Yes, you always want to burn a new candle until the entire surface has melted evenly, usually about 4 hours.

Not necessarily some candles are just shit, the wick is not in the middle, etc etc

This also happens because the candle is too wide for one wick only. Im starting my candle business and just had the same problem:)

I never blew mine out too early it just tunneled

I’ve let a Yankee candle burn for a really long time, certainly longer than 4 hours, and I’ve still had tunneling. I think some wax melts at different rates.

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thanks for this comment because the foil option wasn’t working and i was too afraid to try the option shown in the video

I am a candle maker and in no way should u ever use a hair dryer the blower is far to strong that’s not got advice a heat or embossing gun will work because the air flow is not to strong hair dryers will splash wax everywhere possibly burning someone or ruining their tables or clothes

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They want to make money,and it’s mass produced.

You can buy candle sticks lmao

They want to sell more

@@cat46368 yeah, but the smelliest ones are big mothers!

Or use more than one wick for wider jars

Thanks Adele, yeah its all about keeping an eye on them. Glad this helped.

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Thanks for your input, yeah its a quick way to sort the problem, just dont forget they are in there ( i have done that and ended up with a cracked jar,lol ) all the best, Mark.

Glad it helped

yeah thanks, been busy so find it hard to get the time for youtube. cheers for the cool comment.

Your Welcome

i just put the jar lid back on

That sounds like good advice. Can you tell me why my candles emit black smoke when I burn them?

your welcome

Cheers mate.

your welcome

I agree , but in winter the foil method just does not seem to work . but your right my last roast dinner did taste of vanilla cupcake lol

Sounds good and quicker, thanks for the input.

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Cool advice about the lost wick, thanks for the great comment, yeah i have to tin foil most of mine to assist in the pooling due to the cooler weather here.

@@mbreak1 your welcome :)

I was just looking for this! I have a tunneling candle and if I melt it to make it even, the wick most definitely will get buried in the wax once it dries. Does your advice work for my case? Or am I doomed to lose the wick?

Yes this works perfectly!

I just watch it until wax starts to melt. no real fixed temp.

Tried this.. usually doesn’t work. I’ve cracked my fair share of candles

its a shame but have to tip some wax away

thanks for the comment

Doesn't that melt the bottom not the top though?

Use a tablespoon/teaspoon to scoop out some of the wax when it's melted.

Soak some melted wax up with paper towel or toilet paper as the wax is melting when you first light it

low heat thanks for the comment

I’m afraid when it gets that bad the only way is to pour lots of wax away to reveal the wick, which is a big waste, the best thing to do is don’t let that candle form a so big tunnel, most wicks are stuck down to the bottom of the jar so will never float, all the best with your candles.

Just carve the wick out and buy a new wick. Place removed wax back around the wick and use the wax method

@@KevinArcade87 I have used an apple corer to remove a useless wick along with the wax and then replaced the wick with a new one. Melted the removed wax and poured down the hole, trim the wick once cooled and solid again.

not if you burn it for a long time to form a pool. cheers.

@poppy945 I know right!? I think I'd be too scared to try this!

nope, it drowns the wick

@@mrb2917 yeah, but if you finagle it you can direct the wax to pour to the sides to give it room. You are right though that it almost always drowns the wick and the wax trailing different ways around the edge gives the candle an ugly look, but I only use my candles for scent and not looks anyway haha

Depends on the heat in the house, and the weather. thanks for the comment.

It most likely is because the wick is too small for the candle.

I have found hugging the top, curling it in a little, helps with a pillar candle. Since you can't do that with a jar candle, this option is wonderful!

the temperature is hair dryer. don't use an oven.

Thanks

My gormless partner put my tunnelled large yankee candle in the microwave but didnt tell me,he then put it on for 4 minutes and went off and forgot all about it..nxt thing i know there was a massive bang and explosion and the whole candle blew up in the microwave molten hot wax absolutely everywhere mixed with smashed glass..He cleaned it out...he said...and nothing could be saved..4 days later microwaving a mug of milky hot chocolate,it came out with 2inches of blue wax floating on the top...2 hours later the microwave conked out for good...the whole house smelt bloody lovely but oh my days what an expensive stupid waste as A i had to buy a new microwave and B the candle was ruined anyway...the flippin idiot.

prob best not. cheers for the comment

I was just thinking about this

You're lucky as most candles wicks are attached to a little peace of metal at the bottom of the candle , very dangerous in the microwave

yes sometimes the wick is under the melted wax, the only thing to do is pour away some of the wax which is a shame but better to lose a little than the whole candle. cheers for the comment.

MBreak1 I tried it but it keeps tunneling further. Even at angle

@@hallierothsinger654 the trick is to burn the candle until you get a pool of wax on the first burn, around 3 hours depending of the heat of the place you are living. also cheap candles will alway tunnel no mater what, so its best to get a good quality candle.

I will try that

With a new candle you should light it until the whole of the surface is liquid then blow it out, this should stop tunnelling. Also the scent from a candle comes from the liquid (not the flame) depending on its ‘throw’ (how far the scent travels) so to have it lit after the whole surface is liquid is simply wasting your candle...I hope this makes sense 👍🏼

probably but i have not done so

shamla just heat the top layer on top of the wick and pour that wax out to expose the wick again

I tried this. But the metal wick holder at the bottom of the jar started sparking. So, I don't think I'd recommend this method :-).

Would a hairdryer work?

microwave could catch fire

@@ElectroTechno: No it won't, because I've already done it and it's fine.

Wrong, @Lucy's Life. Because despite popular misunderstanding, medium-large piece of metal in there is just fine. The walls of the oven are made of metal! Some even have racks and probes that are metal. Those tabs are thick enough that they won't zap up like foil, metal leafing, or "steel wool" does.

lol and thanks