Helpful Candle Burning Tips & Candle Safety

Taking the time to read, understand, and practice these candle burning and safety tips will help insure your candle experience is a pleasant one.

CANDLE SAFETY ~ PLEASE NOTE:
Taking the time to read, understand, and practice these candle safety tips will help insure your candle experience is a pleasant one.

• Never leave a burning candle unattended.
• Do not burn near flammable objects such as curtains, lampshades, or blankets.
• Burn only on heat resistant surfaces - they can become hot enough to damage furniture.
• Do not move a burning candle, or place in a drafty area.
• Keep candle free of foreign material - matches, wick clippings, etc.
• Keep wick trimmed to 1/4 inch (about the thickness of a pencil) to avoid excessive smoking.
• Do not burn if container is cracked.
• Discontinue burning when less than 1/2 inch of wax remains.

Candle Burning Tips:

Always trim your wick 1/4" for optimum burn and performance.

• Burn candles 1 hour for each inch of it's diameter.
This allows the flame time to melt the wax to the outer edge.
Burning less time will cause the candle to core burn down
the middle & shorten burn time. Example: a 3" wide candle should be burned
for 3 hours at a time.
• Use fingernail clippers to trim wicks in jars in which scissors won't fit.
• Candles will fade if left in direct sunlight or spotlights for extended periods of time.
• Before a party, light and extinguish candles. They will light more quickly and easily later.
• Candles (generally tapers or pillars) refrigerated before using will burn more slowly and evenly. Wrap in foil or plastic before refrigeration to prevent wicks from absorbing moisture.
• To extinguish a candle, use a candle snuffer, or hold fingers in front of the flame and blow.
This will prevent hot wax from splattering on furniture.

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