my first candles

[deg195]

yay- hope they burn ok....

 

[savonierre]

They look very very pretty.

 

[lsg]

Congratulations, I always have trouble keeping my wicks centered at the top of the candle.

 

[deg195]

So, I burned the candles. The smaller one - the wick was tooooo big and burned the wax to fast- all the way to the sides and quick. I used an LX 22 on a 2.5 width hex jar. I will order more wicks. I think a LX 16.
The other is really nice. I used an LX 26 on a 4inch container.
I used Love Spell f.o from candle science. Love the scent.
I am thinking about using a glue gun and gluing the wick to the jars. Do folks do this?

 

[ahutchins9]

The larger jar is that the apothecary of the tureen jar?

 

[Forsenuf]

I think you need wick tabs at the bottom of the containers to protect the container and the table from heat damage. And then you glue down the wick tab to the container- I use hot glue for that.

 

[deg195]

ahutchins9- -that is an apothecary jar from candle science

 

[Chefmom]

I use high temp glue gun for sticking down my wicks.

Love the chop sticks! They come in handy for so many things.

How did the big one burn? I usually double wick for anything 4-inches wide.

 

[maloga3]

They turned out great! I just made my first three candles and the soy wax melted all the way to the sides...the diameter is like 2 inches maybe...are my wicks too wide for the diameter since that happened??