight on the sand exactly as it is.  You don't need to put them into a separate cup because they are already contained in a small, clear plastic cup.  Don't remove them from the plastic container that they are in because they are designed to liquify completely as they burn.  If you take them out of their plastic container, they will not burn properly.  If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact me. Smile



June 5, 2008 - 9:56am
Tea Lites

if you get the larger tea lights-they are twice the thickness as regular ones-and put them into sand-they do last as long as 6 hours.Kiss



June 4, 2008 - 9:21pm
tea lights

We have used them every year. They may not burn quite as long as votives but they do burn more than 2 hours. They certainly are inexpensive and very easy to use. We just put them down in the sand.

Good luck!


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 Nancy



June 4, 2008 - 11:23am
tea lights

We haven't used tea lights - at least, not that I'm aware of.  We went to glow sticks - they do light up nicely at night.  We have a lot of wind in our area and had trouble getting candles to burn.

Debbie

Carteret Relay


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Debbie

Relay For Life of Carteret County NC

www.carteretrelayforlife.com



November 10, 2008 - 3:48pm