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Beeswax Tea light candle issues
The15thMember:
--- Quote from: Lesgold on January 21, 2023, 08:08:03 pm ---Not looking good at the one hour mark. What?s going on here? If they stay alight, I?ll post once more after one more hour.
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Oh, look at that! That's odd.
I have started my control experiment. I have a late hockey game to watch tonight (my Capitals are playing in Vegas), so I'll be up probably until after midnight, so I'll just keep you posted on what mine is doing all evening until I go to bed, as a comparison. Well my evening anyway, I guess it's morning for you. :grin:
Here is my candle before lighting it. My tea lights are the same diameter as yours, but they are shallower, only about 19 mm. I only had ones with slightly crooked wicks left after Christmas, so that's not ideal, but it should work okay for our purposes.
Here it is just upon lighting it.
And here is 20 minutes. I was going for 15 min., to match yours exactly, but I was working on doing the dishes after supper, and I missed my mark by a few minutes. :embarassed:
Lesgold:
Yours is burning quite well after 15 minutes. What wick are you using? After 2 hours, this is what I?m seeing.
Candle 1 and 2 are struggling. The third one seems to be going OK now after a rapid start and then a slow down. Most of the wax is starting to melt towards the end of the cup.
The15thMember:
--- Quote from: Lesgold on January 21, 2023, 09:17:19 pm ---Yours is burning quite well after 15 minutes. What wick are you using? After 2 hours, this is what I?m seeing.
Candle 1 and 2 are struggling. The third one seems to be going OK now after a rapid start and then a slow down. Most of the wax is starting to melt towards the end of the cup.
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I use these. https://www.betterbee.com/candle-wicking/tlcw1-tealight-wicks-100-Pack.asp Although I'm thinking about buying loose tabs and wicking in the future, since it'll probably be cheaper. I'm also not super happy with Betterbee's wick quality. They tend to form these little massed burnt spots on the wick, which makes them burn unevenly if blown out and relit. The wide dark spot at the base of my wick is what I'm referring to.
Here is mine at 1 hour. Since this one has a crooked wick, the wax on the one side isn't quite getting melted.
Edit: Sorry, I attached the wrong image there initially, this is at 1 hour.
Lesgold:
I can see what your are saying. It is still burning well. Here?s mine after 3 hours.
The middle one has now picked up a bit and the left hand one is still struggling.
The15thMember:
--- Quote from: Lesgold on January 21, 2023, 10:13:22 pm ---I can see what your are saying. It is still burning well. Here?s mine after 3 hours.
The middle one has now picked up a bit and the left hand one is still struggling.
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It's weird how those two were burning so low and then seemed to sort of pick up again.
Here is mine at 2 hours. The heat has melted that other side now. As you can see, the whole top layer of the wax is now melted.
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