Best Practices for Soy Wax + Wooden Wick Candles
Courtney Jones
did you know there are things you can do to help your candle burn cleaner and longer?! here are a few tips on how to max out the life of your candle!
step #1
on your first burn, make sure to allow the wax to melt the full diameter of the candle. soy wax has a memory, so you need to provide this path for it to take for the rest of its life. this process will avoid “tunneling” where the candle burns straight down the center of the container, leaving walls of wax around the edges. not fun.
(*see picture to the right to see how a memory line looks like. this candle will tunnel straight down from that line, leaving about wall of wax along the edges.)
step #2
do not burn your candle for more than 4 hours at a time. this will prevent the container from getting too hot, which not only makes your candle burn through faster, but also becomes a potential fire hazard… so stay safe and pace yourself.
step #3
always, ALWAYS, trim your wick before burning. wooden wicks are similar to a campfire- it cannot burn well on charred wood. so before relighting, make sure to trim off the burned wood to keep your candle burning bright!
(*watch video below to see a candle struggling to stay lit. after trimming the flame comes back!)
