If you have any questions, or some tips you'd like to share, please email me. I'd love to hear them, and with your permission post them to this page. Of course, it will be in recognition of you. Thanks, a bunch!
INSTRUCTIONS FOR BURNING (ALL SOY CANDLES)
To get the best throw scent from your soy candles, let them cure for a week or two before lighting them for the first time.
Always keep wick trimmed to approximately 1/4". I myself always pinch off the excess wick after burning, and before lighting again.
PREVENT TUNNELING
Soy candles will burn all the way and not "tunnel".... IF you burn them right. The first time the candle is lit, be sure to burn it for at least 2-3 hours, or until the wax is melted all the way across the jar.
PILLAR MOLD TIP (ALL PARAFFIN WAX)
When burning the candle for the first time, burn at least 3 hours (One hour for each inch of wax across) to allow the melt pool to form. The wax has a memory and this will set it to burn all the way across. If you don't, you may get a "well" in the candle.
MY WAXED SCENTED BEARS
These bears have enough scent in them, that they should easily last between 3 to 6 months. To freshen them up, take a blow dryer, and run it over the bear for about 60 seconds. Should also, take care of any dust it might have accumulated.
MY CONTAINER CANDLES
All container candles are made from straight soy. My 8 oz. mason jar candle, will have approximately 40 hours of burn time. I'd say that is a long burn time for that size candle, wouldn't you?
VOTIVES
Please cut wick down to 1/4" before lighting for the first time. My votive's are made with soy, and it is always recommended that you always use a proper votive holder to put them in. My votive's have a fantastic burn to them.
CUPCAKE AND MUFFIN CANDLES
Cut wick down to about ¼ " before lighting. Let it stay lit for just a few short minutes. If flame is too high, please distinguish, clip wick just a tad bit more and re-light.. In the beginning you might get some drip off from the sides, and if that happens, when candle cools, take cupcake off plate, set aside, and put plate in freezer to rid of excess wax (Approximately 1/2 hour to hour). After about two and sometimes three times, it will not do that no more. My large muffins have a very long burn time. PLEASE.......ALWAYS BURN on plate or holder at all times.
TARTS
This is a great tip for our tart users. After burning and scent is gone. Wait till wax cools, place entire Tart/Potpourri burner in freezer, and wait for I'd say at least an hour, then the wax will come out in one clump, no digging, no fussing. No spillage. Then just toss used wax in the garbage. Occasionally, it is recommend that you wash out though, or at least wipe it out with wet cloth, to prevent wax from sticking upon freezing.
You can do this with most of your jar candles, and votive holders as well. Just leave in freezer for one or two hours, and should come right out. Makes cleaning the jar or container, so much easier, and no wax to run all over the place. Just toss it away straight out of the freezer.
All soy containers, which I make you shouldn't have any left over and should burn clean, but by chance you do, don't waste, set on your warmers until the scent is all gone. Make use of that scent!
LEFT OVER WAX FROM YOUR CANDLES
When ever you have a scented candle, and it is down to the bottom where you can't burn it no longer. Don't just toss it away. Break it up and put the remains in to your tart burner, until all the wax is used up. It would be no different than using a regular tart, and no waste to the scent that is left in that candle (Pillar, Jar, or whatever the case may be).
STOP! DON'T TOSS THAT CANDLE OUT!
Have you received a broken jar candle through the mail? (Possibly from "Cheryl's Candles", or any other e-tailers you might place your order with)
WAIT, STOP! Don't toss that candle! Use it up, by digging the wax out and placing it in another jar, or zip lock bag. Then as you need it, just take some and put into your tart dish, or warmer dish. There is no waste, the only thing you didn't have was the lit candle, but hey.......you still have the great throw from the candle, and it wasn't a total loss. NOTE: This is providing the glass is not shattered, where you might cut yourself trying to save wax.
PILLARS
Not all pillars will do this, but a few select might. Not just the ones I pour, but I've seen this happen to others as well. If by chance you get one that when you light it after cutting wick down to 1/4", starts smoking or has to high a flame, please distinguish flame, cut wick back a bit more and light again. You may have to do this a couple of times, but then the flame will go as it should. Never let your candle smoke or flame reach too high, as this is not normal. Remember always cut back wick more.
CLIP THOSE CURLED WICKS BEFORE LIGHTING!!!
i often curl my wicks when it's a specialty candle. Please do not light until you clip your wick to measure approximately 1/4".
SEARCHING AN ITEM ON WEBPAGE
Some of you may not know, so going to share. This will speed the process up when you are looking for something specific. Example, if you go to my main link page and you are looking for burners or warmers. Go to Edit at the top of your browser and then to “Find on this page”. Type in either burners or warmers. It will take you right to the link, so you won’t have to go through the hassle of looking or scrolling to find. If you are looking for anything specific just type in the name that it would be under, and should highlight such word. Or, if you are looking for a specific holiday page as well. Hope this helps some of you that didn't’ know this, and maybe you can share this hint with friends as well. This works on any website page you may be on. Not sure why I haven’t had this on my hints link before, but it really does slow down the searching process, and besides, sometimes we over look things as we are searching. I know, it has happened to me in the past.
This page was last updated: June 28, 2010
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