How to Burn an Original Pheylonian Beeswax Candle:

Burning and Maintenance Instructions

 
Always ensure the wick is properly trimmed to 3/16” or 5mm before lighting or relighting. If the wick has been flattened, stand the wick upright and gently twist the strands so the wick is upright and tightly wound.

 
This Temple Lite Candle has been burning about 1.5 hours. The wick is a good height with a proper size flame.
The wicks in our candles never get shorter on their own allowing you to adjust the wick as needed.  This means as the wax burns down the wick gets taller and the flame becomes larger.

 
The wick on this candle is now too long causing a large flame and if left untended, it may cause smoke. 
One of the best ways to shorten a wick is to use the walls around the pool to. Pushing the softened walls into the pool actually raises the level of the wax, shortening  the length of the wick . This technique also widens the edge of the candle walls ensuring the pool will not flow over the edge of the candle or leak out any of the crevasses in the sculpted walls.

 
Always do this with two hands, gently pushing in with both thumbs, using equal pressure on each side.
After ‘hugging’ the candle, the wick is now back to the proper height and the flame has come back to a nice size which will burn the fuel much efficiently.
Feed your Candles:
Another method to shorten the wick is to ‘feed’ any ‘scraps’ remaining from your previous beeswax candles into the liquid pool to bring up the level and shorten the wick.

Gentle Warnings

Do Not Burn Paraffin while Burning Beeswax

We recommend that you do not burn paraffin candles at the same time as you burn our candles as the negative ions produced by pure beeswax will cause the black soot from the paraffin candles to stick to many household surfaces, particularly vinyl materials (windows), plastics (computer cases, garbage cans, litter boxes, children’s toys) and appliances.

 

Never Leave a Candle Burning Unattended

Never leave a candle burning in another room even when you are home. If you leave the room for an extended length of time, take the candle with you or extinguish it. All pillar candles need ‘maintainance’ while being burned over different lengths of time, depending on the size of the candle. Tea lites, tapers and votive glass candles can be unattended for short lengths of time, as they are contained within a holder, however as the wax burns down, the wicks do get taller and will need trimming.

For more details, see Science of a a Pheylonian Beeswax Candle.

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