ncraiders Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 (edited) My wick test candle i have burning atm is sitting right next to me and i tend to look at it even 10-15 minutes to see how it is doing. I can see it out the corner of my eye when i am on my pc so i will know if something is going wrong with the burn. I forgot to trim the wick on it earlier and had to blow it out and trim it really quick as the flame was way to large. Edited May 31, 2018 by ncraiders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forrest Posted May 31, 2018 Author Share Posted May 31, 2018 1 hour ago, TallTayl said: It’s good to have a mix of testers. We (I) tend to babysit mine too much. If I see the wick is a little long I instinctively trim it. My husband does not. We get very different results in the same household, and I get to witness how badly mine can fail. I sent @moonshine a couple of this year’s tins recently that burned 100% textbook perfect in my trials. I was so excited to finally have an acceptable tin for summer. Her office room temp and air currents were just different enough to make them burn a little too hot. Someone in her office lit them on a follow up burn and left the wick a fraction too long and it again burned hotter than optimal. 1/8” - 1/4” wick length difference in soy makes a humongous difference 😫 wicking down creates a throw problem and burn problem for those who do trim properly. Ya can’t win. Likewise, if I send one to my fam in the fall/winter, they may not burn hot enough since temps during those seasons plummet (like living in igloos). We have to develop a range of acceptable, since no candle will ever be perfection. I like to see the containers after people burn them. It tells me an awful lot. Well I could make five identical candles and burn them in the following locations: My den with the strange air flow The living room that isn’t air-conditioned The warm, humid garage My cool, dry bedroom with the abundance of air flow The hot, humid back porch I could also make three more and burn them in the same environment with different starting wick lengths and after the initial burns I could test the effect of trimming or not trimming the wicks. I’ll have to check, but I think I have the containers, and I have lots of wax. All I have is a small melt pot so I’ll have to be very careful to not let process enter into the equation. Should I use FO or not? I will have to pour them on Sunday and burn them a week later. Any thoughts or advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallTayl Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 You could. Or you could just send them to five random people and ask them to burn them and send you back the container. I would shy away from questionnaires because it evokes the Hertzberg Effect. When people know that they’re being watched they do things differently. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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