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The Ol' Relighting A Candle By Lighting The Smoke Trick

November 8, 2012 / candle, dammit now nobody's gonna come to my next magic show :(, fire, hocus pocus, i love fire and that's all there is to it, magic, oh man this is going to go over great on thanksgiving (ooooooor ill set the tablecloth and fire and have to call the fire department like last year), tricks

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This is a video showing how you can light the smoke of a recently extinguished candle to relight the candle. It works because the smoke isn't actually smoke, it's vaporized candle wax and can still catch fire. And if it can find a path all the way back to the wick -- PRESTO! I just tried it twice with my pumpkin spice candle though and I couldn't get it to work. I think maybe because the wick is so small it doesn't really leave a good vapor trail when I blow it out. I wish I would have tried it before inviting several apartment neighbors over for a magic show though, they're starting to get restless. Looks like it's time for plan B. And now, ladies and gentleman, I will pour hot wax on my bare chest all sexy-like. *pouring* OUCH SHIT HOT F#$& GET OUT OF HERE, ALL OF YOU, GO! Good God I think my nipples might peel off.

Hit the jump for a video of the magic in action.

Thanks to Obediah, who agrees if you're just going to relight a candle right away you probably shouldn't have blown it out in the first place. Come on -- a little forethought, people.

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There are Comments
  • Suarga

    I miss internet videos like this. They make me feel good about my editing skills.

  • Wonder if this works on flatulence.

  • The_Happy_Jackass

    Really? Must be a slow geek day. Mr. Wizard did this, oh... I don't know... 25 years ago.

  • So now Geekologie is posting elementary school science class for stories? Do the baking soda volcano next!

  • I learned this one the hard way when I had a romantic candles-in-the-fireplace setup going and the evaporated candle wax accumulated and caught fire. Our chimney had flames shooting out of it like a butane torch. So. Yeah.

  • *imagines* That actually sounds pretty awesome and a quick way to remove the snow off the roof. XD

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