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On 3/22/2020 at 2:57 PM, cp0421 said:

Would anyone be interested in sharing a 10lb order of the smoke/odor eliminator with me from AFI? It is $16lb but I don't need 10lbs.

Did you guys make a purchase yet? 

On 3/22/2020 at 2:57 PM, cp0421 said:

Would anyone be interested in sharing a 10lb order of the smoke/odor eliminator with me from AFI? It is $16lb but I don't need 10lbs.

Yes yes yes. I'm in northwest Indiana.  I need 2-3lbs..

Wow. Just finding this thread. I love this forum 🤗 

If only I'd have been doing real research before 🤯🤯

Ahhhhhh yes that's how I do it (didn't know the name of the technique)  thanks

I find I have the best luck with doing it this way too

4 hours ago, TallTayl said:

I learned with wooden wicks:

 

1) I have to “prime” them.  I stick them in the melter as the wax melts and periodically hold them at the bottom of the pot until they stop pushing air bubbles.  When I don’t do that I experience inconsistent burns like you spdescribe.

 

2) you need to light from the bottom of the wick to give them some fuel to get going. If you only light the wood part it will char an limit the capillary action for the next few millimeters.

 

3) when relighting it helps to remove the charred bit from the last burn before lighting. 
 

4) if they look like they are petering out as it burns, whack off some of the char.

 

i started and stopped with wooden wicks at least eleventeen times.  Am loving them right now in my wax blends. 

@TallTaylhey there and thanks for sharing all of your help please tell me how to #2 light from the bottom

On 2/10/2020 at 7:22 PM, ErronB said:

I spent over a thousand hours trying to get wooden wicks to work in 4627 properly (not even kidding), was the biggest waste of time and money. I got the burn itself to be absolutely perfect top to bottom with no trimming using the thinnest .02 ones, but there was one huge problem to overcome that I could never get past....

 

Getting them to stay lit properly from the start. If they do not light properly from the first burn then the wick just burns down to the wax and drowns, and there is absolutely nothing you can do to fix it.

 

I'd say probably 30% of the time they failed for me. I tried everything, trimming the wick to specific lengths all the way from short to tall, boiling the wicks, pouring the wax onto them as I make them, cutting the wick at angles, different FO loads, adding soy all the way from 5% to 50%,  they just wouldn't light consistently at all. It's a damn shame too because the HT was the best I've ever had from a 8oz tin.

 

You can get the thicker ones to burn without this issue but if you don't trim them properly after every burn then they quickly burn dirty and the flames get rowdy. 

 

If anyone has achieved a perfect burn with wood in 4627 then I take my hat off to them because I could never do it.

 

 

I'm not sure that its perfect but it sure is beautiful to me.

 small ww1 aztec

5 drops color dye

juniper breeze, clean cotton, sso, peach 7.5-10%

nevea dream vessels

 heat to 190 add fo 175 pour about 165

it reminded me of an aha moment candle I read about on here awhile back. 

On 2/10/2020 at 2:39 PM, CaptnKush said:

They do throw well, but after all my testing the only wax I will use them on is the Coconut. They are just too dirty for me. By the time you are halfway through the jar, the wax looks like crap.  Good luck them, keep us posted.

I find in jars they make the wax look dirty but not so much in tins

hey there if anyone has any for sell👋 please send me info.  kimayana@gmail.com im still in testing stage I can't afford 10 lbs right now. im just looking for a lb or2. thanks for any advice

On 10/27/2019 at 11:37 AM, CaptnKush said:

I just recently tried the wood wicks with this wax.  It throws scent so much better than a regular wick and solves my mushroom problem. The only problem I have had was on the first burn. It almost drown the wick. After that it was fine. Maybe I trimmed it too much, still testing.  Seems any wax that is a Bellatrix to wick works great with a wood wick, at least for me. I am not understanding some of the comments of the wood wicks being difficult to use. So far I haven't had a problem with them in 4627, coco 83 and lab & co virgin coconut. The wick guide provided by woodwick website so far has worked pretty good for me. Now on small jars like an 8oz straight side, they tend to get a little too hot.

hey there. I'm a newbie. been using 4627 in dream vessels nevae 2 small woodwicks and 8% juniper it burns beautifully   also the Libby 9oz square jar double wicked burns and throws well.  I love 4627 and woodwicks!!!!