Charcoal tablets

Charcoal tablets come in packages of ten, and should be kept in a Ziplock bag or glass jar after opening, or they won't light as well. Break them into 2-4 pieces if you want a shorter burning time. Always use in a proper burner! Never try it in a glass ashtray!
" Charcoal tablets come in packages of ten, and should be kept in a Ziplock bag or glass jar after opening, or they won't light as well. Break them into 2-4 pieces if you want a shorter burning time. Always use in a proper burner! Never try it in a glass ashtray!

The charcoals used to burn resins get very hot. Use a burner made for resin incense, with a metal screen or with sand or rocks to insulate from the heat.If you want to use a glass or ceramic bowl, you can use sand, marbles, lava rocks or aquarium gravel to keep the charcoal from touching the glass or ceramic. Also, and ordinary brick works just fine!

I often break the charcoals in half because they burn for nearly an hour. Light the charcoal with a lighter or match, and when it starts to spark, put it in the burner. The small ones burn for about 45 minutes, and the large ones go for about an hour and 15 minutes.

It is best to let the whole charcoal begin to glow before adding any resin. Then sprinkle on the resin as desired, a little bit at a time. If you add too much or cover the charcoal completely, you might put out the charcoal. Also, most natural resin incenses smell better when burned in small amounts at a time.

Keep away from kids and pets. Let the charcoal burn down completely, and make sure it's all ash before throwing out because it could set trash on fire. Ask me how I know!

It is not necessary to clean the burner after every use. When there is a collection of ash in the burner, pour contents into strainer over the sink and rinse with water. Let dry, and put rocks back in burner. (If you use sand you'll just have to dump the whole mess and use fresh sand).

Store unused charcoal in a zip-lock bag or in a jar, because they won't burn well if they collect humidity from the air.

Enjoy!