the ex and I did those a few times but what he did was to get the wicks with a longer tab on the bottom. He then glued the tab to the outside of the pot with ceramic glue with the wick sticking thru the hole and it not only covered the hole it helped keep the wick in place without hot glue. he also mod podged the inside with a couple of coats before he did the gluing. once he got everything set up he'd have a little preduction line going and could do a couple of hundred in no time. my contribution was to stay out of the way and not give any "helpful" advice:grin2: