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INSTRUCTIONS FOR BURNING (ALL SOY CANDLES)
Always cut the wick before lighting the first time to approximately 1/4". Once you light again, after wax hardens, be sure to take off loose part of wick, you should be able to leave it lit for as long as you wish. Each time you re-light, remember to pinch off the loose part of the wick from top. Just take your fingers and either pinch off, or give a short twist, and loose part should come right off.
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 30-35 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 votives are made with soy, and it is always recommended that you always use a proper votive holder to put them in. My votives 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, then blow out. When wax has hardened. you can light again for about two hours at a time. 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 or three times of lighting candle, it will not do that no more, and will start staying lit right in the center of the candle. My large muffins have a very long burn time.
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 in a clump. On soy containers, which I make you shouldn't have any left over, 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.
STOP! DON'T TOSS THAT CANDLE OUT!
Have you received a broken jar candle through the mail?
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.
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 to high, as this is not normal. Remember always cut back wick more.
