Tiki Oil Lamp From Your Favorite Spirits or Wine Bottle

Using your favorite spirits or wine bottle, you can make one of these simple tiki torches to help keep bugs away while sitting in your yard. Several of these along a pathway look great at night also.

I had these supplies lying around in my basement, but you can pick most of them up from your local hardware store or from Amazon pretty easily. I'll include a few links below.

Amazon has a new tiki oil that repels mosquitos better than citronella - https://amzn.to/3lSgFtf

Tiki wicks are cheap - just a few dollars - https://amzn.to/3np585e

Teflon Tape - https://amzn.to/3lMi9Fw

I used a Pex Brass adapter found here to hold the wick - https://amzn.to/40bb5Bf

I used a copper 1/2" coupling to insert into the bottle - https://amzn.to/3FSyRtu

I use a 1/2 copper cap to extinguish the flame and keep the wick from getting wet in the rain - https://amzn.to/42B4OAm

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First you'll need to find a bottle you want to use for the project. I used this empty bourbon bottle. The 1/2" copper coupler was a little small and fell right into the bottle. A few wraps of teflon tape (very heat resistant) allows you to get the copper coupling to fit nice and snug into the bottle.

Next, simply thread the wick into the brass PEX fitting - or you can use a copper reducer shown here: https://amzn.to/3z9VOER

You just want something that will "sit" into the 1/2" copper coupling that you can easily remove to add tiki oil or to replace the wick.

Now you can simply add your tiki oil/fuel and let the wick soak for a while until the tip is moist.

As you can see here, I simply let the 1/2" copper cap fit loosely over the wick to protect it from rain.

Once the wick is moist with oil, you can light with a match or lighter and enjoy.

ALWAYS burn tiki devices outdoors. Tiki oil is flammable and should not be used indoors.

Keep your wick SHORT to prevent the flame from becoming too large.

BE CAREFUL whenever building anything that uses fire or an open flame.

Enjoy...

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