silverm00n Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 After testing a whole lot of wicks, and going round & round, I finally decided that CD's were best in my current applications with soy. However, when I extinguish some of my candles, there's a whole lot of smoke. It's happened enough times for me to raise an eyebrow. I swear after all the testing of all these wicks, I'm not going through that again! I'm confident that I was thorough in my testing, so aside from using wick dippers, do I deal with it or am I off somewhere in my formulas? :undecided What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris77 Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 instead of blowing the candle out, dip the wick into the soy wax and then lift it back out. The coating of wax will extinguish the wick with little to no smoke! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverm00n Posted January 2, 2007 Author Share Posted January 2, 2007 which is an option I know, but what about customers? What if they blow it out, and then freak over all the smoke? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravity Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 HTP's, which I'm currently using, also tend to have an abundance of smoke after being blown out. I usually dip the wick to extinguish... but the issue of having others blowing them out is still a concern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realmarcha Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 This will happen with all wicks that are blown out to one extent or the other. I educate my customers on how to extinquish their wick to eliminate the smoking. I tell them to dip the wick into their wax pool and then lift it back out. I also educate my wholesale accounts in this manner so they know what to tell the customers if this issue should ever arise. In the 6 years I have been selling candles; wholesale and retail, I have had only one customer return a candle with that excuse. The reason I say "excuse" is she also told the wholesale account she did not like the fragrance and wanted to return the candle. When the wholesale account told her she could not return it due to not liking the fragrance, she then told them the wick smoked when she "blew" it out. So, in reality, I did not have any customers returning candles due to smoking when the candle was extinquished. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephD Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 I've had the same problem with mine and didn't quite know what to think. Of course, I'm still in the testing phase which I will probably NEVER get out of! lol Hey, silvermoon, where ya at in Illinois? I'm down south. We were up near Peoria this past weekend for my brother's wedding. That was a trip! lol Anyway, I guess I'll do as suggested and dip my wicks in the wax to extinguish. Thanks for the ideas! Stephanie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topofmurrayhill Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 If you pay attention you'll probably notice the candles that smoke more when blown out are the ones with more mushroom or carbon residue at the tip of the wick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella1952 Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 We have less problem with smoking when we snuff the candle by placing a top or something else over it to deprive the flame of oxygen. We leave the "snuffer" over the wick for several moments AFTER the flame goes out to assure that no part of the wick is still smoldering. I can't imagine dousing the wick each time in the melt pool! How long are your wicks? I have absolutely no faith that our customers would do the same... I feel fortunate when folks assure me that they have been trimming their wicks before burning our candles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverm00n Posted January 2, 2007 Author Share Posted January 2, 2007 If you pay attention you'll probably notice the candles that smoke more when blown out are the ones with more mushroom or carbon residue at the tip of the wick.ok duh top!Steph I'm right by Chicago, we took a drive to Peaoria last month, man that was pretty long! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephD Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 lol That drive does suck. We had to go just past Peoria to G-burg. It was 5 hours from my house to there! Also, we were in my boyfriend's truck which is a Silverado regular cab. Going up wasn't as bad as coming back. My daughter is getting too tall! We really need a quad cab! lolStephanie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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