An oil lamp is a homemade lamp used by our distant ancestors. It is based on oil and a wick. Of course, the need for such a lamp has now disappeared, but it will still serve you in the country or can become an interesting element of interior decoration, especially if you use aromatic oils. Making a miniature oil lamp is not that difficult.
To make a miniature oil lamp, we need:
- match
- copper wire
- fat wool thread
- butter
- tin plug
The thread will serve as a wick. The thicker it is, the better. Any thread easily enough absorbs any liquid, and the laws of physics lift this liquid up the thread - we will use this. First you need to make a base for the thread - a column on which it will be wound. To do this, take a match and wrap it with a tight ring of wire.
Gradually, winding a wire with a spiral around a match, we get the basis for the future wick.
When we have wrapped almost the entire match, we take it out of the spiral. Leave the ponytail at the bottom - it is needed for stability. Copper wire the best way suitable for such manual creativity - it bends easily, and is quite beautiful.
Now you need to wind the thread around this spiral.
From the bottom up, we tightly wind the thread in a spiral, threading it a little between the spiral rings. We leave a small end of the thread on top, fluffing it along the fibers. If this structure is placed in a container with oil at the bottom, then the oil, having saturated the thread, rises up to the end. This is what a tin plug is for. Put a little oil in it and put a wick inside.
The oil itself does not burn, but the wick soaked in it burns very well. Of course, not every oil will work - you need to buy in the store what is intended for scented lamps and candles. All that remains is to set it on fire!
It is not necessary to use a cork - any metal container will do, in which you can pour a spoonful of oil and put the wick we made.
An oil lamp or candle is one of the oldest forms of light sources for humanity. According to Wikipedia, there are stone oil lamps that were used from 10,000 to 15,000 years ago! Today we'll talk about how oil lamps work, what kind of oil and wick are best to use, and how to make a beautiful oil lamp from a jar in just a few minutes!
Three reasons to fall in love with oil lamps:
- The lamp in the jar is easy to make but so attractive. Just two minutes and a little vegetable oil and water!
- Such a lamp is safer than candles. If the oil lamp turns over, the flame is immediately extinguished due to the oil and water. However, do not leave the lamp unattended!
- Bright long burning. One tablespoon of oil can burn for two hours!
These oil lamps can be an inexpensive light source, and are also great for dinner or party decorations!
How do oil lamps work?
The earliest oil lamps used vegetable oil as a fuel, while later versions used kerosene or lamp oil to soak a capillary wick. This version is made with vegetable oil.
What kind of oil and wick to use?
Lamps that use kerosene or lamp oil have specially made wicks. Long cotton wicks are not suitable for vegetable oil lamps because vegetable oils are highly viscous.
Long wicks just don't pick up enough oil and go out. Floating wicks work great with all vegetable oils!
Materials:
- large floating wicks
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- jar or glass bottle
- decorative elements (flowers, pine cones, pebbles, etc.)
- herbs, spices, or essential oils
Step-by-step instruction:
Step 1: Collect glass bottles and jars, fill them with flowers or other decorative items. Fill with water.
Step 2: Pour some vegetable oil on top until the oil forms a layer about half a centimeter thick.
Large floating wicks are supplied with discs and small waxed wicks. Insert a piece of wick through the center hole in the disc and place it on top of the oil.
Now light your oil candle and enjoy the wonderful light!
Flowers and fruits will last a whole week in the water.
Pine cones, pebbles, beads are great additions too! Red viburnum berries, cranberries and paws conifers great for decor.
To extinguish the flame, simply cover the candle with a can lid. Floating wicks can be left inside.
The waxed wick will burn out after repeated use, simply replace it with a small piece of pre-waxed wick that can be cut into small pieces. A floating disk can last for a very long time.
Some flowers will pop up, but you can keep them underneath with other decorative elements.
Add food coloring to the water for a special effect!
Olive and sunflower oil burn cleanly, without smoke.
Artificial plants can also be used for decoration, just protect them from flames.
The article was prepared based on materials from www.apieceofrainbow.com.
There are plumbing fittings in every home. In addition to the fact that they can be used for their intended purpose, you can do a variety of things with them. There are designers who use plumbing fittings to create new masterpieces, decorative elements. Such decorative element we will try to create it now.
