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Thanks for your advice! I'm buying some Premiers today to try - Premier 725/735/745/750/755 Also bought some ECO 2s. Hoping downsizing these will help solve this! If not, I'll probably have to figure out if it's something I'm doing wrong in the process of making/pouring the wax, since I've already tried such a wide range of wicks and sizes with a very similar outcome. I do have an IR thermometer that I've been using. My goal has been to keep the temperature at 140F max. I've heard this is the limit that someone can still safely hold it without dropping it from the heat.

Wax: IGI 6006 Jar: Medium Straight Sided Jar (Twist Top) (candlescience) Diameter: 2.83 inches Wick Trim: 1/4 inch I started making candles a month ago. I bought ECO 4 wicks based on the recommendation from Candlescience for this jar size and wax type. I used fragrance oil (Blood Orange) from Candlescience initially at both 10% and 8% FO. For both, the ECO 4 had a flame that was too large and too hot, and flickered a lot within the first hour of lighting. (HT was pretty good though and burned cleanly down, just got very hot) I decided to try HTP/LX/CD to see if I could get the flickering to stop. Initially, I kept the FO in the wax, but after continuing to have the flickering issue, I decided to remove it and test just the wax to see if I could get a baseline wick that I know at least works in pure wax. However, I'm still having this issue come up on every wick I test. I've also confirmed that it's not a draft in the room. I've had the most luck with LX 16/LX 18/LX 20, but they still flicker more than I've seen other similar sized candles (from other candle makers) around an hour into the very first burn. The flames on these also just seem a bit taller than they should be (to me at least) upon first lighting (1 - 1.25 inches). HTP 104 flickered like crazy and had massive sooting and bouncing flame up to 1.5 inches. HTP 83 also flickered and had a large flame. HTP 73 and 62 seemed to have a more controlled flame (0.75 inches) but took about 40 minutes until they started flickering like crazy as well. I've tried (CD 6, CD 8, CD 10, CD 12, CD 14, CD 16, LX 12, LX 14, LX 16, LX 18, LX 20, LX 22, HTP 62, HTP 73, HTP 83, HTP 104). Some performed better than others, but every one of them starts flickering within an hour, by two hours all bets are off. Most of them within 30 minutes. I'm down to thinking it's 1) either that my wick sizes are too large or too small or 2) that there's something wrong with the wax I'm using or the preparation of it, maybe airbubbles or some other issue? What do you all think could be causing this? Can you recommend a wick size based on your own experiences for this wax and jar diameter? I appreciate any help I can get and will answer any questions that might help figure it out!