Gbhunter Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Since square braids seems to fail in one way or another what are they good for?Just for beeswax, even there it smokes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glowworm Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I have very good results with the square braids in both my parrafin and palm pillars. I usually use either a 1/0 or a 2/0 with no problems. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gbhunter Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 (edited) How big is the palm pillar. I tried #3 it tunneled and drownd and #6 ate the entire candle. Nice glow but bou does it look ugly.For a feathered unscented 3" pillar what do you suggest and how did you come to this con clusion? Also is the shell left behind large?I having access to material would help. But we have no candle stores here in Michigan. Edited February 14, 2012 by Gbhunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 How big is the palm pillar. I tried #3 it tunneled and drownd and #6 ate the entire candle. Nice glow but bou does it look ugly.For a feathered unscented 3" pillar what do you suggest and how did you come to this con clusion? Also is the shell left behind large?I having access to material would help. But we have no candle stores here in Michigan.Are you anywhere near here: http://www.greatcandle.com/Store%20Hours.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glowworm Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 How big is the palm pillar. I tried #3 it tunneled and drownd and #6 ate the entire candle. Nice glow but bou does it look ugly.For a feathered unscented 3" pillar what do you suggest and how did you come to this con clusion? Also is the shell left behind large?I having access to material would help. But we have no candle stores here in Michigan.I normally make the 3x4 palm pillars with the 1/0 square. At first I thought it was going to leave to thick of a shell as it normally burns half way down leaving a 1/2 shell but by the last 1/3 it starts to thin and by the end the shell burns almost all the way down and what's left is paper thin. No blowouts, just a beautiful burn with almost every fo I have tried. Have you tried a 1/0 yet? If you do, try to burn it to the end before coming to any conclusions, I think you might be surprised . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Since square braids seems to fail in one way or another what are they good for?Just for beeswax, even there it smokes.I've always used square braid in all my beeswax candles and never have them smoke! You must be using the wrong size or wick needs trimming, but dunno your application or wax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gbhunter Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 I'm just upset because I have 90$ worth of wick that's worthkes because people on candle sites told me this is a great wick. So I'm just venting. I never burned square in just beeswax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gbhunter Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 (edited) Are you anywhere near here: http://www.greatcandle.com/Store%20Hours.htmNo these people are at least 1 hour plus away and their wick selection is rather sparce. Edited February 14, 2012 by Gbhunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella1952 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I use square braid on some of the molded "art" palm wax candles I make. It works fine for me. Maybe the size you used isn't right for your application... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gbhunter Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 at this rate I will be able to open a store and sell wick, I'll have all of them. Wick spools are cheaper then the tabbed wicks. At candlewic anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella1952 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 I far prefer wick assemblies but if I can't use one in a particular application, there ARE other choices which work nearly as well. It pays to have a big trickbag so that if one thing isn't appropriate, you have more choices. Time vs. money is a consideration. Working with spooled wicking is more time consuming for me, so I only use it when I am casting two-part molded candles. Those are more of a PITA to wick because one can't use a wick pin in those easily, (although it CAN be done... with a lot of patience and cajun engineering) Tying up wicking and taping it down is very tedious and time-consuming for me. I can wick a dozen containers with wick assemblies faster than I can wick one 2 part mold. Thank goodness I don't make many of those!! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circle Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I love square braid wick for my palm pillars and paraffin pillars. I use spools as I wick my moulds before pouring. Never had black smoke and wicks trim nicely. Not tried them in beeswax. I get mine from Candlewic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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