Hi. I’ve been testing and making candles with good results for 9 months now and have learned so much from this forum- thank you, all.
In one of my lines, I use GB 464 and am trying to not throw in the towel with it. I know every batch is a crap shoot. I mainly use ECO and CD wicks and am having a tricky time finding a good wick in the 16 oz. tin....so much so that I’m thinking of just switching over to double wicking. I’ve tested it in the past by doubling the really small ECOs and CDs but never got really serious with it. 2 CD 4s actually did well. But I’ve just always had it in my head to try and master a single wick in the 16 oz. tin.
I am currently using CD 22 in the 16 oz. silver tin but have found that all is well until about 1.5 - 2 hours into it, then the flame gets to be about 1.25 - 1.5” and every other minute or so will throw off some soot. Nothing horrible but annoying to say the least. MP is not an issue for me as most catch up to full MP by the 2nd or 3rd burn cycle. The HT is good. I use 8% FO. However, I do think that the last third of the candle burns hot which I believe is because of the convection created by this type of vessel...more wide than it is tall.
Has anyone had similar issues with this wick series and GB 464? I use CD 18 in my 8 oz. tin and that surprisingly seems to be working well although I bet if I paid a little closer attention to how the last third of the candle burns, I could probably say the same as the above.
Is there a better wick series to use rather than CD for 464? I have on hand CW, Premiers, ECOs, and CDs....
I also use a coco/soy blend and the smaller ECOs/CDs work very well in both sized tins.
I’d really love to stick with ECO or CD with the 464 but would appreciate any advice to a better starting/finishing point. I have a ton of different sizes of ECOs and CDs (although no CD 16s yet) and will be doing more testing today.
Thanks in advance.