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Candles Won't Light Up. Aim to keep your wicks about 1/4 or 6mm above the surface of the wax. Remember it’s not the wood fueling your candle’s flame, it’s the wax. Alternatively if your candle wick is so short you can't get it lit, that's also an. Try holding the candle upside down as you light it. You just need to melt some wax off the top. Your candle wick is too short. The flame is drawing the wax upwards through the wick, so if it’s not trimmed short and clean. You just need to determine the cause of the problem in order to come up with a solution. Other than the tunneling problem, if your wood wick candle won’t stay lit it’s probably because the wick is too long, or it needs to be trimmed clean of charred material. This can take up to a few hours, depending on the candle size, so don’t light it unless you are sure you can give it the time it needs. Use a long wand candle lighter or an extra long match and hold the flame directly on top of the wick for up to 30 seconds to melt some of the surrounding wax. If you’ve got a long reach lighter, just hold it over the surface of the candle until enough wax melts.

Alternatively if your candle wick is so short you can't get it lit, that's also an. This can take up to a few hours, depending on the candle size, so don’t light it unless you are sure you can give it the time it needs. Other than the tunneling problem, if your wood wick candle won’t stay lit it’s probably because the wick is too long, or it needs to be trimmed clean of charred material. Use a long wand candle lighter or an extra long match and hold the flame directly on top of the wick for up to 30 seconds to melt some of the surrounding wax. Your candle wick is too short. You just need to determine the cause of the problem in order to come up with a solution. The flame is drawing the wax upwards through the wick, so if it’s not trimmed short and clean. Try holding the candle upside down as you light it. Aim to keep your wicks about 1/4 or 6mm above the surface of the wax. You just need to melt some wax off the top.

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Candles Won't Light Up Use a long wand candle lighter or an extra long match and hold the flame directly on top of the wick for up to 30 seconds to melt some of the surrounding wax. If you’ve got a long reach lighter, just hold it over the surface of the candle until enough wax melts. Your candle wick is too short. You just need to determine the cause of the problem in order to come up with a solution. Alternatively if your candle wick is so short you can't get it lit, that's also an. Remember it’s not the wood fueling your candle’s flame, it’s the wax. The flame is drawing the wax upwards through the wick, so if it’s not trimmed short and clean. Try holding the candle upside down as you light it. Other than the tunneling problem, if your wood wick candle won’t stay lit it’s probably because the wick is too long, or it needs to be trimmed clean of charred material. Use a long wand candle lighter or an extra long match and hold the flame directly on top of the wick for up to 30 seconds to melt some of the surrounding wax. This can take up to a few hours, depending on the candle size, so don’t light it unless you are sure you can give it the time it needs. Aim to keep your wicks about 1/4 or 6mm above the surface of the wax. You just need to melt some wax off the top.