About Our Wicks
Finding the right wax was easy, but finding the right wick was a bit of a trick. Here are the wicking trials we had while starting out:
The easy-to-find wicks for soy and pariffin candles wouldn't work in palm because they are designed to melt softer waxes at lower temperatures. The wicks reccomended online contained a zinc core to create a hotter burning wick, needed to melt the hard palm. This was not an option for us due to the dangers of burning lead and zinc core wicks.
After trial and error we found a cotton wick designed for high temperatures that worked well. Our company expriemented with many different sizes and could not find a suitable wick to melt the candle edge to edge given our container size. After countless hours and "dud" candles we found that two smaller wicks could get a great, clean, edge to edge burn. It was also discovered that using two smaller wicks created less soot that a single thicker wick.
After even more expirementation we found, by accident, that if the wicks were closer together at the bottom and farther apart at the top the candle burned down slower. This "V" pattern wick design helped regulate the temperature better. As a candle burns down, the containers hot edges naturally help conduct heat, and in our case, more heat than the candle actually needed. By drawing the heat placement (the wicks) closer to the center of the candle as it burns down, we could keep the glass edges of the candle cooler. This helped to extend the long life of the palm candle even more!
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