Dripless candle

The title says it all. Some candles have a large enough hole for the wick that the liquid wax will drain out the bottom of the candle. Just put a piece of tape over the bottom of the candle. Packing tape is nice because it's wide.

This idea may have been around for a long time, but it just occurred to me. This orange candle had a particular problem of dripping because of all the stuff packed in around the edges to create a nice visual effect. Some packing tape was wrapped around the outside of the candle to hold the wax when holes melted through. Not sure how this is going to work out as the candle burns down. Probably just trim the tape off around the top. .

 this fairly gigantic candle has three wicks. They had all burned down to Tiny stubs. Notice that match sticks will now act as the primary wick for this candle. As described earlier, to insert the matchsticks heat up a small nail on the stove. Holding the nail with pliers push it into the wax. Then follow up by pushing the match in. .

There are tons of great candles out there these days. Frankly my current favorite is the jar candle. They have improved Wicks tremendously in the last few years. But in this blog we're going to just talk about whatever we feel like dealing with candles and other stuff. Staying on topic is not one of my favorite topics. Speaking of wicks. Wicks in pillar candles are often a problem. They quickly burn down to a tiny flame and won't burn down the candle. What to do, what to do. Here's three candles that suffered from Tiny wicks. Notice they are all burning down fairly evenly. The blue one has turned out to be particularly satisfying. So here's the secret. Oh but first let me mention part of the reason the blue one is burning down so nicely is it has a particularly high temperature wax on the outside. Just the luck of the draw on my part. The secret is using a Matchstick as a supportive Wick. Light the candle and get a reasonable pool of wax around the...