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Nov 26 2009

Question about candles… How can you stop a pillar candle from burning straight down the center?

Published by Christina under Uncategorized

Or are they supposed to not “melt down” ?

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2 Responses to “Question about candles… How can you stop a pillar candle from burning straight down the center?”

  1. Richard Kon 26 Nov 2009 at 2:19 pm

    What I do is cut around the edges and it keeps the candle burning straight across.. BUT.. that means that I have to cut around the circular edge of the candle a couple or more times a day

  2. Steven Won 26 Nov 2009 at 2:45 pm

    The issue stems from the fact that the heat from the flame is so localized that the larger the diameter of the candle, the less heat is spreading to the exterior. Heat does rise afterall, and in that small a flame, will not radiate very far on a horizontal plane.

    Steven Wolf

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