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Candle Safety Tips & Info

 

General Safety Tips:

 

  • Never leave a burning candle unattended! 

  • Keep burning candles away from children and pets. 

  • Do not place near flammable objects such as curtains, walls, etc. 

  • Place on a protected, heat resistant, level surface.

  • Keep candle free of wick trimmings, matches, or other foreign matter that could be a fire hazard.

  • Avoid burning your candle in drafts, such as open windows or heating/air vents. This will cause your candle to smoke.  

  • Keep wick trimmed to 1/4 inch at all times to avoid carbon build up on the wick (mushrooming), dark smoking, and soot in the air and on  walls or furniture.

  • Always allow candle to cool before trimming wick or relighting.

  • To avoid glass containers shattering: Do not burn a candle in a container that is chipped or cracked.  Do not allow candle to burn completely down to the bottom of container, stop about 1/2 inch short.  Do not allow flame to touch sides of container.

  • Containers may become very hot, do not handle and/or move container while wax is hot!

  • Allow candle to cool before replacing lid on jar.

Burning Tips:

  • Burn candles 1 hour for each inch of its diameter.  This allows the flame time to melt the wax to the outer edge.  Burning less time will cause the candle to core burn down the middle & shorten burn time.  Example: a 3" wide candle should be burned for 3 hours at a time.

  • If heavy fragrance DOES cause a mushroom (see above), put the candle out, wait for it to cool, snip off the mushroom and relight.

  • If you don’t have a wick trimmer, use toenail clippers to trim wicks in jars in which scissors won't fit.

  • Candles will fade if left in direct sunlight or spotlights for extended periods of time. 

  • Before a party, light and extinguish candles.  They will light more quickly and easily later.

  • If you do not have a candle hook, use a regular crochet hook to snuff out your candle. Simply use the hook to bend the wick into the wax to extinguish the flame, then use the hooked end to pull the wick back upright!

  • When burning votives, make sure you use a small, heat resistant container designed for votives, which should fit snugly around the votive. Votives are designed to achieve a full melt pool, unlike the pillar candle.

 

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