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I have made 2, 3, and 4 wick candles using the bottoms of soda cans. 

I made this from a wick clip from a batch of votive candles from walgreens and some zinc wire core wick from Michaels. 

How does this one look

At the risk of repeating myself, I don't sell the candles I make. I have given a couple of them away to have someone other than myself test the ones I thought would do well. The other one displayed here took the prize for mushrooms. It beat me by a mile. I need to copy it. 

Just to update, I have accidentally destroyed the double flared chimney I had been using. I now use a standard oil lamp chimney. 

I am looking for a type of candle I know as a cottage candle. It is the size of a plumbers candle but with a reduced diameter at the base to fit standard candle holders. I can't find these anywhere. I could have the wrong name. Can anyone help?

You could try LX-8. They work for me.

If I buy unprimed wick in bulk, I would need some high melt point wax for priming. I don't need a whole slab for that. 

I found some LX 6 X 1" so I made up some tealights and tested them. They burn very low. I would like to find some glass tealight holders to extend the burn times. 

I have done several test burns in several different size glasses. The LX 8 works well. A 4" glass is too big, a 3" glass is just right. Smaller soots up. I would like to try LX 6, but they are rare. I have seen some but they are only 1" long. 

These are being burned in exactly the enviornment they will be used in. They are for me. I ordered and received the LX 8 X 3" wicks and have already made a test candle. The test burn starts tonight. 

The LX 8 works fairly well, but the ones I got were only 1" long. I ordered some longer ones and will see how they work. 

There has been a recall on one series of Yankee candle in glass for glass cracking. 

11 hours ago, Trappeur said:

When you tried the LX8 was it with the hurricane and how long did you test?

Yes and it was overnight. I did several burns and only once did I get a slight mushroom. I think I found my wick. 

I tried LX8 wick and it reduced the mushrooming to little to none. The only problem is they are only 1" long. 

As I have said, the wick is started short and as the burn progresses, it doesn't seem to burn off then mushrooms. 

Here are closeup pics of the spacers on the glass. They are starting to get a little frayed and will need to be replaced soon. I have some better tubing to use next time. One pic is the glass inverted , the other upright with the camera almost even with the counter. 

The base is heavy glass and has a taper holder on the top side and is plain in the center on the bottom. The glass has spacers made from pieces of auto vacuum hose to allow airflow at the base. The container has a spacer under it made from an inverted tuna can to insulate the container from the base.  

I am beginning to think that the problems I am having are due to my burning methodology rather than my wick choice. I am going to detail my setup. I will start with an overall pic of my setup then I will detail everything. 

The pics shown are after an overnight burn. They started out very short and were exposed after about 8 hours of burning. 

I have ordered more wax and some LX 12 wicks to try. I'll have to see what happens. 

I ordered some RRD wicks and tried them. No good.

Has anyone ever tried RRD wicks?

I tried wicks removed from Candlelite tealights. They burn perfectly but are too short to do any good. 

The glasses are slightly tapered from bottom to top measuring 2" to 2.5" at their widest point at the top. I have tried HTP from an assortment that range from 31 to 1312. I have tried unprimed wire core wick from a large spool with the wire removed. They work fairly well. Label is missing but it came from Michaels.