ladysj Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 I've been trying wick after wick after wick for months and I finally got a wick that is giving me pretty much a self consuming burn. I used the Hobby Lobby paraffin with stearic and vybar. It's wicked with a 62-52-18Z. It's not leaving much of a shell at all not sure you can tell from the pic. This is after 3 4 hour plus burns. Any way I am really excited about it lol & the pics not the best.Thanks For looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carriegsxr6 Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 congrats!!! Remember to hug it as well after each burn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 If you get to self consuming, you think you should still hug? I don't as the candle naturally rolls in. Now that you have the wicking down, how's the melt pool? How's the smell? How's the rate of consumption lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladysj Posted October 15, 2006 Author Share Posted October 15, 2006 I'm not going to have to hug this one. The melt pool is good after 3 test burns I've only melted about 3/4 inch total from the height. As far as the scent throw not sure on this one yet. This was some left over wax that I was just experimenting with. It is sugar cookie and I added more wax to it so it doesn't have a very strong scent to it. I'm going to make another one with the appropriate amount of fo. As soon as find my stearic and vybar in all of this mess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalamazoo Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 congrats!!! Remember to hug it as well after each burn.Hi Carrie, I see this a lot about hugging a candle, but before I joined this board never even knew of this technique. I don´t expect many customers know about it or quite frankly want to be bothered with hugging a candle, so I am just asking if it is not better to leave a candle alone and see how it burns without the hugging technique. Would like to know your thoughts on the matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalamazoo Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 I'm not going to have to hug this one. The melt pool is good after 3 test burns I've only melted about 3/4 inch total from the height. As far as the scent throw not sure on this one yet. This was some left over wax that I was just experimenting with. It is sugar cookie and I added more wax to it so it doesn't have a very strong scent to it. I'm going to make another one with the appropriate amount of fo. As soon as find my stearic and vybar in all of this mess That looks like a good burn. I would be interested to know what it looks like after a few more burns. Please post pics. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carriegsxr6 Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Hi Carrie, I see this a lot about hugging a candle, but before I joined this board never even knew of this technique. I don´t expect many customers know about it or quite frankly want to be bothered with hugging a candle, so I am just asking if it is not better to leave a candle alone and see how it burns without the hugging technique. Would like to know your thoughts on the matter. Personally I like to hug candles. I havent came across a self consuming candle myself. I always get the buldge if I dont hug it. But if ladysg says she got hers to work, then thats awesome!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fern Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Yeah...it looks like a good one. Like Scented said, if it's already starting to hug on it's own, you shouldn't have to do anything else to it. Good job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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