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So I just emailed Atkins & Pearce and see what they say. Something I have done that improved the wicks is that oven them and primed them with wax after, it seems to have helped but still the odd ones that came with the dimmed flame. I have invested all the time and money into this now and I cant seem to turn back

Sigh its such a different task to master, what wood wick companies have you tried so far? any other recommendations other than wooden wick co? Thanks!

Thanks for the assistance, I primed my tonight one worked and one didnt, so what I did was putting the wicks into the oven to 'dry' them and then coated them. Dont know if this works? Are there any other suppliers for wood wicks that you can recommend?

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Hi Guys, I am really struggling here and need you to assist me please as I have run out of what to test. I am using essential oil + soy wax (464) + wood wicks (from the wooden wicken wick co ). My problem is: I am getting 70% weak flame and 30% good and strong flame with my small jar candle only and I am not sure where my problem is. My small jar has a diameter of 47mm and height of 62mm, and I am currently using a wood wick with the measurement of width 0.375" (9.5mm), and I trim my wick to around 1mm - 3mm above the wax which allows it to pick up the flame easily, because I realized if I dont trim it short enough the candle cant be lit at all. However, I am not getting consistent results, because sometimes the flame is strong, other times it gets so weak that it seems like its suffocating, yet I do exactly the same things when I test. The test I did today, my wick was about 1mm-2mm above the wax, and while the flame isnt as strong as some of my other tests, it still kept burning, but half way through as I saw the flame getting weaker, I thought I would trim it to see if that helps the candle to burn better, but it didnt. The flame went extremely weak. Should I not have done so? My other candle is from another test I did a few days ago, it burns very well, and I am not sure why, especially because the length of the wick above the wax is pretty similar. Can you guys please tell me what is happening here please? I dont even really know the problem. Below are my candle pictures.