samirish Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Hi all, I have decided to try making candles again....one more time. I have given it my all, twice before over the last 6 years, and have failed spectacularly both those times. I have spent thousands of dollars, countless hours, and months of researching and testing. (as Im sure many others have as well) I have a successful soap business and it would be great if I could add candles. So here I am. This will probably be my last attempt and I pray, the candle Gods will help me. I have decided on a 4' jar. I will be using 464 and cd wicks. Can someone recommend a starting wick size for this jar? Im assuming it will need to be double wicked. Thanks to any and all that read this and can suggest something. samirish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trappeur Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 What jar style is that and where is it from? I use that wax and do a lot of double and triple wicking with cd wicks. I will try to help. Trappeur 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chefmom Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 I have only dabbled with 464, I prefer the parasoy that I work with, but knowing what I know about CD wicks etc I would say pour a plain unscented jar about half full with two CD 7 and maybe another one with two CD 8 and compare the two as they act in the lower half of the jar. From there you can have a base point of what the wax and wick can do before adding fragrance. When I double wick a container I like to put the wick tabs a little closer at the bottom, but when I adjust the wicks after the pour I pull them slightly off to the sides so there is more space between them at the top of the candle vs. the bottom. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samirish Posted October 30, 2016 Author Share Posted October 30, 2016 Thanks for the replies! Here is a pic of the jar I intend to use. As you can see its low, and about 4 inches wide. I have decided to just pick one jar, and concentrate on that. In the past, I tried countless jars with all different types of wick. It was chaos! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trappeur Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Is that the tureen that has like handles on the side? Trappeur 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallTayl Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 1 hour ago, samirish said: Thanks for the replies! Here is a pic of the jar I intend to use. As you can see its low, and about 4 inches wide. I have decided to just pick one jar, and concentrate on that. In the past, I tried countless jars with all different types of wick. It was chaos! lol That jar size will be difficult to wick on a good day. Generally, a container that is taller than wide will be easier jars to wick. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trappeur Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 From 3 3/4" to 4" jars in 464 I use 2 cd4 or 2cd5..... Trappeur 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chefmom Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 OOOOooooo....with that jar you are going to hit "the tealight conundrum". With a usual container candle you can burn several hours at a time, blow out, then burn again. With a tealight you often have to burn the whole thing in one sitting. One of my wick tests with tealights is blowing them out about 2 to 2 1/2 hours into the burn and then relighting them. There is a fine line where the tealight wick can pick back up and burn the rest with full consumption. If the wick can't do it, the whole bottom of the tealight is wasted. With a wide and shallow container you may also hit a point where the candle needs to burn through to finish, if you extinguish then the wicks can't pick it back up and consume fully, leaving a lot of waste wax. After seeing the jar I'm more inclined to agree with Trappeur above and use the smaller CD wicks. But I think I would try three CD4 in one jar and two CD5 in another and see how the wicks consume. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samirish Posted November 2, 2016 Author Share Posted November 2, 2016 Thank you guys. I will try your suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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