CD vs ECO Wicks: Which Should You Use? [+ Quick Sizing Chart]
CD and ECO are cotton wick families for single-wick container candles, and on this page “better” means the safer first family to test for your jar, wax, and fragrance load: ECO suits many soy...
Wick curl is a candle-wick burn behavior where the lit wick bends toward one side as it burns. A small curl can be normal self-trimming, but it becomes problematic on this page when it leans the...
Candle wick problems are burn-performance symptoms that show the wick, wax, jar, or burn conditions are no longer working together as intended. Most candle wick problems come from the wrong wick size...
How to Make Decorative Shaped Candles (Complete How-To and Fixes)
Decorative shaped candles come out clean and detailed when you match wax hardness to the mold, size the wick by cross-section, control pour temperature, and test-burn every new shape. Shaped...
To size a candle wick correctly the first time, match your jar diameter and wax to a wick chart, then verify with a clean two-to-three-hour burn test. This page is for container-candle makers who...
Cotton vs Wooden Wicks for Candle Making: Which Burns Better?
Cotton and wooden wicks are two wick-material options for candle makers, and on this page “burns better” means burns more reliably for most makers with easier relights, easier maintenance, better...
