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  • How Long Should a Candle Wick Be

    How Long Should a Candle Wick Be

    Candle Wick Length - in Inches or Centimetres

    • From our experience, a candle wick should be approximately five millimetres (half a centimetre) or nearly one quarter of an inch from the level of candle wax to the top of the wick.
    • There are different candle wicks available, cotton or wood but the five-millimetre advice is the same for all wicks.
    • You can use scissors to trim wicks, but for the best results use a purpose designed candle wick trimmer to trim your wick.
    • We also suggest that the wick should be trimmed every 4 hours of candle burn time.

     

    How long should a candle wick be
    How long should a candle wick be? To keep a wick to the right length, best use a candle wick trimmer, available in our FelinFach online shop...

     

    Candle Wick Trimmers

    Purpose designed wick trimmers are able to trim wicks even when they are low down in the candle. General scissors become harder to use as a wick trimmer the lower the wick is in the candle. It is a wise investment to get a proper wick trimmer to look after you candles. We have a range of wick trimmers as in the image below.

    Why You Should Trim Your Candle Wick

    Candle wicks that become too tall tend to burn too quickly with large flames which can cause sooty smoke. After you have invested in a beautiful candle why let it burn too quickly? Trim the wick regularly and your candle will last longer.  

    Candle Wick too Short - How to Fix?

    Short candle wicks can be difficult to light. The only answer is to carefully 'dig' out a little wax from the base of the wick to lengthen the wick to the optimum length of 5 millimetres

     

    FelinFach Candles, Diffusers and Accessories

    Modern-Day Candle Chandler

    A Candle Chandler? - "a maker and seller of tallow, wax candles, and also usually soap". 

    We are a modern-day candle chandler, hand pouring soy wax candles using traditional methods and skills but also other fragrance items such as reed diffusers and wax melts. Our eco-friendly candles are made from sustainable and renewable plant-based soy waxes.

     

     

     

    Candle Safety

    It is always important to treat your candles safely and with care. Please note the follow candle care advice... 

    • Never leave a burning candle unattended.
    • Place candles on a stable surface away from flammable objects.
    • Keep candles out of reach of children and pets.
    • Extinguish candles before going to bed or leaving the house.
    • Do not place candles too close together.

    More information on Candle Safety and Care...

    Candles and Soapery - Knowledge Base and Customer Support Portal

    Extensive Candle-Care Resources all in One Place

    If you need the full low-down on our chandlery, candle and soapery products, we’ve got all the details and information you’ll need in our Knowledge Base. Browse through these articles and experience all your candle-care resources in one place, Candle Care Resources... 

     

    About FelinFach

    Welsh Blankets - Traditional Caernarfon poercullis patterns, contemporary colourspatterns Wool Throws - Hand woven in Wales Chandlery - Hand Poured Candles, Reed diffusers and wax melts - handmade in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK. Hand dyed yarn, dyed only with natural dyes Craft Courses - Natural Dyeing Gift Cards - By Post or by Email 

     

    Located in Pembrokeshire Wales, our ethos is defined in the three words...

    NATURAL TRADITIONAL HANDMADE.

    We are a proud supporter of Americymru the Campaign for Wool, Global Welsh and Red Dragon America.

     

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    Last updated 20th August 2024

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