ladysj Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 I've been testing burning a 3x3x6 inch pillar using just plain Hobby Lobby paraffin with stearic added. It melted to the ends leaving about a 1/4 inch of course that didn't include the corners. Guess I should have taken a pic of that. Any way I've burned it 4 times now and what I did was kind of hugged the wax inward and the corners. Should I have moved the corners in too?Or should I have just let it burn on down into the candle to see if it would leak over the sides or blowout with this particular wick? I know most people don't know to hug candles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 When I hug a square pillar I do sort of push in the corners too. If you can't gently push them in just a tiny bit after you've burned it a few times, that can be a sign it needs wicked up a tiny bit more. But that being said, I always burn one both ways because yes, you do want to know if it's going to tunnel really badly or blow out the sides if someone doesn't hug it. I call this doing a burn test and doing an idiot burn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladysj Posted June 28, 2006 Author Share Posted June 28, 2006 Thank you so much for replying. I'm going to have to do another pillar and try burning again. The one I was testing was burning good except the straight edges were getting really thin and I was afraid it was going to flow over the edges and started folding the wax in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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