Let's see the process of creating a beautiful and original oil lamp in the video:
So what do we need?
- Plumbing fittings;
- Tee;
- Adapter 3/4 to 1/2;
- 1/2 adapters for the hose;
- Rubber gasket;
- Natural fiber cord;
- Plumbing tape;
- Oil intended for lamps (kerosene can also be used);
- A penny in two rubles.
The materials have been collected, let's get to work. We take a penny and insert it into the adapter along with a rubber gasket.
Now we need to take care of the wick holders. To do this, we take 1/2 adapters on the hose, into which we insert our cord made of natural fibers. Such ropes are not available in every store, but you need to look carefully in order to eventually find a cord made of natural fibers. The fact is that an identical cord made of artificial or synthetic fibers simply will not work, because synthetics melt and burn.
The wick holders are ready-made, which means that they can be installed in their place, namely in the tee.
All materials are ready. You can assemble our lamp. You can do this as shown in the picture, or you can also dream up by creating your own unique and inimitable lamp.
That's the whole simple process of making an oil lamp from plumbing fittings. The finished lamp can be used like this, or you can take a little galvanized acid and give it a slightly rusty and tarnished look, which will make the lamp more colorful and stylish.
It remains only to fill in the oil and make sure that the tips of our wicks protrude by about one or a couple of millimeters. Otherwise, the flames will be very large and can seriously damage the lamp and objects in the vicinity. Separately, it should be noted that the lamp will lack any mechanism that will allow you to regulate the flame, so it is better not to experiment with the length of the wicks.
It often happens that the electricity suddenly turns off, and there is no paraffin candles... In this case, the oil lamp will optimal solution Problems.
In order to make a lamp in oil, we need:
1. An old burned-out light bulb (You can buy a new one too).
2. A set of tools.
3. Cotton wick.
4. Steel wire.
5. Syringe.
6. Olive oil.
First you need to prepare a light bulb for further actions. To do this, we need to make a hole in the base for wick wiring. It is enough to hook the protruding lamp contact with pliers and pull on it. After you have removed epoxy resin(black polymer around the contact) and everything inside the light bulb, you should have a glass disc like this.
Next, we measure the required length of the cotton wick. In order to check the suitability of the wick, you just need to set it on fire. If he gives loose ash, then everything is in order. If it starts to turn into plastic, then such a wick will not work for us. So, we measure the wick so that it completely plunges to the bottom of the lamp and comes out of it by about a centimeter.
Now we fill our container with oil. For this I used a syringe. And we pour the oil into the lamp. 10 ml. will be sufficient. If you run out of oil, it can always be topped up.
Now we take our wire and make such a device out of it with pliers. The circular area is for attaching the wire to the lamp threads, and the tip is for fixing the wick. V assembled looks like that.
we continue to look at recycling ideas :) Recently, we considered the ideas of using cans from baby food like shades for chandeliers and candlesticks, and now let's see what else we can make of this available material... Enjoy your viewing :))
You can use any jar with a lid for this, decorate it outside at your discretion and fill plain oil or even a mixture of oil and water.
And in order not to constantly suffer with a cotton wick, which must be pushed further during combustion, then it is better for you to use a fiberglass wick-cord. It does not burn, but it conducts oil perfectly.
You can fill a glass container with different colors and with different density oils, then you get a beautiful color of the jar.
Hole a metal jar with a nail, insert the wick and pour oil into the jar. Your oil candlestick is ready!
And we can even adapt a light bulb for this option.
And here's the idea for an aroma lamp :))
based on materials from the siteputitinajar.com / crafts / mason_jar_oil_lamp /
And this is generally aerobatics :)) Beautiful sandstone or dolomite is drilled with a drill in several places, wicks are inserted, which are lowered from below into a container with oil.
Seamy side.
I hope this idea will be useful to you for the embodiment and use for the decoration of these jars in various techniques... You can decorate, you can paint with stained-glass paints, you can apply paper art, spot painting, glue all kinds of floral material, glass fragments, you can apply a mosaic or just tint through a stencil, the main thing is that the decor does not light up, since after all we are dealing with fire. After all, the oil from the wick seeps and flows down a little. Successful experiments!
Let me remind you of the previous post about using jars :)