Glass Candle Cup

What is the difference between glass votives and tea light cups?

When it comes to elegant classic decorations using candles, you can always go right with glass cup candle holders. However, the candle cup holders vary in shape, size, and color. The common ones are glass votive cups and glass tealight cups counterparts. The votive cups are slightly larger than the tealight cups and have a wider circumference. They are also thicker and look like Diptyque coffee glasses, which are about 2-3 inches tall. These cups use votive candles that snuggly fit. The tealight cups are smaller with narrow circumferences. Their candles are smaller and thinner than votive candles. Additionally, a few votive candle holders come with peg bottoms that allow them to be mounted or safely secured on a countertop.

Can you put a candle in a glass cup?

The heat from a candle can expand, crack, or brittle a regular water glass, and rather than using such a glass, invest in a glass votive cup to use with decoration candles. These cups include home interior glass votive cups, replacement votive cups for wall sconces, and glass peg candle holder cups. Choose the right size wicks for the cup you’re using. A large wick or candle near the jar’s edge can create too much heat on the glass. Tempered glass is the best material used to manufacture glass jars.

What to add at the bottom of a glass candle cup?

Making candles in candle cup holders requires a little sand to stabilize the candle in the cup. Using a funnel (or a cone made from well-rolled paper) helps to fill the cup neatly. An inch of the sand at the bottom is enough. Shake the cup slightly to even the sand. Place the candle centrally and securely in the sand. Moreover, the sand will insulate the glass cup's bottom when the candle burns.