We found a great video by Apartment Therapy TV which you are sure to love! The clementine candle tutorial video is part survival tutorial, part “cool project” and part aromatherapy! Clementines are a variety of a mandarin orange. The skin is deep orange in color and it looks smooth and glossy. They are very easy to peel and are almost always seedless. They contain less acid than oranges so they are sweeter. The rind contains oils that are mostly made of limonene. These essential oils are often used in fragrances.A candle works by vaporizing the wax/oil and drawing it up the wick where it burns. The combustion chemical reaction produces water, carbon dioxide and perhaps some carbon / carbon monoxide if there is incomplete combustion.
After cutting, removing the fruit of the clementine, the white part is exposed. This white part is called the pericarp or the albedo. This part is made of pectin, a type of plant polymer – somewhat similar to the cellulose that you’d ordinarily find in a candle wick.
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