Help with wick staying in candle

[Circle]

Hi everyone

I would appreciate any help on this one, please. I have always made candles with moulds already wicked up, but recently I bought some moulds that require a wick pin. I can put my own wicks in afterwards, BUT they don't stay in the candle!!! I just have to pull on them slightly and they come right out. I seal the bottom of the candle, but as I put my label tag around the wick, I know my customers are going to pull the wick out when they pull off the label and this is not a good look.:undecided

[Pam]

When I use wick pins, I use metal wick tabs with my wicks. When I level the bottom of my candle the tab seals in and the wick won't come out. Another idea is to explain to your customer that the wick secure in place once they light it for the first time and that it won't move after that.

Hope this helps

Pam F

[SatinDucky]

When I use wick pins, I use metal wick tabs with my wicks.

Yup, me too. When I don't want to use a wick tab, I remove the wick pin before the final repour. Put the wick in, dab a bit of sealer over the wick sticking out of the bottom, fold about 1/4" wicking over to the side just below the first fill line and do the repour. Wick is secure

[Ring of Fire]

Are you saying you don't use wick tabs?

If you do use them, just light the bottom of the tab with a lighter and push it in when hot. The wick tab will adhere to the candle when the hot tab hits the wax and melts around it. I do this for votive's. Very fast and east.

[Pam W]

Whether I use tabbed or un-tabbed FB wicks, I always hit the bottom with the heat gun to anchor the wicks.

[candlesprite7]

I use a hot pan to level the bottoms of my pillars, when i use the wick pin i stick the wick in and pull it so i can just see it at the bottom, when i level the bottom the end gets sealed and the wick stays in.

I hope that made sense.

[Circle]

Thanks all for your help, I now have many ideas to try