Life hack: How to clean carbon deposits from candles with sand without sandblasting

Life hack How to clean carbon deposits from candles with sand without sandblasting

This cleaning method is excellent for stale candles, which, in addition to dried soot, have various oxides and rust. Regular soaking in a cleaning solution simply cannot wash them off. The good thing about the method is that it does not require any equipment or training. Everything can be done in a couple of tens of minutes in any garage.

Will need


  • Plastic jar for vitamins or medicine.
  • Dry, fine-grained sand.

Cleaning spark plugs from carbon deposits manually with sand


Take the lid from the jar and make a hole in it for the spark plug.
Take a lid from a jar and make a hole in it for a candle

It is necessary that the candle is screwed tightly onto the thread. This way the sand won’t spill out too much. Pour a third of fine sand into the jar itself.
Pour a third of fine sand into a jar.

Screw the lid with the candle tightly.
Screw on the lid of the jar

And like a bartender in clubs, we begin to shake the can “back and forth” for about 10-15 minutes.
shake the jar of candles back and forth

Next, remove the spark plug from the roof and wash it in gasoline.
Candle cleared of soot

Cleaning is noticeable to the naked eye, especially when compared with candles from the same kit.
Visual comparison with dirty candles

Candles that have been previously cleaned in a similar way.
Candles cleaned in the same way

A very simple life hack will definitely come in handy, especially if you don’t have a sandblasting machine.

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Comments (2)
  1. Andrey
    #1 Andrey Guests 4 January 2021 10:42
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    And it’s even easier not to dangle the jar, but to clamp the candle into a drill and into a jar of sand. Easier and faster.
  2. Sergio
    #2 Sergio Guests 17 January 2021 17:30
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    when the car is running normally, the spark plugs are not cleaned and this oil is thrown out, the compression valve may burn out, you need to measure or further clean the spark plugs