Candles in glasses

[Tilly2]

Why do candles in glasses always burn down the middle of the wax and then get to a point where you can't light it any more?
You then have left a crater or unused wax up the sides.

I keep buying them and then curse myself for wasting money. Is thete a trick to stop it happening?

[Bluestone]

I think it depends on the candle. The Yankee Candles don't seem to do this, and burn down evenly, but I bought a cheaper one a month or so ago, and it's done exactly as you've described. I thought I was getting a bargain, but there's so much wax left, unused.

[tonyav]

Tilly, my missus buys those things, use a spill or one of those long matches to light it when it gets that far down.

[Tilly2]

I think you might be right Bluestone.
I buy cheaper ones because of the waste. It's good to know that the Yankee Candles don't do that. I will buy those in future, if they're O.K.

[woofgang]

two answers
Sorry for the first one but cheaper candles will likely give an uneven burn.

If the candle is a decent quality one, then maybe you aren't burning them for long enough at one go? Yankee say at least about 4 hours for their medium jar candles and longer for the big ones, so that the wax has a chance to melt right across the width of the candle.

make sure the wick is trimmed with no mushroom top and is not in a draft or cold place.

Even then sometimes the candle will tunnel but not on a regular basis.

[woofgang]

ebay is a good place for yankee.

[ChuckFickens]

How long do you burn them for at a time?

If you light it and put it out again before it's had time to melt the entire top of the candle it will create a crater in the middle, if you leave them lit long enough to melt the entire top of the candle they'll burn evenly (it can take several hours to melt the whole top)

Either that, or you're buying candle that are too big and aren't really designed to be burnt at all, the really large ones are more decorative than anything else.

[Tilly2]

Tony, the ones I buy seem to run out of wick halfway down, There's nothing to light.
I am a cheapskate!

[Bluestone]

Yeah, I've never had it with the Yankee's, but they're so expensive compared to the other ones you can buy. They do smell lush though! :-)
Woof, never thought to look on Ebay for them - thanks.

[tonyav]

Well stop being a bloody cheapskate Tilly. lol

[nannybooby]

try drip inwards candles ,they are more expensive but burn all the way down. Dont think you get a great deal of choice over the smell though, vanilla or vanilla.

[ChuckFickens]

Or, buy a few decent looking tealight holders. and a pack of tea lights.

If you want a nice smell buy a essential oil burner too.

[woofgang]

chuck, those really large candles are designed to tunnel so you get a glow through the wax...not Yankee but the pillar type.

[woofgang]

I stick mainly to yankee tea lights and votives (testers). A couple of those burning will scent my whole house. I get about 3 hours out of a tea light and about 6 out of a votive. The wax tarts are nice too and sens scent out faster but cleanup of the holders is a bit of a nuisance.

[jomifl]

put the unlightable candle in a pan of hot water so that the wax melts, hang a piece of appropriately sized cotton string in the jar so that it reaches the botton in the middle and leave to cool. When the wax has set trim the wick.

[woofgang]

PS ebay is good for the retired fragrances as well.

[ChuckFickens]

Woofy, I know some are, but some are not even designed to be lit... my parents have a couple that have stickers on the base saying they are not meant to be lit (made me as what the hells the point of buying candles that can't be lit)

[Robinia]

I've had a couple of Lily-Flame candles in a tin and they burned very well
http://casacandles.co...rands/Lily%252dFlame/

[Georgiesmum]

I only ever buy the yankee candles. They smell divine, The biggest jar ones you have to pay up to £20 for, unless you see them reduced or on offer, but they burn for 120 hours, which is brilliant.

[woofgang]

I know chuck, totally weird, they used to sell fake ones made of acrylic as well..I mean What The Funicular??????

PS Yes I am a Yankee geek.

[roslyn251254]

Try partylite candles - similar but better than yankee