Wolverine

Ok, I'm not trying to stir anything up and this may have already been posted on here but I wanted to share how all negative and false marketing CAN and does affect other companies. :undecided

http://www.alohabay.com/people/why_no_soy_candles.html

Well, we all have our own opinions and we must not forget, we have the First Amendment. End of story. If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

Purchased a spool of RRD raw wick and there is no direction on it. Since RRD wick is directional how do you tell which way should be up?

I am only guessing but I would assume that the wick structure has something to do with it. I am testing some 16-ounce candles now. I trimmed the wicks on the first burn with a toe nail clipper, which gives me a nice clean cut but did squash the flat braid of the wick out to the sides a very little bit. They all developed good size mushrooms. On the second burn, (I test burn that size candle for 4 hours on each burn.) I reached in with my fingers and pulled off the burnt wick leaving about 1/8 inch wick remaining. The second burn did not produce any mushroom. I thought I had it made but on the third burn, back came the mushrooms. However, not as bad as the first burn. I examined the burning wicks with a magnifying glass and it appeared that the mushrooms were forming on threads of the wick that had separated from the main body of the wick, and shifted to the sides. It will be good to know if someone can explain what is going on.