Safety Precautions
Modern canning techniques now employ coatings that may produce toxic fumes when burning, and care must therefore be taken to ensure that cans used for burning are uncoated plain metal. Such plastic coatings are usually used for tomatoes and other acidic foods.
Candles are usually made of paraffin wax and can be melted to put into a Buddy Burner. However, candles or paraffin wax blocks should be melted in a double boiler so that they cannot catch fire.
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