| Candle Tips |
Candles 101:
When you first start burning candles, you don't expect to do much more than to light a
match and enjoy the candlelight. However there are a few rules when it comes to the first
time you light your candle.
When you first light your candle, burn it one hour for every inch of its diameter. This will
allow the pool of wax to extend to the outside rim and prevent your candle from forming a
"canyon" in its center. Burning your candle this way will also set its "memory". Each time you
re-light the candle it will "remember" to burn out to the rim. This way, you use all your wax
and your candle will last longer and it will burn all the way down.
When you first start burning candles, you don't expect to do much more than to light a
match and enjoy the candlelight. However there are a few rules when it comes to the first
time you light your candle.
When you first light your candle, burn it one hour for every inch of its diameter. This will
allow the pool of wax to extend to the outside rim and prevent your candle from forming a
"canyon" in its center. Burning your candle this way will also set its "memory". Each time you
re-light the candle it will "remember" to burn out to the rim. This way, you use all your wax
and your candle will last longer and it will burn all the way down.
- Keep your wicks trimmed!! Trim the wicks to 1/4 inch every time you burn the candle.
This will prevent excessive smoking and wick "mushrooming".
- If your candle continues to smoke despite trimming, check for debris in the melt pool,
and extinguish immediately. Trim the wick a little more and allow to cool before
relighting. Note: With a quality candle you shouldn't have a problem with smoking, but
it is worth remembering that scented candles will smoke more than unscented candles.
- Sometimes "mushrooming" will occur on the wick. This as a friendly reminder that it
needs a trim.
- Candles need to breathe. If you burn a candle in a small room it is likely to smoke.
Consider the size of your room when you display your new candles.
- Never "blow out" a candle. Blowing can spray the wax everywhere and cause the
candle to drip and smoke. The most effective way to extinguish the candle is to take
the wick and bend it over into the wax.
- If candle burns unevenly due to a draft, carefully push the wick to the higher side. If
this causes dripping extinguish, cool and relight. Repeat a few times and the candle will
repair itself.
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