Take care not to cut into the wick.

How to burn a candle when the wick is gone. Most candle manufacturers leave the initial trimming to you. This is done by either adding or inserting a new wick into the wax or creating a substitute wick to help the candle burn evenly to create a full wax pool. We focus on Pop culture and bookish inspired products.

You can make wicks without this solution but they will burn faster and can cause your candle wax to melt unevenly. The wick soaks or absorbs the molten wax. Soaking the twine in a solution of water salt and boric acid strengthens the wick and helps it to burn steadily.

The wick is coated in wax to get the flame started and as you burn your candle the wax works its way up the wick to keep the flame going. Ideally a wick should be trimmed to 14 to 13 of an inch. To check the current price and availability of wooden candle wicks click here to view the listing on Amazon.

The wax vapours burn in the flame. LET THE WAX POOL. Each time you want to burn your candle start by trimming the wick to between 18 and 14 inches long.

When a candle wick is lit the heat produced from the flame melts the wax. Once it cools dispose of the wax and plate in the trash. Check the flame height occasionally to see if the problem works itself out.

Place your three-wick candle out of reach of children and pets in a draft-free area -- and never leave it burning unattended. Once they have dried you can poke them into your remaining candle-mass and the olive oil should help them to burn more evenly and give you a little more candle time. If the candle in the first picture below were to burn out prematurely it would be indicative of either a wick trimmed too short or using a wick that was not thick enough for the jar diameter and recipe combo.