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I know you've seen them. The wonderful scented candles in glass jars with pretty glass tops or fancy metal encasing their wax. Improper burning of these types of candles can cause the wax to flow unevenly around your container, making it look just plain messy. Blek! It's preferable that for the "first burn" you burn the candle until there is a smooth even flow of wax around the top as wax has memory. Never knew that, did you? It's recommended that you burn a new candle for the first time an inch per diameter of the candle, but under four hours, as remember, you don't want that gross carbon from burning it for too long. Whew! I know we've saved a few candle burners with this one.
*Wick Trimming
Are you getting a big black ring around the candle when you relight it or excessive smoke? Well... experts say that it is because you are one of those that doesn't... trim your wick as you should. What? You have to trim the wick. No one ever told me that, you either? Well I guess that it is an important candle burning procedure. Failure to properly trim you wick to one quarter inch before lighting can give you, get this, mushrooming and carbon. Remember, those are both two things that are, well, not only gross but, cough, not conducive to why you probably lit the candle to begin with. They even make fancy scissors just for trimming those wicks but I'm sure a regular pair would work too. So take the time to trim those used candles before lighting them as it will pay off for you in the long run. No thanks necessary for this tip.
*There's A Proper Way To Blow Out Your Candle
What you say? There's a proper way to blow out a candle? Don't you just blow; you know, pucker up those lips and blow? Well, no, it seems there is a proper way to extinguish a candle flame. Using the pucker up and blow method-one I've always used-can cause hot wax to fly out from the, again I think their talking about candles encased in glass or metal, or whatever type of completely enclosed containers, and possibly burn the blowers face or someone else's face. Ouch! That doesn't sound fun, or conducive to romance, nope. Instead, it's recommended to use a snuffer or flat-head screwdriver to extinguish the flame in the melted wax. This is supposedly a safer method that won't risk flesh burning. What's a snuffer? It's a bell-shaped metal cap on a long stick that, well, literally snuffs out the flame of the candle. They still make those so you can easily find one to add to your candle safety equipment along with a small pair of wick trimming scissors.
Now, knowing what you now know about how to properly use container candles, you should be all set to safely burn them with just the desired outcome.
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