 It smells really nasty. It's like animal nasty. I strained it, then I started dipping the wicks into it. Dipping, dipping. You have to let the fat dry, then you have to dip the wicks some more. More dipping. It was maybe, I don't know, 45 minutes or so of dipping. Dip, dip. I got kind of dip crazy in there. Dip, dip.