daniela

Thanks Stella! I will definitely check out those websites and experiment with some other wicks. While reading through the forum, I saw Fil-Tec Ultra Core wicks mentioned a few times, which peaked my curiosity. Choosing a wick can be so overwhelming and intimidating at times for novices like me, especially when there's so many options available. Makes my head hurt just trying to sort it all out, lol!

I've searched the forums, but didn't quite find the answer that I was looking for, but I'm curious as to what are the advantages of wicks that curl, like CDs, vs those that don't? Is it just a matter of self-trimming vs mushrooming? I've been using mostly CDs and flatbraids in my soy candles, and do the usual advice of twisting the wicks, turning the candles and fiddling with the wicks while burning in order to achieve an even MP, but was wondering does a straight burning wick need this kind of fuss to burn evenly? I know there is no one "perfect" wick out there, but opinions would be appreciated. - TIA

Thanks for both your replies. Wasn't sure if there was some exact science to it. Usually what ends up happening, while waiting for the skin to form, I either get impatient and start poking away making a mess of things or I get side tracked and forget to check and then it's to late to poke. I'm just going to have to do a little experiment next time and keep track of just how long it takes to form a thick skin ideal for pokage.

It's EcoSoya PB. I was going to post this question in the veggie wax section, but I thought perhaps it was more a general question? :embarasse

Sorry if this has been brought up before, but every time I poke relief holes in my 3 x 3 pillars, it's either too soon where the wax ends up melting around my wick and I end up with one big hole in the middle or I've waited too long to the point where I can't poke the holes at all. So my question is, how long do you wait to poke relief holes after you pour wax into pillar molds? I can't seem to get it right.

Thanks for responding Stella. I've seen those followers before and wondered if they would help with the soy. Maybe I'll give those a try as well.

Hi all! Long time lurker, first time posting. My question is similar to one posted earlier today regarding how a palm pillar should burn, but I was curious about soy. I didn't want to hijack that thread, so I figured it would be best to start a new one. Like palm pillars, is the goal the same for soy pillars – to just leave a thin shell when burned? I use EcoSoya PB and the candles usually burn leaving a shell with a little spill over now and then, however I would prefer the candles to self consume rather than leave a shell. (Although, I have to say, the electric tealight idea Stella suggested in the other thread does look nice.) Is it possible to make a self consuming soy pillar? In searching the forum, the answers seems to be pointing towards no, but I'm hoping maybe someone perhaps figured something out and could share some insight on how they did it?