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wooden wick candle care

Wooden Wick Candle Care

How to get the very best from your scented candle for:

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  • A long lasting burn  

  • A soot free candle

  • Optimal fragrance throw

  • Safety

 

Wooden Wick Candle Safety

To enjoy your Kind Melts candle safely please follow these guidelines:

  • Ensure your candle is in a well ventilated area away from draughts and placed on a level, heat resistant surface.

  • Keep away from children, pets and flammable objects. Ensure there is adequate space around the candle to enable air flow and avoid items falling into the candle or catching alight.

  • Do not burn for longer than 3-4 hours at a time.

  • If the flame becomes large or unstable, extinguish the candle. Allow to cool, check for draughts, trim the wick to 3-5mm and relight.

  • Never leave a burning candle unattended.

  • When extinguishing the candle you can use a snuffer to avoid wax splashes.

  • Take care when touching the candle container, it may get hot. Do not move the candle when alight.

How to get the best from your
wooden wick candle.

Getting the Best Burn from your Wooden Wick Candle

Follow these tips to maximise the lifespan and fragrance of your Kind Melts candle:

  • Trimming your wick will ensure you get the best and safest burn from your candle. Ensure that you trim the wick to 3-5mm before each time you burn it. You can do this with wick trimmers, clippers or simply pinch off the charred wick once the wax has reset.

  • The wax pool should be kept free from debris, dust and wick trimmings before lighting.

  • On first use allow the wax to burn to the edge of the container, this should take approximately 2 hours. Wax has a memory and can tunnel ( burn down the middle and not to the edges) if it is extinguished too early on the first burn.

  • Do not burn for longer than 3-4 hours at a time even if there is a small area of wax at the edges of the container this will melt as the candle burns lower.

  • The surface of the wax can discolour slightly and appear uneven after burning. This is normal and due to being a natural wax and wooden wick.

  • Sit back, relax and indulge your senses with Kind Melts wooden wick candles.

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How to Store you Wooden Wick Candles.

  • When your Kind Melts candle is not being used, store in a cool dry place.

  • To keep your candle free from dust and debris cover it with a candle lid. This will ensure you get an optimum burn and fragrance throw.​

Troubleshooting, Top Tips.

  • Candle won't light:

  1. Trim the wick to remove any charred wood. 

  2.  Hold the flame on the wooden wick for 10-15 seconds.

  • Candle has tunneled: 

  • Ensure you allow your candle wax to melt across the whole surface of the candle on first use. ( No longer than 4 hours )If you did not allow a full melt pool on first burn, then don't panic.

  1. Ensure the candle is cold and the wax has fully reset.

  2. Heat the top of the candle gently with a hairdryer on a LOW setting, ensure the hairdryer isn't too close to avoid wax splashing. 

  3. Melt the entire top of the candle so that the tunnel is covered in a layer of wax.

  4. Allow the wax to fully reset before relighting.

Want to know more? Find our candle FAQ page here

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