04/21/2021
𝟏. You fall asleep💤with your candle burning. For a full 10 hours.
𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: First of all, never leave a candle burning unattended! If you burn your candle for more than 4 hours at a time, carbon will collect on the wick, and your wick will begin to “mushroom."
𝟐. You get a new candle on your way home from work. 🕯️Yippee! You light your candle for 30 minutes before you go to bed. Then you blow it out.
If you burn a candle for too little time, especially the first time, you will get that annoying tunneling effect.
𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: If you bought a new candle that is 3 inches in diameter, you should burn your candle for at least 3 hours (though not more than 4 at a time).
𝟑. You don’t trim your wicks.
You probably have been lighting your candles for way too long and not trimming the wick. What happens when you light a candle for too long is you’ve let your wick 🍄“mushroom” or develop carbon buildup. This is the result of the candle consuming more wax than it can burn.
𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Always trim your wicks to 1/4 inch before lighting, and never burn for more than 4 hours, otherwise carbon will start to accumulate again.
𝟒. You blow🌬️out your candles to extinguish them.
Blowing out candles can cause wax to spray onto your face and smoke to fill the room. Doing so can also bury the wick in the wax making it hard for you to light your candle the next time.
𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Use the tip of a screwdriver to dip the wick in the wax to extinguish. Then use it to straighten the wick out for the next burn. Or use a snuffer.
