Pillars & Wick Tabs

[pcbrook]

I have been playing around with pillars a little bit.  Made a whole 3 so far!    The first two I used wicks pins but I wanted try one without a wick pin so there is no gap on top between the wick and wax.  BUT do you go without using a tab in that instance?  This thought occurred to me after I poured it.  Hmm!  Do most people go without and hope that people just don't keep burning to the bottom without have a tab to stop the burn?  

 

I tried a search but there was no specific answer for that question.  

[Georgia]

oh, there have been many heated discussions that pillars should not have wick tabs.  I do them either way depending on my mood.  If I am doing them without a tab I just cut out a bit of the wick from the bottom of the candle so it isn't all the way to the bottom.  Then I level the candle and the notch fills in.  And I have burned them as far as they will go (with a plate under, of course).  It's hoping that people put a plate under them that worries me!

[Terry]

I was doing a search on this topic several weeks ago since I am new to pillars as well and wanted to know if pillar candles could be made using wicks with tabs or not.  This is one of the threads I found, as Georgia said it is a heated debate on whether to use wick tabs or not.  I learned a lot from from reading this thread:

 

Pillar makers - wick your mold or use wickpins?

Started by Jeana, Nov 04 2008 07:43 PM

 

HTH!  

[pcbrook]

Thanks for the link.  I read through it and it was pretty interesting and as you said it was pretty heated.