It has occurred to me over the last few weeks of selling my scented candles at farmer’s market that the type of candle you buy ultimately in some way plays a part in defining who you are. Whether you’re a standard paraffin wax candle, creamy paraffin wax, soy, double wick, single wick, wickless, a tart candle, a votive or pillar, keepsake or glass jar, a smelly jelly, tealight, luminara, floating, specialty or my favorite, just a plan tin truly identifies the type of person you might typically be.
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Wick Trimming
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
Candle burning 101…
Did you know that if you keep your candle’s wick properly trimmed that it will increase the burn time by 10 to 20 hours? I know this seems like a bit of an embellishment, however, based on my own candle burning experiences and as an owner of a hand mixed and poured custom candle company…CandleStyle, I can personally attest to this fact.
I bet you didn’t know that by keeping your wick properly trimmed each time you light it would reduce the amount of black soot buildup around the candle’s container. It is important for you to know how and why the soot buildup occurs. What happens is a process called combustion, if the flame is too long then candle will alter and then produce carbon black, instead of carbon dioxide. Carbon black is bad and will stick to anything it is exposed to including candle tins, glasses even your walls and ceilings.