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My candles look great and appear to be burning well. However, when I go to relight them in the morning after I’ve blown them out for the night, the flame grows very tall and a small trail of black soot comes up from it for about 3 seconds every time. Then the flame gets smaller and the soot disappears and it burns like all is well. Is this normal? It’s been a long time since I’ve purchased a candle from a store so I can’t figure out if this is normal or if my wicks are off. 

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you're relighting an untrimmed wick, I'm guessing?  If so, yes, it's normal, especially if there's a bit of a leftover mushroom on there.  I'm fine with this on my candles as long as it settles down and trims itself in a few seconds.

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