As discussed in some of the following recipes, pouring temperatures can be adjusted to achieve certain effects in finished candles. If using a melting pot, you can pour the wax directly into the mold.

Bryson at do-it-yourself blog ManMade recommends gathering all of your spent candles, melting the wax down, and creating your own new candle. Place your spent candles on a cookie sheet to bake at ...

You’ll need to separate the wax from the containers it’s stuck to so you can melt and reshape it. The exact process will depend on what candles you’re working with and what shape they’re in.