Can anyone help this is an ongoing problem

[Gbhunter]

I made a new 3"X6" 132 mp wax pillare and used a 27 ply wick

This is the result: The flame flickers here an there

http://www.angelfire.com/on3/shellandpaulsphoto/candley1.jpg

If I use 24 ply the flame is smaller but I get a huge wax pool and the candle overflows and leaks wax all over. Can someone offer any advice?

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Edited June 29, 2010 by Gbhunter

[Gbhunter]

Well I burned the candle for about and hour with the 27 ply wick and it leaked on one side.. It seems all my candles do that for some reason...I think its the 132 mp wax to be honest but does anyone have any other ideas? I mean I have tried just about everything and its just getting to the point I want to give up.

[Vicky_CO]

Try a 30 ply you may just need to go higher with that wax. I use 30 ply with problem scents.

[grama]

I use 4625 for my pillars, add vybar and stearic and use a 27 ply wick which works great most of time. Sometimes necessary to use 30

[Gbhunter]

With 27 ply and the 132 wax i get soot. I currently have a lung tumor and the docs cant be sure if the soot is not the cause of it(bot cancer or so they think in their best judgement). Top is the one that recomended the 132 wax I always used the 140 and I never add scent just color like 6-8 drops of liquid color per 2 pounds. I just cant get a small flame I get these huge 2 inch monsters. Does styrine and Vybar help with these?

I dont want a wax blend because then I become a slave to that one particular seller.

[grama]

Gbhunter in your picture of your candle looked like you had some serious fingernailing, unless it is a mottling wax. That is what I use the stearic and vybar for. Since using it no fingernails or while spots.

[Gbhunter]

How does one know how much stearic acid to use or vybar?

[Vicky_CO]

Try 3 tablespoon of stearic first before you try the vybar. But vybar you do not want to use more than 1/2 teaspoon.

[grama]

When I started getting fingernailing I tried everything. Happened to search for who sold my wax and found Cierra - the ole Cierra - and went to their site to see if they showed anything different about the 4625. They said to use 3 TBS Stearic & 1 tsp Vybar 103 per lb. I decided to call them and ask how they came up with this and the person I talked to said that it was recommended to them by IGI. Once I started adding this they turn out perfect.

[Gbhunter]

I changed back to the 40 mp wax the 132 was just crap. Got a wick pin and will see what happens would 27 ply be too big for 3" dia with color but no FO.

[Scented]

Try it and see. I think you ought to be fine. It should help consume more of the candle. I always found 24 to be too small for what I wanted out of a 3" candle. It's the arg in testing, isn't it?