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If it's not already obvious in some way, I'm about 2 minutes new to this forum, lol - Hi everyone, I'm desperate. I don't even know if I'm posting this correctly..or in the correct area.. 😪 I was wondering if anyone could please help me out with wicking a Coconut 83 & SP487 blend (75% & 25%) in a 3inch diameter vessel? I've chosen and set myself on wooden wicks, only, and have tested the Makesy/Wooden Wick Co. Whisper-Booster Wicks. I was recommended the .02 thickness & I tried out the 1/2'', 5/8'', AND 3/4'' with no real success other than good scent throw! The 1/2'' .02 was way too small, seemed to be suited for a 2'' diameter candle, and created crazy tunneling, while providing a decent amount of scent throw. and both the 5/8'' and 3/4'' .02's provided excellent scent throw as well, but their flames grew too quickly! First of all, I was never able to use the golden "Trim the wick to 1/4'' rule because the flame was gigantic off the start (2-3 inches tall) when I tried burning it at that length. It literally needed to be trimmed somewhere below 1/8'' in order to burn a calm, leveled, horizontal flame. I would honestly try to work with that, but unfortunately, after about an hour - to an hour and a half, the flame, again, grows an exaggerated length and goes a little crazy with flickering. Which I'm probably correctly assuming isn't normal..as a candle (of my size) is usually tested for at least 3 hours and also advised not to burn for more than 4 hours at a time... also advertised to be TRIMMED at the 4 hour mark. Yet mine needed to stop and be trimmed after 1.5 hours. I'm honestly stumped, I'm not sure what change to make. I contacted Makesy and they said it sounded like I needed a smaller thickness, yet the boosters aren't made any smaller than .02. So they recommended I bump my fragrance load from 8% to 10% and switch to a Single-Ply wooden wick instead to see how that turns out. Thing is I already tested the single-ply's initially in the past to no avail. - and yes, I had a higher scent percentage as well, probably somewhere around 11% or 10%. All I could smell was burning wood and a slight minty-smell. The single ply's never provided me with scent throw. I just want to know if there's any way around this? I had so much hope when I was able to smell the hot throw in my candles for the first time! and then this blocks my path, of course.. testing is a nightmare. I know SP487 is recommended to be used at 25%, but could I made increase that percentage to harden the wax a little bit more? I saw some other forums where people were talking about how coconut wax burns a bit too hot for the wicks sometimes and maybe a harder formulated blend would help that? - Not sure, I'm definitely still a nooby btw so blending formulas and the like are still a foreign practice to me but I'm improving with time I think, and willing to learn. Thank you guys so much!
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Hi everyone! I have just recently started my adventure into making soy candles. I have been reading this forum now for a few months and I feel like I have learned a lot! I have a question about using wooden wicks with 464 wax. I'm currently testing candles in a 3.4 inch wide tin and am a little confused as to which size wick I should go with. I have been aiming for there to be some wax hangup on my first few burns, looking for the wax to be cleaned up when I burn further down the container. I want my melt pool depth to be closer to 1/4" but i haven't been able to get any less than 1/2" deep melt pools at the 3 - 3.5 hour mark no matter which wick size I use. So far I have tested crackling booster wicks in the .02 .625", .03 .625", and .04 .625" sizes. I have also tested single ply crackling wicks in the .04 .625" and .03 .625" size. I should also add that when I tested a wick the next size down that wasn't as wide (.5") the candle tunneled. When I tried single ply crackling wicks the candles tunneled. The Wooden Wick Co suggests that soy candles should use .04 crackling booster wicks. .03 crackling booster wicks are meant to be used with beeswax or natural wax blends with palm, coconut, or soy oils. I have basically given up on achieving less than a 1/2" deep melt pool at the 3 hour mark. Now I am questioning which thickness wick will give me a better hot throw. With the .04 crackling booster wicks I achieve very very close to a full melt pool in 3 hours of my first burn. With a .03 crackling booster there is 3/8" hang up of wax on one side of the container and 1/4" on the other side. Since soy wax needs hotter burning wicks, am I wrong to use a .03 crackling booster wick? Would that cause it to not achieve optimal scent throw? When I tested the .04 wick I thought the scent throw was stronger but I am worried about achieving a full melt pool on the first burn and whether or not I am just burning off the fragrance too quickly. Can anyone give me any insight into which wick they think would work better? Any help is greatly appreciated! I will also update tomorrow as to whether the wax hangup cleans up on the .03 crackling booster candle after a few more burns. First photo is of the .04 crackling booster wick after the initial burn. Second photo is of the .03 crackling booster wick after the initial burn.
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