Instructions and Care for Wood Wicked Candles
When lighting a wood wick candle for the first time, leave it lit for 2-3 hours so it creates a good melt pool. After that, just make sure to give your candle a nice long burn every so often to 'reset' the wax memory and prevent tunneling. This will keep your candle looking great, smelling great, and most importantly, burning evenly.
D. Roche
9/30/20241 min read
Having trouble lighting your wood wick candle?
Wood wicks are a bit more temperamental, but are so worth it for the crackle, sustainability, and clean burn. The clean burn creates less soot or smoke and therefor makes a healthier wick choice. If you have trouble lighting your candle, trim the burnt black off the wood wick with clippers, but keep it at least 1/8" long. If the candle won't stay lit because of tunneling and it's drowning in the wax, use a paper towel to soak up some of the wax around the wick so it has room to breathe again. Once lit, leave it burning for a couple of hours to help the melt pool reach the edges again so it doesn't tunnel further.
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