Shisha Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 I'm having a hard time picturing the dreaded mushroom. I am a novice candle maker (lots of experience with incense and bath&body but just starting out in wax). I use C3 from Genwax (only about 1/2 hour away from me, luckily) and so far I have made about 25 container candles, mostly small (votive size) ceramic pots because my sig other is a potter & has lots of tiny pots from his beginner days. I'm thinking the mushroom might be something that you get on a bigger candle (?)because I have not yet seen any mushroom like stuff happening on these small pots. Would love to see a nice clear close up photo, if you have one. TIA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candle Makin Momma Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 I don't have a pic but I'll give you a description to hold you over.WHile burning you'll look at the top of your wick and see that it looks like it split in two. On each split part is a small ( smaller than a pea) black ball. That is a mushroom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crafty1_AJ Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 Someone posted a thread recently about a monster mushroom. If you do a search for "monster mushroom" or similar, it should come up. There was a picture in that post. HTH!OK, found the link. I'm normally search challenged, so it's amazing I found this. LOL This is an extreme example; usually there are only one or two little balls (carbon beads) on top the wick.http://www.candletech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20154&highlight=%22monster+mushroom%22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shisha Posted April 29, 2006 Author Share Posted April 29, 2006 Wow! Now I see what you mean! I've not had anything that large, but perhaps I HAVE had a bit of mushrooming. I thought (for some reason) that mushroom thing would be in the wax, not the wick, so I was anxiously looking for some kind of wax shape to appear.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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