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next questions since it is not my wicks ..... who uses GB415 with those wicks? I am testing testing and more testing and struggling with wick sizes for 4 inch diameter jars. I am testing 2x CD6 and 7 now. I have another thread going showing results . haven't been able to find what I like Thanks Laura

I am still burning the from this morning . The flames are tiny and getting smaller . I don't like it. But no soot

during this burn last night I started to see the soot floating around on the candle. but then I didn't anymore. so it was a very small amount . I started burning this morning at 6:45am. Will post those photos later . these are from last night. Thanks for all your input!

Already pushed the wicks a bit but thanks for the advice. I burned them for 4 hours. I agree with you on the weekends I burn all day. With this one I started at 6 am this morning cooled for two hours and burned again for another 4 cooled again and started at 6 again. this is the one that I get the soot on so . I will let you know . I am so surprised that the flame is good and wick looks great this time around . But none of that mattered in the past . I get the soot no matter what. so let's see. Thanks Laura

hey you... happy mothers day! Not yet but i don't expect it until during or after burn 3

after the next 4 hours

pretty good considering I only cured these a day I think two at the most

Thank you both. I certainly will keep going . A few things to mention. I previously wicked closer together , I don't have any vanilla in this or other I tested yet, and I too don't get the soot until after a couple of burns. But as I said I will definitely keep going and keep my fingers crossed. Thanks again and happy mothers day !

Here you have 2 CD6 wicks that burned for 4 hours. Please note that the jar was not filled all the way to the top . I pulled my 2 HTP 126 wicks out smoothed out the candle , re-wicked and let it sit over night. Did leave hang up which is ok but also mushroomed Let me know what you think please. I know there are double wickers out there that use Cd. I so would appreciate if you gave me some input as well . Maybe you could give me an idea of your average wick size please. I am not a slacker I test and test and test . I am just at a pint where I don't know what to do to improve myself. Thanks Laura PS won't know if I get the soot layer until about burn 3 to 5

ok so since all 4 are tester I just stuck the wick in them. I will pull one or two smooth out the tops and throw in 2 sixes and 2 sevens

ok here are all 4 . I just wanted you to see that the CDN14 the HTP 126 and the CSN14 have no soot.

yup I did a jelly jar that did ok with a 12 it had just a small amount of soot. I forgot about that till you mentioned it. .that had a small amount of soot

ok I already know 8, 10 and 14 soot so six it is

no your right there is a bit more. I just listen to everyone else loving them and the sizes they are using are the same and I have tried so many already that I get frustrated and wonder if the wicks could somehow be bad. I will try again thank you . If Betty white wasn't on Sat night live right now I would be crying . she has me laughing my ass off

I see . I would just stick with the CDNs if it wasn't for the mushroom and how hard they are to get. The Cd looks so much better . I just can't get it right. I have gone all they way down to an 8 and all the up to a 14 . I certainly will try lower again and appreciate your advice I just have a bad feeling about it. I am very frustrated

I can't even imagine why I am struggling so much with these . It is driving me crazy

of course yes its worth a try so you think lower than an 8 I will pull the wick on one of my clean ones and try that When do you get a full melt. and since the others have no hang up and they are not sooting I wonder if that really is the issue.

Great job . thanks

4 inch elevation jars . 415 is the wax

It is not letting me upload my photo . I want to show you the other 3 pink ones. not a spec of soot and they are large shrooms and large wicks. I just don't get it. The Cd is looking better but the soot is crazy . Tops when do you achieve a full melt pool if not by 3 burns? Thanks

Thank you ... both of you . Give me a minute I will shoot shots of the other scents that I used 8 and 10 and the wicks are closer . These were this past week . be back This is how I normally wick . Tabs touching. These new wick holder clips I got have holes too far apart I tried them with the pink candles( cherry lemonade. ) anyway these photos are CD 8 and 10 . The ones with no soot are CDN. Thanks for looking and helping

would you be kind enough to let me know where you purchase your cd wicks Thank you

Ok Now I am wondering if there is anyway possible that my CD wicks are screwed up. I have started many threads about soot on the top of my wax while trying to test the CD wicks. I am on burn 3 using CD14 , CDN 14, HTP126, and CSN14 . The soot is now forming on the CD candle as it did when I used CD8, 10 and 12. This has happened to me with about 7 or more scents. Could I have purchased bad wicks ? Could they all be bad I have tried all sizes above . The other are still going with no soot . Heres the thing the CD is the one that is not mushrooming like the others. I want them to work . This is days and days of the same thing happening with the CD wick . please see http://www.craftserver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=91332

so weird right. All mine too .I am now trying a new test . It may be confusing but this is what I am doing. Cherry lemonade I know CDN14 doesn't soot or at least it didn't a couple of weeks ago. But it did mushroom . So I am doing one with that and then one with 2 CD14 instead of 12s (12s sooted bad) another with 2 CSN14 and yet another with 2 HTP126. That worked in the past but had mushrooms but no soot . Wish me luck . I would love to hear how you make out as well .

Heres the thing . I am not sure what the heck is going on.It is happening to all of them NOW. This is been happening the last month give or take. I have written about it before. I use the elevation jar 16 and 24 oz. 4 inch diameter. I have used the same wax for 4 years(415) but have never been fully pleased with the wicking . that being said I have gone from HTP, CDN and now I am trying the CD. I double wick. The HTP and CDN mushroom the CD are curling better with less mushrooming but now I get this layer of soot on the wax 1/2 way down. When I started this thread it was only the cherry lemonade this round of testing . now it is all of them. I would agree with you but I see them and they are not too big. In fact some look great and others look a bit small . Not in the beginning but mid way down the jar the soot layer forms. The jar itself doesn't look as bad as the top of the wax. I have some CDNs already made and I am starting them today to see if I get the same sootie top. I won't know for days since it isn't in the beginning. So many people use the CDs so I can't imagine why this is happening to me . I will show a photo later of the wick size and the soot so you can see. Thanks for you help