Category: Homemade Candles

To pre-tab, prime, and trim candle wicks, crimp the wick into a tab, add a light wax coating only when you need more rigidity, and trim to 6–7 mm before lighting. This page is for candle makers...

Choose CD wicks when you need stronger heat and faster melt pools, and ECO wicks when you want cooler, cleaner burns in most soy jars. CD and ECO are two popular cotton wick families for container...

Wick curl is the slight bend many candle wicks develop as they burn, and a small curl is often normal in self-trimming cotton wicks. This guide helps you tell harmless wick curl from a wick...

Most wood wick problems come from too much char, the wrong wick size, poor burn conditions, or too little exposed wick. Use this page when a wood wick tunnels, goes out, smokes, throws a flame...

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. Wick sizing controls melt-pool coverage,...

Cotton wicks are the better default for most candle makers because they are easier to size, easier to relight, and usually more forgiving across jars, waxes, and everyday customer use. Wooden...