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lovebug7480
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Another votive question
« on: Jul 7^th, 2005, 7:22pm »

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I was also wondering how everyones votives burn. I use Ecosoy PB and the 44-24-18C in them. As long as the wick is centered, the melt pool goes to the edge nicely, then drops off and a good portion of the wax drains out and to the bottom of the container. Then depending on how centered the wick was, I may get a slight half moon lip but eventually after about approximately 2 hours duration, the whole top is liquified at about a 1/4 inch deep melt pool. At that point, I usually blow it out and when I relight it after it has been solidified, I don't always get a full melt pool again, it almost goes to the edge, but I tend to get a bit of residue as the candle burns. Probably about a 1/16 of an inch. Is that normal? Thanks everyone!

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Henryk
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Re: Another votive question
« Reply #1 on: Jul 8^th, 2005, 3:01pm »

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I get a lot of use out of this post but it does contain some pics.

http://www.candletech.com/cgi-local/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=veggiewax;action =display;num=1119047103;start=3#3

Photo link: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/henryk1917/album?.dir=8f83&.src=ph& ;store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/henryk1917/my_photos

How yours burns sounds fine to me. I've had ones I bought that simply fizzled out on the first burn.

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