Sharon Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 I have been making candles for a little over a year and thought I had conquered the size wicks for the Lucida jars I am using. (They are an apothecary style jar with a diameter of 4") Double wicking with a #6 ECO wick worked great for the 8 oz., but am now finding once the wax has melted to below half the jar in the 16 oz. and 26 oz. jars, the wicks don't burn hot enough and somtimes extinguish themselves. My thought is they are not getting enough air and need larger wicks or I need to use a different type of wick. I really have been impressed with the ECO wick but am open to suggestions. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeana Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 Since you are just testing are your wicks achored, or did you just poke the holes and put them in there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharon Posted March 10, 2006 Author Share Posted March 10, 2006 The wicks are anchored. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack be nimble Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 I use a CDN-22 on all 4" apothecary jars with Nature wax c3,no color Fo is at 1oz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth-VT Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 My thought is they are not getting enough air and need larger wicks or I need to use a different type of wick. I really have been impressed with the ECO wick but am open to suggestions. Thanks!Your thoughts about air flow are correct. The deeper you get intot he container you go, the more air flow is created by the heat from the flame. It's not necessarily not getting enough air, but the air flow certainly inhibits the flame, etc. You will find this issue regardless of which type of wick you use. If your wicks do extinguish themselves you probably do need to wick up a size. You can compensate for the increases size by movinf your wicks a bit closer together. I love the Eco's too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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