michaelfulda

Thank you for your opinion. Like ghostrider said. I need to be more patient, before judging the candels. They are now burining ... and burning ... and burning ... and what I have learned now. The burning quality has a lot to do with the wick size (If you cut before the burn ... how short you cut is before the burn).

I need your opinion on testing candles. I have made some candles with the same wick size and different FO. I have good results: - flame is ok - hot throw is ok/good - minimum to no soot - Meltpool not completely after 12 hours burning (there is some wax on the inside of the jar, but it is melted slowly through the heat of the jar) What would you test now? - go one size up with the wick and reduce the FO (From 6% to 5,5%)? (I thought, that a bigger meltpool will make a better scent throw) I am a little bit afraid, that the candles will soot, when it is the same amount of FO.

Thank you for your answer. I thought, that the re-heating will effect the strength of the FO. And when I then use the re-heated wax for another test candle I cannot figure out, if the FO is strong enough.

If you are making a candle for your tests. Do you use the wax a second time? Is there an impact of the wax/FO combination, when you reheat it? If yes, the wax can´t be used a second time for testing?

Hi, this is Michael from Germany, and I am new in the candle making business. A couple of weeks I thought "it can´t be hard to produce a candle that smells and burns great." Now I am facing reality. lol I am using big jars 6.2 inches (157mm) and they have a diameter of 3.1 inches (79 mm). I used a paraffin blend (with palm wax). My first problem is: There is no seller who sells pre-waxed wicks. So I used the wicks without prewaxing. Most of the times, the wicks fall over, when the candle was lit. Lucky for me, I have found out, that many wicks that are offered in the us market and in the uk market are produced by a german company (ECO, LX, CSN, etc.) They are offering prewaxed wicks with the right height. Do you think, that will be a solution, or is it normal, that a wick can fall over, caused by the height of a jar? My second problem is: In Germany there are no suppliers for good FO. So i ordered in the us and in the uk. BUT some FO´s are sooting even with a 5% load (little). Is it normal, because I use Paraffin? What I have found out when I spoke to the german wick company. Some wicks are offered for 10% loads, but they said, that is not the case. Only the CSN wick can hold up to 10% FO. ECO, LX, etc are not made for such a load. What are your experience? You think the problem is the wick, or the FO? I have tested without FO and the candles were burning almost clean. Thank you for your input. I am glad to find this forum!!!!!!