When you start out with your candle making you may find you make some mistakes with your first lot of candles but don't fret these can sometimes be saved.
- Candle smoke when burned – Their can be a few issues here such as too large a wick, air pockets in candle or oil content to high. The most common issue though is that the candle has a too high a flame and this is easy to fix by trimming the wick.
- Drowning wick – This happens when the flame goes out on it's own and is caused by the wick being too small. Another cause can be a wick getting clogged which will happen if you use dyes that are not intended for candle making.
- Flame flickers and sputters – This can happen with the wick hole not being sealed well around the candle and also if alcohol or water based fragrances are used. Also if there is water in the wax, this can sometimes happen when using a double boiler.
- Cracks in candle – This will happen if the candles are cooled too quickly. Depending on the candle you may be able to re melt and re pour it.
- Wet spots – This can be a common problem with container candles' What happens is the wax separates from the wall of the container, this is near impossible to eliminate entirely. However you can reduce the occurrence of it by making sure your containers are clean and pre heating your container with a hair dryer.
- Pitted surface – When this happens it's because your wax was too cool by the time you poured it.
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