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Title: Tea lights and height of flame Post by: soapsbylouise on July 04, 2012, 07:41:50 PM Hi
I have finally made my first batch of tealights, jam jar and tea cups candles. All made with Soya wax, candle dye and fragrances. I am please how they have turned out. I even had a go at layering 2 colours of candles in a jar. Photos to follow tomorrow! My question is I am burning one of my tealight candles, i know i cut the wick a little to long but not by much, the flame is burning quite high just over an inch. Is this because of the wick isnt short enough? Or is it because I am not using 'shop bought' tealights and wax is soya and not parafin? thanks :buttrf: Title: Re: Tea lights and height of flame Post by: TerrisGold on July 04, 2012, 11:19:09 PM According to Candles by Elaine Stavert, if the flame is large and smoking, the wick needs to be trimmed to 1/4" or use a smaller wick. BTY, nothing to do with your question, but did you prime your wick first by dipping it in liquid wax? I hadn't realised this had to be done.. looking forward to seeing your pics......... :buttrf: Title: Re: Tea lights and height of flame Post by: soapsbylouise on July 05, 2012, 08:29:44 AM Cheers for that, i did think i left the wick a tad long. Next batch i might by tealight cups with wicks already in there. The soya wax was a breeze to work with and did not smoke at all - even at the end of burning. All the candle was used up in the tealight. The wick i got was already prewaxed which did cut out that fiddley bit.
Pics will be taken today and uploaded. thanks again xx :buttrf: Title: Re: Tea lights and height of flame Post by: TerrisGold on July 05, 2012, 03:03:55 PM .......pre-waxed wicks.......................yay............... ;D Title: Re: Tea lights and height of flame Post by: thewaxworx on July 09, 2012, 03:00:07 PM keep your wicks trimmed to 4mm for best performance, if the flame is still too high or smoking then the wick is too large.
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