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<p>[QUOTE="ola402, post: 4568116, member: 182"]Real candles look much better than the LED ones, but I understand why people use them for safety reasons, esp. w children around. </p><p><br /></p><p>When using a fairy lamp, I ALWAYS place a votive candle in a glass votive holder and then put it inside the fairy lamp. The glass votive holder is tempered and can take the heat if the candle is left to melt down. Placing a candle right in the fairy lamp can be disastrous. At best you could have a waxy mess to clean up and at worst the heat from the candle cracks the glass fairy lamp. When I sold these in my space, I always offered them with the votive holder included. I've never used water in the base, don't know what that would do but I don't like to clean up too much so likely would not use water.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ola402, post: 4568116, member: 182"]Real candles look much better than the LED ones, but I understand why people use them for safety reasons, esp. w children around. When using a fairy lamp, I ALWAYS place a votive candle in a glass votive holder and then put it inside the fairy lamp. The glass votive holder is tempered and can take the heat if the candle is left to melt down. Placing a candle right in the fairy lamp can be disastrous. At best you could have a waxy mess to clean up and at worst the heat from the candle cracks the glass fairy lamp. When I sold these in my space, I always offered them with the votive holder included. I've never used water in the base, don't know what that would do but I don't like to clean up too much so likely would not use water.[/QUOTE]
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