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Wood Wicks For Beginners
Bootstrap your knowledge of wood wicks with this beginners guide which will teach you all about wick design, the differences, and sizing.
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All about wicks of any kind.
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6 Mistakes New Candle Makers Should Avoid
You can’t afford to make beginner mistakes when you’re trying to create the perfect candle or run your fragrance empire. Watch out for these common pitfalls!
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How To Choose A Candle Wick
A comprehensive guide to choose a wick for your candle. Includes every step in great detail to help you make beautiful candles.
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What To Do If You Have Mushrooms On Your Wick
Mushrooms on your wick are just elements of incomplete combustion. Read our guide to learn how it impacts your design and testing.
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4 Wick Testing Tricks You’ll Wish You Knew Sooner
Efficient wick testing is paramount to successfully producing awesome candles! Learn these four tricks to accelerate your testing methods.
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How To Fix Candle Tunneling
Learn how to fix candles that aren’t using up all their wax as well as a few tried and true ways to prevent it from happening at all
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How to Replace A Candle Wick
Learn how to replace a candle wick using these two strategies, including why replacing a wick helps increase testing for better candles.
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How to Conduct a Basic Burn Test
Candle makers leverage burn tests to prove their candles are safe and have an appropriate hot throw in use. Learn more about how to burn test your candles!
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What’s A Melt Pool?
The common advice to size candles for a full melt pool actually creates risks and potentially ignores industry safety standards.
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How To Choose A Wick
You don’t need a wick strategy – you need a testing strategy.